Starting Sunday, Oct. 16, 6 a.m. patients in labor or with an emergency should go to the new Irwin Army Community Hospital at 650 Huebner
Rd.
Outpatient care and services begin in the new hospital Oct. 17.
The IACH staff began a 10-day transition moving clinics into the new hospital Oct. 6. The Extended Care Clinic (ECC) in Medical Home 2 of the legacy hospital will be closed Friday but reopen Saturday and Sunday prior to moving in the new location.
The ECC will open Oct. 17 within the Emergency Department of the new hospital.
Patients with a non-emergent, acute condition on Friday should call the Nurse Advice Line for information on locating a local urgent care clinic. The Nurse Advice Line is available 24/7 at 1-800-874-2273, option 1. Patients can also present to the Emergency Department in the legacy hospital
that day.
Pharmacy services will continue in the legacy hospital through Friday. However to facilitate the move the pharmacy may reduce staffing which could result in increased wait times at the legacy hospital. Pharmacy services at the Post Exchange and Farrelly Health Clinic will continue without interruption. The main outpatient pharmacy in the new hospital will open for
service Oct. 17.
Radiology services in the legacy hospital will be limited to emergency or inpatient care Friday. Outpatient radiology services will continue at Farrelly or Custer Hill Health Clinics that day. Complete radiology services will be available in the new hospital Oct. 17.
Outpatient laboratory services are available in the legacy hospital through Friday. Inpatient laboratory services are not affected. Patients who must drop off samples Sunday should get them to the legacy hospital before 6 a.m. Comprehensive laboratory services will open in the new hospital Oct. 17, 7 a.m.
IACH is consolidating all family member and retiree Primary Care from Farrelly Health Clinic to the new hospital. Beneficiaries affected by the move will receive an official letter indicating their medical home at the new hospital.
The Flint Hills Medical Home in Junction City will not be affected by this transition. Soldiers seen through Soldier Centered Medical Homes at Farrelly or Custer Hill Health Clinics will not be affected either.
Patients are encouraged to use the two-story parking structure adjacent to the new hospital’s main entrance. Parking spaces in front of the Emergency Department are for patients only.
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