(KLZA)-- Community Medical Center in Falls City has posted the hospitals Annual Report for 2024 online. Administrator Ryan Larsen called the facility “Strong and Stable.”

During 2024 the hospital began a year-long process to convert electronic health records to a new platform named EPIC. The EPIC program will allow patients to share their medical records with doctors both regionally and nationally.

CMC also opened the Community Kids Center, a childcare center that reached capacity very quickly, which has CMC looking at future growth in the program.

CMC has been recognized as one of the top 350 hospitals nationwide for cleanliness.

In addition, CMC is rated by the Chartis Center for Rural Hospitals among the top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the U.S.

In Nebraska CMC was rated in the top 10 hospitals statewide for quality by the Nebraska Hospital Association.

Ongoing improvement projects at the hospital in Falls City include expansion of lung cancer screening; preventing surgical site infections for those at-risk; reducing the risk for falls; and reducing controlled substance variance by more than 90 percent.

CMC is better off financially than many rural hospitals in the country. CEO Ryan Larsen said the finances have improved the last two years at CMC. Total revenues in 2024 was $37,170,519. The hospital paid out $16,803,500 in salaries and benefits with total expenses of $36,302,019 leaving a profit of $2,524,496.

Despite the increasing expenses, a strong year by investments allow CMC to remain in a strong financial position, which allowed the hospital to provide more than $2.9 million in community benefits. Those include subsidized health services, bad debts, charity care, medical education and community building activities.

You can find the CMC Annual Report posted on the hospitals Facebook page.