AREA YOUTH BECOME SAFE SITTERS
On Monday, January 16, 2023, eight area youth became Registered Safe Sitters through Sparta Community Hospital. Safe Sitter is a life and safety training program for young teens, grades 6-8. More than 600,000 graduates have [...]
Theresa Hagene, RN, Receives Spirit of Excellence
Theresa Hagene, RN, was nominated for Spirit of Excellence by a patient/coworker who claims that she demonstrated excellent patient care. “The doctor and everyone else were great. Special shout out to Theresa because I have [...]
Cheers to 45 Years!
We will celebrate our employees and the year 2022 during our Employee Appreciation Party on Saturday, January 21. Part of that celebration includes recognizing employees who celebrated a 5 year work anniversary in 2022. Today, [...]
Destiny Wilson Receives Spirit of Excellence
Destiny Wilson, APRN, Convenient Care, received a nomination from a patient for demonstrating excellent patient care. “Sometimes you do have to wait, but I think most people don’t understand that Convenient Care is a [...]
Deanne Rieckenberg Receives Spirit of Excellence
Congratulations Deanne! Deanne Rieckenberg, APRN, was nominated for a Spirit of Excellence by a parent who called and stated she was so happy with the care Deanne Rieckenberg and the entire staff at Sparta [...]
Tasha Fitch Receives Extra Mile Award
Congratulations, Tasha Fitch, LPN! Tasha was recently awarded the Extra Mile Award for the outstanding job she has done since becoming Supervisor at Sparta Medical Office. Tasha has gone above and beyond to learn and [...]
2022 Holiday Hustle Donates to Shop With a Cop
Sparta Community Hospital's Annual Healthy Holiday Hustle 2022 was a huge success this year thanks to the generous sponsors and all who participated in the event! $4414.27 was raised to benefit the Sparta Police Department's [...]
Best Wishes, Ruth!
Holloway retires after more than 50 years at Sparta hospital By: Travis Lott, The County Journal Few people can say that they have consistently done anything for five decades. Ruth Holloway is an exception. Holloway [...]
SPARTA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL HONORED FOR EXCELLENCE IN QUALITY OF CARE
Sparta Community Hospital Quality Council (l-r): Dan Walker, Director of Ancillary Services, Ruth Holloway, Director of Quality & Risk Management; Joann Coke, Quality Coordinator; Angie Oathout, Director of Process Improvement; Lori Clinton, Chief Nurse [...]
Sparta Community Hospital’s Annual Health Fair Lab Draw
Sparta Community Hospital will be offering their annual Health Fair Lab Draw for six days, January 30 through February 3 at the hospital, and February 4 at Broadway Plaza, Suite A, in Sparta. Scheduling will [...]
New Cardiopulmonary Service at Sparta Community Hospital
Sparta Community Hospital will be rolling out a new cardiopulmonary rehabilitation service line to our community. This program is a medically supervised program individually tailored and consisting of exercise and education to help patients feel [...]
STEELEVILLE CLINIC AWARDED QUALITY SPOTLIGHT
Steeleville Clinic was recently awarded the Sparta Community Hospital Quality Spotlight. The Quality Spotlight is awarded to the department that has demonstrated achievement and improvement of key processes and performance. The goal of each clinic [...]
Seventh Annual Healthy Holiday Hustle Overall Results
7th Annual Healthy Holiday Hustle 5K Winners Sparta Community Hospital held their seventh annual Healthy Holiday Hustle 5K Run/Walk and 1.5-mile Fun Run/Walk on November 26th to benefit the Sparta Police Department’s Shop with [...]
SCH Auxiliary Annual Tree of Hope Campaign
The Sparta Community Hospital Auxiliary is gearing up for their Annual Tree of Hope Campaign. This year, the Auxiliary has chosen to purchase a patient floor lift, hospital grade blanket warming cabinet, and a new [...]
Sparta Community Hospital Recognized as Illinois “Community Star” on National Rural Health Day
Sparta Community Hospital has been named Illinois’ 2022 Community Star, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) recently announced. On the third Thursday of November, NOSORH leads National Rural Health Day (NRHD), [...]
Cheryl Adams Speaker at Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network’s Annual Conference
Sparta Community Hospital’s At-Home Health Care Administrator, Cheryl Adams, BSN, MBA, provided education at the recent Illinois Critical Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) Annual Conference. ICAHN’s mission is to strengthen critical access and small rural hospitals [...]
Sparta Community Hospital Receives Performance Leadership Award
As part of the National Rural Health Day celebration, Sparta Community Hospital today announced that it has been recognized with a 2022 Performance Leadership Award for excellence in Quality and Outcomes. Compiled by The Chartis [...]
Congratulations, EVS!
Congratulations, Environmental Services Team! The team was recently called out on three separate patient surveys indicated the cleanliness of the hospital! "Mr. Clean ain't got nothin' on ya'll!" The hospital was "very clean and [...]
Congratulations, Angie!
Congratulations, Angie Verschueren! A patient recently shared that her mother had utilized Drive-Up Lab Services and it was "the best thing ever". There was no wait, they were able to sit in their own [...]