Leaders from Irwin Army Community Hospital and the Eastern Kansas VA Health Care System came together on Jan. 14, 2026, to reaffirm and strengthen a long-standing partnership focused on one outcome: better care for Soldiers, Veterans, and their families.
In this feature, COL Laudino Castillo, IACH Commander, and Mr. Rudy Klopfer, Executive Director of the Eastern Kansas VA Health Care System, discuss how their Resource Sharing Agreement allows both organizations to align staffing, specialties, and capabilities to close gaps in access to care. From specialty services and radiology to women’s health, optometry, and mammography, the partnership reduces travel time, improves timeliness, and brings high-quality care closer to...
Irwin Army Community Hospital has taken another step forward in modernizing patient care with the installation of a new computed tomography scanner (CT scan), the Siemens Healthineers SOMATOM go.Top. The system replaces a CT scanner that had been in service for more than a decade and brings improvements in image quality, patient safety, and diagnostic confidence.
The upgrade delivers one of the most important advances in the field: better imagery with less radiation exposure.
“The new scanner uses a combination of smart technologies,” said MAJ Christina S. Fullmer, diagnostic radiologist at IACH. “Special filters block unnecessary radiation, automated tools tailor the dose to the patient’s body size in real time, and advanced...
02.06.2026 | FORT RILEY, KANSAS, US |
Story by Jorge Gomez
A new CT scanner at Irwin Army Community Hospital features an integrated tablet-style control interface that allows radiology technologists to visualize patient positioning in real time and make precise adjustments before imaging begins. The technology ensures optimal image quality while minimizing radiation exposure.
