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Good Neighbor Community Health Center

Good Neighbor Community Health Center provides primary preventative health care for all ages.

12/08/2025

If you have chronic medical conditions, talk to your healthcare provider about getting a flu shot this season.

12/05/2025

Slow cookers and crock pots can really come in handy this time of year! Make sure you are using yours safely! https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/slow-cookers-and-food-safety

12/05/2025

Clean, separate, cook and chill to prevent food poisoning this holiday season.

12/03/2025

Did You Know? Every flu season since 2010 and an estimated 7,000 to 26,000 children younger than 5 years old have been hospitalized from flu complications? Protect your family. Get your child vaccinated against the flu.

12/02/2025

healthychildren.org has some great information about how to pick out the best toys for the age of your child. Visit https://www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/baby/Pages/What-to-Look-for-in-a-Toy.aspx to find links to:
🎈Toy Buying Tips for Kids with Special Needs
🎈How Fun and Games Help Children
🎈Simple Ways to Entertain and Boost Your Baby's Development
🎈How to Buy Safe Toys
🎈Tips for Choosing Toys for Toddlers

12/01/2025

It's that time of year where many are asking, "Is it a cold or flu?"
Flu and cold symptoms can overlap. This graphic shows a simple way to determine the differences and severity between the flu and colds.

11/28/2025

Breathe Better with COPD. Stay up to date on vaccinations.

11/27/2025

11/26/2025

Talk to a healthcare provider about:
Symptoms like wheezing, chest tightness, ongoing cough with mucus, or shortness of breath; vaccines for flu, RSV, pneumococcal disease, and COVID-19; COPD management after a diagnosis. nhlbi.nih.gov/breathebetter

11/25/2025

It's Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Awareness Week
FAQ: If I have GERD, will I have to take medicine?
While medication is needed for some people, many find relief through simple lifestyle and dietary changes.
❤️‍🔥Adjust your eating habits. Eat smaller, more frequent meals instead of large ones.
❤️‍🔥Avoid lying down for at least 2-3 hours after eating.
❤️‍🔥Identify "trigger" foods. Common triggers are spicy foods, citrus, chocolate, caffeine, alcohol, and fatty meals.
❤️‍🔥Keep a food diary to see what sets off your symptoms. Share this information with your healthcare provider.
❤️‍🔥Elevate your head while sleeping.
❤️‍🔥Maintain a healthy weight.
❤️‍🔥Quit smoking.

11/25/2025

Why is COPD more common in rural areas?
Rural smoking rates are higher. Cigarette smoking is the #1 cause of COPD. Smoking is nearly 2x as common in rural areas compared to cities. Take action: Don’t smoke or v**e. It’s never too late to quit. nhlbi.nih.gov/breathebetter

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4321 41st Avenue
Columbus, NE
68602

Telephone

+14025627500

Website

https://goodneighborcommunityhealthcenter.com/

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A Brief History of Good Neighbor...

The East Central District Health Department (ECDHD) is a state-approved district health department that provides public health services to its four-county service area of Boone, Colfax, Nance and Platte counties in Nebraska. The ECDHD was formed in 1999 as the Platte-Colfax County District Health Department and at that time only served Platte and Colfax counties.

In December of 2002, ECDHD applied for a Community Health Center grant and was awarded Community Health Center status in April of 2003. Good Neighbor Community Health Center was formed and is considered a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Nebraska. FQHC is a federal designation given by the Bureau of Primary Health Care at the federal Department of Health and Human Services. FQHCs are located in, or serve, a federally designated medically underserved area/population. The Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act of 1992 and 1995 granted medical malpractice liability protection through the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) to HRSA-supported health centers. Good Neighbor Community Health Center is an FTCA Deemed Agency.

For more than 10 years Good Neighbor Community Health Center, together with East Central District Health Department, operated out of the original site at 2282 East 32nd Ave. on the eastern edge of Columbus. By 2007, the growth in patient numbers necessitated that the original facility be expanded or replaced. The eight-year process that followed resulted in the construction of the current facility at 4321 41st. Ave.

Columbus: New Building Timeline

2007 ECDHD and GNCHC Boards of Directors begin to explore options for expanding their facility, either by putting on a sizeable addition or building from the ground up.

2009 It is decided to build a new facility rather than add on due to a variety of factors. A Building Committee is formed, the board of directors begin to save for a capital development project and bids are let for the project. (The bid is ultimately awarded to Leuder Construction Company of Omaha, NE).

2011 After an extensive search for property, the East Central District Health Department purchases 8.6 acres of a former cornfield near the Columbus Community Hospital.

2012 ECDHD/GNCHC learn they have been awarded a $5 million grant from HRSA to fund 80% of the construction costs for the new site.

2013 Construction on the new building begins.

2015 The 29,400 square foot, $6.7 million project is completed. The new building doubles the size of the previous facility and allows staff and programs, which had been housed in three different Columbus locations, to be together in one building. The majority of the new building is devoted to patient space, including medical and behavioral health care, dental care and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program along with x-ray facilities, dental operatories and a FEMA safe room.

New Access Point: Fremont

By 2012 the need for a new health care access point was clearly indicated by data that had been gathered as part of the Three Rivers Health Department’s Community Health Improvement Process in 2003, 2007 and in 2012. In Spring 2012 Good Neighbor Community Health Center was petitioned by 25 community agencies to consider expanding services to the tri-county Dodge, Saunders and Washington area to address the health care needs of low-income and uninsured individuals who had no access to care. The decision was made to locate the proposed Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Fremont, the largest municipality in the three-county service area.

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