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Life Care Centers of America donated their long-term care center in Ritzville to the Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 on May 1, 2015. The new name is East Adams Care Center (EACC). We welcome the staff that had been employed by Life Care that are now employees of the District. We also welcome Steve Wuitschick who became the Administrator of EACC. We are now in compliance with the State Fire Marshall’s office for our electrical citation. We have an extension on our interior sprinkler citation until January 2017. W...
Community members of Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2, we appreciate your support for our facility. Voting yes to approve the Bond to renovate the Hospital and Clinic allows us to begin to modernize the building and put our facility in compliance with current State and Federal requirements. Modernization will also provide a strong basis for health care services into the future. A representative from NAC, our architect firm and I will be traveling to Olympia to ask for an extension on the May 1, 2015 date for fire...
The week of September 15, the Emergency Generator, Automatic Transfer Switches, Emergency Switchboard, Air Handling Units (AHU), and Air Cooled Chiller were procured. In the following week ending on September 26th, the Boilers and Pumps and the emergency switchboard were procured. Apollo will begin their mobilization on the site starting in the middle of October. Laydown area for contractor lay will get fenced off and the construction trailer will be set up. Coordination with Avista for the new electrical service will also...
Josh Hannum-Executive Director, Life Care Center of Ritzville At a special Hospital Board meeting August 14, 2014 the board agreed to accept the donation of Life Care Center of Ritzville, which includes land, buildings, equipment and supplies. It does not include computer systems, accounts receivable, debt, or liabilities. We plan that all current staff will be employed by the district and all current residents will continue to reside at the nursing facility. We are working together to assure a smooth transition. We see...
Adams County Public Hospital District No. 2 (District) is moving forward with a plan to correct previously sited deficiencies in sprinklers and electrical systems. The plan has been accepted by the Washington State Department of Health and State Fire Marshall (State) and Centers for Medicare Services (CMS). The District entered into a contract with the Department of Enterprise Services (DES) who contracted with the Apollo Solutions Group to complete the necessary work. The initial violation for the electrical resulted in...
East Adams Rural Hospital (EARH) received the Top Performer Safety Award at the Washington State Hospital Association annual meeting. In addition to recognition for safety, our hospital received a check for $5,000. A big thank you to the EARH staff for a job well done! Recently, we have purchased and are starting the implementation process for electrical medical records. Once online, patients will be able to access personal medical information including current prescriptions. In October, EARH received two federal citations...