With more than 30 family medicine and specialty clinics, our medical team delivers personal, collaborate and multi-disciplinary care using advanced technology treating a wide range of conditions -- from common to more complex issues. We are known nationally for innovation and excellence, receiving the 2014 and 2010 prestigious Missouri Quality Award, the Davies Award of Excellence and named one of the Top 10 Rural Hospitals in America. CMH was also the recipient of Healthgrades 2015 Patient Safety Excellence Award.
Our vision is to be the first choice for customer focused healthcare to every generation. Your generous donations directly impact the lives of each family served by CMH and support essential initiatives such as the Carrie J. Babb Cancer Center, CMH Hospice, student scholarships and more.
There are several ways you can help keep your community healthy. You may choose to contribute cash, stocks, bonds or real estate to Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation. Gifts to the Foundation typically provide donors with a tax deduction and nonprofit investment incentives.
Recognize someone you love or a person who has made a difference in your life. Many people choose to remember a loved one by making a financial gift to the Foundation in lieu of flowers. The Foundation acknowledges each gift with a letter to the family and the contributor.
Be a hero! The Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundations Heroes for Hospice 5K/10K Run presented by Craig Lehman Shelter Insuranceis the first Saturday in May. Both courses begin in front of the CMH Community Rooms and conclude with a loop around Dunnegan Park. The race begins at 8:30 a.m. and is electronically timed for accuracy. Medals are awarded to overall male and female in both races and to first place male and female winners in each age division. Participants dressed as their favorite superhero is encouraged! Walkers, strollers and pets are welcome!
CMH Hospice caregivers strive to help patients remain as comfortable as possible at home, or in a homelike setting, with family and friends. The program also provides support to the family after a death of their loved one through a bereavement program. Proceeds from the race will provide donations in our area to ensure that physical, emotional, spiritual and bereavement care is given to all terminally ill patients and their families.
The Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation Medical Excellence Golf Classic is held the first Thursday in June. The classic is an 18-hole, four-person scramble at Silo Ridge Golf and Country Club in Bolivar. All monies raised goes to the Medical Excellence Scholarship.
The scholarship provides financial assistance to individuals from the CMH service area who are working toward careers in healthcare. Upon completion of their education, Medical Excellence recipients return to work at CMH.
The lights decorating the tree are dedicated to those people who are being honored or memorialized. Giving to the Lights of Remembrance program provides donations in our area to ensure that physical, emotional, spiritual and bereavement care is given to all terminally ill patients and their families.
CMH Hospice caregivers strive to help patients remain as comfortable as possible at home, or in a homelike setting, with family and friends. The program also provides support to the family after a death of their loved one through a bereavement program.
CMH is a combination of two corporate entities: Citizens Memorial Hospital District (a public hospital district established in 1978) and Citizens Memorial Health Care Foundation (a 501(c)(3) foundation established in 1986).
Together, they operate a rural integrated delivery system with one Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, and two Boards of Directors. CMH serves a rural, eight-county area in southwest Missouri with a population of 100,000+. Citizens Memorial Hospital opened its doors Sept. 28, 1982.
CMH was awarded the prestigious Davies Award of Excellence by the Health Information and Management Systems Society, which recognizes the innovative efforts associated with CMHs patient electronic medical record system. CMH also was named a Most Wired Innovator and Most Wired organization, and was named one of the Top 10 Rural Hospitals in America. CMH is one of the 10 largest employers in southwest Missouri, and is a three time Missouri Quality Award recipient (2018, 2014 and 2010), which is modeled after the coveted Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.