CHANUTE \u2014 Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (SEKMHC) and Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center (NMRMC) announced Wednesday they are working together to explore options to preserve access to local healthcare services for communities across southeast Kansas.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With last week\u2019s announcement to employees that SEKMHC will transition away from primary care and dental services offered through Ashley Clinic, the mental health center has entered collaborative discussions with Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Healthcare leaders from both organizations emphasized these discussions reflect a shared commitment to thoughtful planning, collaboration, and community stability as the healthcare landscape continues to evolve. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe strength of healthcare in southeast Kansas comes from commitment,\u201d Dr. Doug Wright, interim CEO of Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center said in a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEven as healthcare \u2014 particularly rural healthcare \u2014 faces ongoing challenges, we continue to adapt. These discussions reflect our continued focus on serving our clients and patients with excellent care.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor 75 years, NMRMC has been dedicated to our mission of promoting, improving, and restoring health, and we are committed to preserving local access to care,\u201d NMRMC CEO Wendy Brazil said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an opportunity to strengthen coordination between hospital and clinic providers, improve continuity of care, and enhance the overall patient experience for the communities we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n
The mental health center said that at this time:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 No immediate changes are being made to services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Patients should continue to access care as they normally would\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Details regarding any potential transitions are still under evaluation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Behavioral health services provided by SEKMHC will continue without interruption and will remain central to the organization\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CHANUTE \u2014 Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (SEKMHC) and Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center (NMRMC) announced Wednesday they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-454880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}