Outpatient Growth Drives Ransom Memorial Hospital Strategy
Susan Ward notes the hospital’s outpatient program fuels growth as 67 percent of clients are outpatients. In 2003 the facility logged 74,472 outpatient and 15,011 inpatient cases, with Pam Harris citing a 1991 shift toward outpatient care due to Medicare payment changes and a redesign to serve more outpatients.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Susan Ward
Kansas
Ransom
Pam Harris
Growth in Franklin County shapes Kansas community
Franklin County ranks as a fast growing Kansas county. The series explores how rapid growth changes the county’s face with daily topics on growth pace education farming health and public safety as an issue for the future.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Iraq Journal Entry From Aaron Bien Reflects Transfers and Attacks
Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Bien recounts a hot Sunday in Iraq as Stryker Brigade departs and a new unit commander arrives. He notes on leave for Cpl. Moore, unit transfers, and a visit by Mr. Coursen that spurred necessary changes. Rockets and mortars struck the base, leaving one unexploded shell near their site and disrupting mail routes.
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Iraq
Ottawa
Aaron
Bien
Fife
War
Cpl. Moore
Stryker
Coursen
Firefinder
Over the Road Gang Inc
Franklin County
Aaron Bien
National Guard
Hector Vasquez
Topeka
Alvaro Gomez
San Antonio
Texas
Alfred Barrera
Shaun Elmore
Great Bend
Brian Piland
Stafford
Johnathan Chapman
Michael Alsup
Hoisington
Leonard Herrman
Lamed
Kent Lockhart
Norton
Insurgents bombard Najaf police station as standoff grows
In Najaf Iraq insurgents loyal to Muqtada al Sadr bombard a police station with mortars killing seven officers and wounding 31 as interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issues a final call to disarm and vacate the Imam Ali Shrine. The clashes persist amid explosions and smoke over the city center.
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Najaf
Iraq
Ayad Allawi
Imam Ali
Muqtada al- Sadr
Haidar al- Tourfi
Allawi
al-Sadr
County highway project sparks southern county altercation
County commissioners challenge the proposed CHIP list citing inequity for the south and southwest. Ed Taylor and Don Hay accuse Richmond Williams burg areas and southern districts of neglect while CHIP chair Dennis Woolman defends the northern focus as engineering correct.
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Commission
Ed Taylor
Taylor
Don Hay
Richmond and
Williams
Hay
Ottawa
Franklin County
Dennis Woolman
CHIP
County considers ballot on county administrator question
Franklin County officials indicate a vote on a full time county administrator is likely. If petition signatures fail, commissioners may still place the issue on the November 2 ballot, with a deadline for signatures and a potential resolution by October 1.
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Franklin County
Commission
Ed Taylor
Don Hay
Hay
Taylor
Chet Leach
County Commission
Shari Perry
Citizens’ Group
Leach
Perry
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The
Ottawa Herald
Mr. Coursen
Elmore
County Highway Project
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