St. Luke Hospital and Living Center

St. Luke Hospital and Living Center is a rural healthcare facility in Marion, Kansas, serving the town and its surrounding areas. It operates 42 licensed beds in total: a 10-bed acute care unit and a 32-bed long-term care facility. The hospital provides services locally that might otherwise require patients to travel some distance.

The acute care unit offers emergency care, surgical procedures and inpatient medical care. Emergency nursing services are delivered by staff trained in emergency nursing, and nursing coverage runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Nursing staff are cross-trained across critical care, medical-surgical nursing and emergency nursing.

Alongside hospital services, the living center provides long-term care with comprehensive nursing care. Laboratory and diagnostic services include diagnostic testing and EKG procedures, supported by laboratory information systems and electronic health records, which the facility uses for accurate patient documentation and continuity of care.

Technical work at St. Luke spans health information technology, electronic health records and laboratory information systems. The facility's stated emphasis is on continuity of care and accurate documentation across acute and long-term settings.