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FRHS Rural Clinic Same-Day Appointments

Nov 23, 2022
In addition to Primary Care Provider appointments, FRHS Rural Health Clinic is proud to offer same-day services to our community members. Monday thru Friday, our Primary Care Providers will have a limited number of same-day appointments available to help meet those unplanned needs.

FRHS Completes Community Health Needs Assessment

Jan 24, 2023
Fall River Health Services Completes Community Health Needs Assessment In the Spring of 2022, Fall River Health Services (FRHS) initiated a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to collect accurate information illustrating the needs of our community. This assessment, in accordance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, is performed every three years to: • Classify - identify the essential resources that are already available within our organization, • Analyze - identify the essential resources to be acquired, and • Act - determine how to use, develop, or obtain those resources related to community health needs.

FRHS Partners to Combat Overuse of Antibiotics

Feb 15, 2023
Fall River Health Services Partners to Combat Overuse of Antibiotics Hot Springs, SD, February 15, 2023 - Fall River Health Services and Keegan Mason and Associates, LLC are partnering to combat the overuse of antibiotics by implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship program in the Southern Hills. Antibiotic stewardship refers to a set of coordinated strategies to improve the use of antibiotic medications with the goal of enhancing patient health outcomes, reducing resistance to antibiotics, and decreasing unnecessary costs. Studies suggest that 20-50% of all antibiotics prescribed in U.S. acute care hospitals are either unnecessary or inappropriate. Simply put, antibiotics are overprescribed, and this has produced the antibiotic-resistant bacteria that providers contend with today.

Bacon Becomes Therapeutic Pain Specialist Certification

Mar 14, 2023
Bacon Becomes Therapeutic Pain Specialist Certification Fall River Health Services, Physical Therapist (PT), Ashean Bacon, has elaborated on her Therapeutic Pain Specialist Certification. Therapeutic Pain Specialists have specialized training in understanding the science behind Chronic Pain. They are biopsychosocial healthcare providers taking aim in the current situation of chronic opioid abuse in the country.

RHS Selected for Hometown Healthcare Heroes Recipient

Mar 24, 2023
Hometown Healthcare Heroes: Fall River Health Services, Hot Springs, South Dakota, March 24, 2023 Congratulations to this month's SDAHO Hometown Healthcare Heroes recipient, Fall River Health Services located in Hot Springs, South Dakota. To help member facilities with workforce needs, SDAHO launched the Hometown Healthcare Heroes campaign. This storytelling campaign is designed to recognize career opportunities at member facilities and celebrate the people that work there and the communities they live in.

Events

Occupational Therapy Month

Apr 1, 2023
Occupational therapy assists individuals in cultivating the capabilities to attain their highest potential of self-sufficiency by focusing on overall health, including physical, mental, emotional, and social.

FRHS Presents: Know Your Cardiac Risk Factors

Apr 5, 2023
Guest Speaker, Dr. Purdy, M.D., with Monument Heart and Vascular Center will be on site showcasing the important of taking care of your heart heath.

Happy Easter

Apr 9, 2023
Happy Easter from everyone at FRHS & Seven Sisters Living Center.
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