About Haley Jones

Congratulations to Ashly Doering!

By Haley Jones On March 23, 2023, Ashly Doering sat for the Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) Exam and she passed! This is no easy task. In order to sit for the ENP boards the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners requires the following: – Minimum of 2,000 direct , emergency care clinical practice hours as a […]

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MHS Welcomes New Manager in Food and Nutrition Services Department

By: Haley Jones Andra Cunningham received a warm welcome from Memorial Health System (MHS) on March 1, 2023 as the new Manager for the Food and Nutrition Services (FANS) Department. Recently, MHS has made some organizational changes, keeping patients at the forefront of every decision being made.  One of those decisions was to bring back […]

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Impact’s Weight Loss Challenge Winners for 2023

Impact Sports and Fitness had a total of 39 participants take the Weight Loss Challenge this year that took place from January 9th to February 17th.  The contest was divided into two divisions, men and women; a change from previous years.  The winners were awarded based on the percentage of body weight lost during the […]

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MHS Featured Employee of the Month for February

Memorial Health System’s (MHS) February Featured Employee of the Month is Lisa Wright, Pharmacy Director, for Memorial Health System in Abilene. Lisa has worked at MHS for 15 years this fall. She came to MHS after leaving the pharmacy at Dillons in Junction City. That job at Dillons wasn’t a good fit for her, and […]

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$5,000 Awarded to Impact Sports & Fitness from Community Foundation Grants

Story By Haley Jones Abilene, KS – Impact Sports and Fitness, an affiliate of Memorial Health System, was awarded a grant in November of 2022 from the Community Foundation of Dickinson County totaling $5,000.00.  Impact Sports and Fitness supports the Memorial Health System mission; ‘to enhance the health and wellness for all’, and in doing […]

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Memorial Health System Says Goodbye to Delphine Holston After 27 Years

Interview and Story By Haley Jones As I sat with Delphine Holston, interviewing her to get the last story from the longest volunteer Memorial Health System (MHS) has to date, with 27 years, what l already knew about this amazing lady only became more concrete.  And what I knew was this.  She has a heart […]

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After Year One…

“It’s hard to believe that we are already coming up on the one-year anniversary of affiliating with Salina Regional Health System (SRHC),” said CEO, Harold Courtois. “I am proud of our employees; they have worked hard to make this a smooth transition. SRHC has a great affiliation model, and we are fortunate to be a […]

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Memorial Health System to Participate in Study Called RETAINWORKS

The University of Kansas Health System Care Collaborative for Western Kansas is facilitating a study in which they are calling RETAINWORKS (Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network) funded 100% by U.S. Federal funds totaling $21,600,000 granted to the Kansas Department of Commerce for a four-year period.  The money will be incrementally provided to the […]

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Ryan Crist Steps into New Role as Director of Plant Operations as Hoffman Moves Closer Toward Retirement

After two years of training with Herman Hoffman, previous Director of Plant Operations, Ryan Crist has stepped into this role.  On November 1, 2022, Memorial Health System (MHS) proudly announced him as the new director. Ryan has worked for MHS for 17 years now.  He came to Memorial Health System after seeing an open position […]

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Karysa Reyer to be the New Director of Heartland Health Care Clinic

Heartland Health Care Clinic (HHCC) is pleased to announce that Karysa Reyer will be the new Director of Heartland Health Care Clinic on November 28, 2022. Working in healthcare was never what Karysa imagined for herself.  As a young woman she found her passion was more in journalism and editing.  However, she soon found out […]

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