The 25-bed facility located along U.S. Highway 60 in Howell County is accredited by the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and was first accredited in 1962.

With the retirement of Sister M. Cornelia in 1998 from her administrative role, St. Francis entered into a co-sponsorship with the Sisters of Mercy and St. John’s Health System in Springfield. While the mission of St. Francis Hospital remains unchanged, administration is now provided by St. John's.

Services available at St. John’s-St. Francis Hospital allows patients to stay close to home and seek the treatment options they need including: 

• 24 hour Emergency Services available 7 days a week – Our Emergency Room is staffed with a physician 24 hours a day which gives us the ability to quickly assess each
  patient and give prompt medical attention.
   
• St. John’s St. Francis collaborates with St. John’s Emergency Services to provide
  ambulance and air transportation for intensive medical management of patients.
   
• Intermediate Care Unit for patients who need to be monitored more closely after surgery; those with continuous medication drips; possible cardiac patients and those who require more frequent vital sign checks. Staffed with an RN 24 hours-a-day; seven days a week as needed.
   
• The Cardio-Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit has expanded to receive patient referrals from Springfield, West Plains, and neighboring communities. Open Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

• Radiology Services include mammography in collaboration with St. John’s Breast
  Center; CT; ultrasound; bone density screenings; and general diagnostic X-rays. MRI services are available with a mobile unit.
   
• Physical Therapy services offered on inpatient and outpatient basis.
   
• Respiratory Therapy offered for patients with breathing difficulties, those needing
  oxygen and/or cardiac patients who need assistance monitoring their heart. Patients are treated in the ER, as inpatients and as outpatients.
   
• Laboratory services for outpatients from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily with no appointment necessary. Physician orders required. Emergency testing available 24 hours a day.
   
• Surgical Services – performing general procedures as well as opthalmology and orthopedics.

·      Foot clinic offered on an outpatient basis.
 

All these services allow patients the connection to powerful medicine through St. John’s Hospital and the convience of healthcare locally.

For more information or to reach St. John’s St. Francis Hospital, call 417-934-7000.

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