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StaffWhen you think about any sort of physical training, children don’t really come to mind. It seems much more natural for kids to get their physical activity from running around or sports, not from lifting weights and other muscle-building tasks...
Ensuring that your baby is getting proper nourishment in the early stages of life can be worrisome. His or her inability to communicate with you, coupled with the importance of meeting their basic needs, may bring a number of concerns, like knowing...
What does patient- and family-centered care mean to you? Participation? Collaboration? Information sharing? “Patient- and family-centered care to me means we not only involve our patient, but our family member in everything we are doing,” Nicole...
Eric JohnsonBeing an academic health center, Augusta University differs from community hospitals. We have three primary missions — patient care, education and research. This culture and infrastructure allows us to bring world-class clinicians, pioneering...
As the region’s only academic health center, we offer remarkable advantages when it comes to health care. One of the most obvious advantages is the access to technologies that aren’t available in smaller community hospitals. And it’s getting some...
Danielle HarrisWorld-renowned anti-racist author Tim Wise will serve as the keynote speaker for Augusta University’s sixth annual Diversity and Inclusion Summit. His presentation will take place at noon on Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Augusta Marriot at the...
Beckman Coulter, Inc., a global leader in the clinical diagnostics industry and an operating company of Danaher Corporation, and Augusta University’s medical center, renowned for its top-ranked doctors and pioneering research, signed a 15-year...
Nick GarrettPatients of Augusta University Health now have a one-stop shop for all things bill-pay. The new bill-pay office, opened on Aug. 1 in the Medical Office Building, Room 1204, is an expansion of existing Medical Associates and Medical Center billing...
Every day, you’ll find remarkable things happening in our health system. We’re home to more world-renowned physicians and extraordinary teams of experts than any other area hospital. As an academic health center, we teach tomorrow’s health care...
Your children can’t wait to play and camp outside, but how do you protect them from what lurks outside and often times makes its way into your home? Read the full story at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia blog. Children’s Hospital of...
“I recommend changing everything about the routine,” Stallworth said, “including getting all electronic devices out of the bedroom…” Read the full story at the Your Health Today blog.
Your Health Today: Dr. Stallworth’s back-to-school checklist
If you are an Augusta University Medical Center employee, you can be someone’s hero and donate your time today …. The PTO/Catastrophic Leave Fund is in need. This fund consists of employee contributions that are used to assist other employees...
What do you get when a university comes to the aid of a community in need? World-class research and unprecedented access to care, for a start. But the annual Costa Layman Health Fair offers so much more. Watch the video or browse a gallery of photos...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Lee Ann Liska, a health care executive with more than 30 years’ experience, has been named executive vice president for health affairs and chief executive officer at Augusta University Medical Center, effective Aug. 22. In her new...
A recent column in The Augusta Chronicle featured Augusta native and golfer Charles Howell, who recently chose to return to Augusta to have surgery to remove a non-cancerous mass in his neck at Augusta University Health. “There was no question I...
Effective Sept. 1, 2016, the AU Medical Center Employee Group Health Plan, with pharmacy benefit managed by Navitus, will no longer cover nasal corticosteroids and proton pump inhibitors/H2RA (acid reflux) medications as part of the group health...
Steven UhlesGeorgia Cancer Center Director Dr. Samir N. Khleif chairs advisory workshop AUGUSTA, Ga. – Dr. Samir N. Khleif, director of the Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University, chaired a National Academy of Medicine workshop on policy issues in the...
On Monday, Augusta University Health officially launched the Your Health Today blog, a site that patients and consumers can visit to read health-related stories about the health system’s expertise and advanced technology and even browse...
You and I will never escape coming in contact with germs, especially in the workplace. However, there are ways you and your coworkers can reduce the chances of spreading bacteria. In a WJBF special report, Deanna Craig, AU Medical Center’s...
The Augusta University College of Nursing was recently awarded $350,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the college’s Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) Program – a traineeship project that seeks to...