Statement From Jeff Barnhart, CEO, Deaf Smith County Hospital District, on Patient Surge, Staffing Shortage

December 22, 2021 -- “Hereford Regional Medical Center is experiencing an unprecedented need for emergency medical care and hospitalization. Our patients are seriously ill, including five critical patients. We have two in our intensive care unit who require mechanical ventilation. The remaining three need ICU beds. All of these patients are extremely sick with COVID-19

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PRESS RELEASE: COVID-19 Surge Affecting Care Capacity Across the Region

December 8, 2021 (Hereford, TX) – Area hospitals, including Hereford Regional Medical Center, are experiencing extremely high patient volumes. Over the last 14 days, COVID-19 hospitalizations in Deaf Smith County have increased 57 percent. Hospitals and clinics routinely manage fluctuations in patient volume, navigating upticks around cold and flu season, for example. Due to the

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Hereford Regional Medical Center Celebrates 100 Years of Serving the Community

November 30, 2021 (Hereford, TX) – 2021 is Hereford Regional Medical Center’s centennial anniversary. “For 100 years, we have been a proud part of this community,” said Jeff Barnhart, FACHE, CEO, Deaf Smith County Hospital District. “We started with just an inpatient hospital, and today, we are a thriving health care system with a health

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DSCHD Emergency Services Director Wins State EMS Administrator Award

November 23, 2021 (Hereford, TX) – The Texas Department of State Health Services today will award Terry Hazlett, EMS director at Deaf Smith County Hospital District, its EMS Administrator Award. The award honors an administrator, researcher, or manager at the local, county, regional, or state level who has made a positive contribution to EMS and

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Best of Hereford Recognition features what Hereford Regional Medical Center has to offer

Rural health care comes with its own set of special challenges. It is a unique part of the industry, and organizations in urban areas don't always deal with the same challenges we do. They also don't always benefit from the same kinds of opportunities we get in rural settings. One example of that is the

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Get Your Annual Flu Shot!

With all the attention on COVID-19, it would be easy to forget about the flu and how serious an illness it can be. As with COVID-19, vaccination is our best protection against the sometimes deadly flu virus. Flu shots are recommended for nearly everyone over 6 months of age. Pregnant women, young children, older adults,

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Hereford Regional Medical Center to Begin Renovations

August 17, 2021 (Hereford, TX) – Construction starts this month to connect Hereford Regional Medical Center and Hereford Health Clinic into a single facility. An internal connecting corridor is being built so that patients, visitors, and staff can more easily navigate between the two entities. “Deaf Smith County Hospital District is proud to serve our

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COVID-19 Surge Affecting Care Capacity Across the State

August 12, 2021 (Hereford, TX) – The ability to transfer seriously ill and injured patients to larger hospitals in other parts of the state is limited because of the surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. “This is not a great time to be experiencing chest pains or appendicitis or get in a serious accident,” said

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Watch: CEO Jeff Barnhart talks to KAMR about the COVID-19 surge and impact on hospitals’ ability to find care for seriously ill, injured patients

CEO Jeff Barnhart talks to KAMR about the COVID-19 surge and impact on hospitals' ability to find care for seriously ill, injured patients Watch here: https://www.myhighplains.com/video/rural-hospitals-struggling-to-transfer-patients-in-need-during-covid-surge/6886427/

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