GHA-member hospitals are working hard to treat patients, keep communities healthy, and provide state-of-the-art care. To have your news appear on this page, please contact Erin Stewart. Releases will be posted for a limited time. 

 

AdventHealth

• AdventHealth Redmond: AngioScreen Bus available in Cedartown

• AdventHealth Redmond to host groundbreaking on new heart and vascular institute

• Certified Nurse Midwife Nichole Nguyen, CNM, joins AdventHealth Medical Group OB/GYN at Curtis Parkway

• Certified Nurse Midwife Ashley Cross, APRN CNM, SANE-A, joins AdventHealth Medical Group OB/GYN at Curtis Parkway

 

Archbold

• Archbold Radiology Wins Back-to-Back Awards

 

Atrium Health

• Atrium Health Floyd: Health care camps at GHC available again this summer
• Atrium Health Floyd-Polk Foundation boosting youth soccer in region
• Nurse receives DAISY Award for outstanding compassion

 

Colquitt Regional Medical Center

• Colquitt Regional showcases simulation innovations at national conference

• Colquitt Regional Medical Center Achieves Top 5% Nationally for Employee Satisfaction

 

Emory Healthcare

• MinuteClinic and Emory Healthcare Network expand primary care access to Georgians
• Emory Healthcare names Molly Biwer as chief marketing officer
• Emory Hillandale Hospital certified as Advanced Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission
• Emory Healthcare physicians use new procedure to fight fibroids and alleviate pain
• Emory Healthcare named founding partner of AMB Sports and Entertainment, Atlanta United team health care provider
• Next steps in place for Houston Healthcare to join Emory Healthcare 
• Emory surgeons pilot intuitive 3D modeling tool to improve surgery experience for lung cancer patients

 

Houston Healthcare

• Houston Healthcare earns ACR accreditation for new MRI machine
• Next steps in place for Houston Healthcare to join Emory Healthcare

 

Morgan Medical Center

• Morgan Medical Center receives patient safety and quality award from Georgia Hospital Association

 

Mountain Lakes Medical Center

• Mountain Lakes Medical Center welcomes Mercer medical student for rural clerkship experience
• Dr. Erica McVey Joins Mountain Lakes Medical Center as Audiologist

 

Northeast Georgia Health System

• First surgeries successfully performed in new Green Tower at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Gainesville

• NGMC emergency department are first in state to earn pediatric readiness designation

• NGMC’s Green Tower now open in Gainesville

 

Northside Hospital

• Northside BMT exceeds survival expectations, 16 years running

• Expanding radiation therapy for benign conditions

• Northside expands total joint surgery centers

• Northside adds new providers across north Atlanta

 

Optim Medical Center

• Optim Medical Center-Screven wins statewide patient safety award

 

Phoebe Putney Health System

• Phoebe receives $2M grant from Richard King Mellon Foundation

• Phoebe Putney Health System and Morehouse School of Medicine sign historic agreement to improve community health in Southwest Georgia

• Love, medicine, and community: Physician couples find their place at Phoebe

• Phoebe volunteers share their passion for hospice care

 

SGMC Health

• SGMC Health honors Pleas with DAISY Nurse Educator Award

• SGMC Health celebrates new births with special dinner for parents

• SGMC Health expands trauma capabilities with Immediate Blood Supply

• SGMC Health performs first robotic-assisted lung biopsy with innovative Ion technology

• SGMC Health hosts inaugural Grand Rounds in graduate medical education program

 

Southeast Georgia Health System

• SGMC Health EMS and Foundation donate AEDs to Lowndes County Fire Rescue
• Cardiology team: Making a difference in your heart
• Southeast Georgia Health System to celebrate Black History Month with musical tribute experiences
• Southeast Georgia Health System receives accreditation for its internal medicine residency program
• Sary Beidas, MD, MBI, FACP, Associate Program Director, Graduate Medical Education and  Aftab Ahmad, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP, FACHE, Designated Institutional Officer & Program Director Internal Medicine Residency Program

 

Southwell

• Southwell board members inducted into the Wall of Fame
• Ruth’s Cottage presents ‘Champions of Hope Award’ to Southwell
• Tift County Athletic Hall of Fame Honors Dr. James Scott
• Southwell Pain Management Physician Speaks on Local Opioid Panel with U.S. Rep. Austin Scott

 

St. Joseph's/Candler

• The Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph's/Candler Joins ASCO's CDK Study for Advanced Breast Cancer in Older Adults

 

St. Mary's Health Care System

• Bulldogs Battling Breast Cancer raises $245,000 for St. Mary’s Breast Health Services

• Golf tournament raises funds for St. Mary’s Foundation

• Jeremiah Hocutt receives St. Mary’s DAISY Award for excellence

• St. Mary’s new Ion robot makes lung cancer biopsies faster, safer

 

Tanner Health System

• Ann Marie Frederick, MD, joins Willowbrooke Psychiatric Center in Carrollton

• Tanner Health First in Region to Offer Cutting-Edge da Vinci 5 Surgical Robot

 

Upson Regional Medical Center

• URMC breaks ground on $40 million expansion

 

Vitruvian Health

• Cardiac rehab helps patients build healthier lives
• Cardiologist leverages latest technology to safely remove blood clots
• Anna Shaw Children’s Institute to host language workshop
• Vitruvian Health’s Hamilton Medical Center becomes first in region to perform three groundbreaking cardiovascular procedures
• Hamilton Medical Center wins statewide patient safety award
• Liu joins Hamilton Physician Group – Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Gallup named new Hamilton Medical Center vice president, chief operating officer

• Robinson announced as new vice president for Vitruvian Health

• Ramanan joins Vitruvian Health Heart & Vascular at Hamilton

 

Wellstar

• Wellstar accelerates training next generation of caregivers

• John Kerndl joins Wellstar as executive vice president and chief financial officer

• Wellstar MCG Health to Exhibit Local Black Artists

• Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center Provides Hospital-Level Care in Patients’ Homes