Rural health care system improves worker safety, saves money
A health care system serving several communities in Kansas is enjoying sharply lower workers compensation premiums after reaching out to the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL), Safety Assistance and Consultation Program, for help accessing and improving its workplace safety policies and procedures.
Community HealthCare System (CHCS) focuses on serving rural citizens. It began with a hospital in Onaga and grew to include a clinic, assisted living facility, home health care and fitness services in Saint Marys, Corning, Centralia, Frankfort, Onaga, Holton, Saint Marys, and Westmoreland. As the CHSC network grew, KDOL consultants helped ensure the increasing number of locations and ever-changing technologies did not erode the employees' level of workplace safety.