FCHS Celebrates 1 Year as REH

Friend Community Healthcare System reached 1 whole year as a Rural Emergency Hospital on January 11, 2025. To celebrate, FCHS threw a an anniversary party on January 10, 2025. The party had good food, good music, and good company. Residents and employees gathered to mark such an important occasion for FCHS. Other small businesses were […]

Rural Emergency Hospital: What is it?

In January of 2024, FCHS switched hospital status from a Critical Access Hospital to a Rural Emergency Hospital (REH). Since January there has been a lot of buzz about what an REH is and what it means for FCHS and the community. So, let’s break it down.  In 2021, Congress created a hospital designation status […]

Meet your new Providers: Kimberly Burke, PA-C, and Janae Whitaker, APRN

At the beginning of August 2024, two new providers joined our FCHS staff. Kimberly Burke, PA-C, and Janae Whitaker, APRN, have joined us to provide our community with the best care possible. Kimberly has extensive experience in rural medicine, even as the only provider for miles on an island. Janae has a passion and know-how […]