State Designated Rural Health Network is an alliance of members consisting of one or more Critical Access Hospitals and at least one other hospital (usually known as a “Supporting Hospital”) that has developed a comprehensive plan regarding patient referrals, the provision on emergency and non-emergency transfer among members, the development of a network-wide emergency medical services plan, and the development of a plan for sharing patient information and services between hospital members concerning medical staff credentialing, risk management, and quality assurance/improvement and peer review.
Bluestem Rural Health Network
- William Voloch, President and CEO
- wesleymc.com
Cottonwood Health Alliance/Northeast Kansas Health Care Network
- Carrie Saia, CEO
- www.nekhn.net
Eastern Kansas Rural Health Network
- Chales Laird, CEO
- www.menorahmedicalcenter.com
Flint Hills Regional Health Network
- Robert Copple, President
- Dee Dee Dewell, Director, Critical Access Hospital Networks
- www.viachristi.org/location/via-christi-hospital-manhattan
Health Innovations Network of Kansas, Inc.
- Sara A. Gideon, Executive Director
- www.healthinnovationsnetworkofkansas.org
Kansas Alliance for Sustainable Health, LLC
- Dee Dee Dewell, Director, Critical Access Hospital Networks
- www.viachristi.org
Med-Op, Inc.
- Shae C. Veach, Executive Director
- www.haysmed.com
Northeast Kansas Rural Health Alliance
- Robert Kenagy, MD, President and CEO
- www.stormontvail.org
Northwest Kansas Health Alliance
- Shae C. Veach, Executive Director
- Tammy Jacobs, Coordinator, Regional Development
- www.haysmed.com
Pioneer Health Network, Inc.
- Mary Adam, Executive Director
- www.phn.org
Saint Luke’s South Hospital
- Bobby Olm-Shipman, President and CEO
- www.saintlukeshealthsystem.org
South Central Kansas Rural Health Network
- Ken Johnson, President and CEO
- www.hutchregional.com
Southeast Kansas Health Alliance
- Randall R. Cason, Hospital President
- Dee Dee Dewell, Director, Critical Access Hospital Networks
- www.viachristi.org
Southern Plains Health Network
- DeWayne Bryan, Executive Director
- www.prmc.org
Southwest Kansas Regional Health Network
- Victor A. Hawkins, Executive Director, Strategy/Business Development/Marketing
- www.stcatherinehosp.org
Sunflower Health Network
- Heather Fuller, Executive Director
- www.sunflowerhealthnetwork.com
Wheat Plains Health Network
- Sherry Hausmann, Regional Hospital President
- Dee Dee Dewell, Director, Critical Access Hospital Networks
- Jody M. Gragg, Senior Director of Outreach Services
- www.viachristi.org