Spotlight Community - McPherson

Consistently ranked among Norman Crampton’s “100 Best Small Towns in America,” McPherson is one of the Midwest’s most progressive communities. Located near the geographic center of Kansas, McPherson has a small town atmosphere with the convenience of a large city less than an hour away. McPherson boasts excellent school systems, a large industry base and strong agricultural production. The population of approximately 14,000 residents enjoy a wide range of amenities from local college theater productions to Chili Cook offs to hunting and boating.

Colby Kansas

Memorial Hospital in McPherson is a progressive 49 bed full service health care center in the heart of Kansas. Memorial Hospital provides high quality care to meet the primary, acute and emergency health care needs of area residents. It boasts one of the most advanced intensive care units in the area, a totally redesigned OB/nursery, new mammography and CT scanning equipment, regularly scheduled M.R.I. services, and is equipped for ultrasound, bone density scans, fluoroscopy, and nuclear medicine. Memorial Hospital also offers a comprehensive range of general and laparoscopic surgical procedures. Memorial Hospital is a progressive organization with a vision to be their community’s first choice for health care.



Focus on Kansas is the premier site for showcasing your health care organization and the community for which you serve! Adding your community to the web site is simple!

If you would like to learn more about showcasing your community please click here.

Photos make a great impression on potential candidates. Make your pictures stand out with our tips for taking better pictures!



Focus on Kansas is your cornerstone for learning about rural Kansas health care organizations and the communities who benefit from their service.

It is certain that rural Kansas has a lot to offer, and traveling through the state, via this great new Web site, it is easy to grasp the opportunities and advantages that each community withholds. Focus on Kansas provides visitors the chance to visit towns across the state with a few easy clicks, and better yet, provides rural communities the opportunity to showcase their health care organizations, as well as the features, highlights, and attractions of the rural community.




Sign up with Focus on Kansas to receive the latest information showcasing rural Kansas communities. If you are a health care professional, hospital administrator or clinic manager, please sign up to receive a community spotlight email once a month.


To learn more about health care career opportunities in rural Kansas, contact the Kansas Recruitment Center, Rural Health Education and Services, at 888-503-4221.