Jefferson County Health Center

Description

Our Mission
Our Mission is
The mission of Jefferson County Health Center is to provide safe high quality healthcare services to the people and communities we serve

Vision Statement
We envision Jefferson County Health Center will be the best place for patients to receive care employees to work and physicians to practice

Values
AccountabilityOwnership
Appearance
Attitude
Communication
Respect
Safety
Teamwork

Goals
Quality
Service
People
Finance
Growth
Safety

History

Jefferson County Health Center Iowas oldest county hospital was dedicated September 17 1912 and opened October 2 1912 A bond issue of twentyfive thousand dollars was voted to build the 3story 25bed hospital This was only the second time in the history of the world that rural people voted a tax on themselves to build a hospital Private donations furnished and equipped it

Our hospital established a nurses education program in 1912 graduating a total of 63 nurses and remained active until 1932 In 1917 the physicians and nurses formed Unit R a Red Cross volunteer group which was attached to the US Army and served in France during World War I under the leadership of Dr Clark

Various building projects were completed in 1949 1963 1970 and 1993 The only portion that remains of the original 1912 structure is the basement

JCHC became a critical access hospital in November 2004

JCHC moved into a new stateoftheart 25 bed hospital in April of 2009 The medical campus also included the physician practices of Medical Arts Fairfield Clinic and the Doug Johnson Dialysis Clinic

Our hospital continues its tradition of superior commitment and exceptional care and is among the toprated hospitals nationwide for patient satisfaction