High blood pressure. It’s one of the most neglected health conditions and, second only to nicotine, the most preventable risk factor. “It’s a silent killer,” Dr. Tracy L. Stevens, cardiologist with the Saint Luke’s Health…

Allen County Regional Hospital’s administrator provided more clarity as to why Saint Luke’s Health System made the decision to close the local maternity service. Elmore Patterson, administrator of ACRH, said Saint Luke’s studied the matter…

Allen County Regional Hospital will cease delivering babies in November, according to a press release this morning. The closest hospital that provides such services is Chanute’s Neosho Memorial Regional Hospital.  Saint Luke’s Health System, which…

Saint Luke’s Health System says it will close its two community hospitals in Overland Park at the end of the year. Both hospitals opened just a couple of years ago. The health system, which took…

Weeks after the Allen County Regional Hospital began operating under a lease with Saint Luke’s Health System, a newly reorganized Board of Trustees gathered for the first time Monday.  The members were the same, but…

A crew with Star Sign of Lawrence installs a new entrance sign Wednesday, signifying Allen County Regional Hospital is now officially part of the Saint Luke’s Health System. Another sign will be put on the…

The Saint Luke’s Health System is now in control of operations at Allen County Regional Hospital, capping two years of efforts by hospital trustees to find the best management model in the ever-challenging healthcare industry.…

By this time next week, Allen County Regional Hospital will be under the control of the Saint Luke’s Health System. The next few days are going to wrap up the transition, culminating in a flurry…

The coronavirus pandemic has pushed back a hospital lease to the last possible minute. Allen County Regional Hospital’s lease to the Saint Luke’s Health System will take effect July 1, after being pushed back for…

When Jaye Zirjacks first started working in Home Health and Hospice nearly 20 years ago, it took weeks to process an order for a patient to receive services.  Her job was to write up a…