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StaffThe following email was distributed to all health system and selected shared services employees. Dear Colleagues, On behalf of GRHealth and the entire leadership team, you are cordially invited to participate in the 2015 Employee Engagement Survey...
Nick GarrettFor many patients, visiting a hospital can be a difficult experience. Illness is frightening. Few patients expect to hear good news from a hospital visit. Fewer still feel comfortable staying away from their homes. Only the effort of talented health...
Eric Johnson“A clown is like an aspirin, only he works twice as fast.” Good advice from comedian Groucho Marx. Being able to appreciate humor even during pain, chronic illness or disease not only benefits your mood, but just might be good for your health too...
Toni BakerAUGUSTA, Ga. – The stigma of having and treating mental health problems must give way to an integrated educational and health care model that embraces recovery, experts say.
Now, if you receive treatment at GRHealth, the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, GRHealth clinics or Medical Associates, you will receive one newly designed and easy-to-understand bill. Only anesthesia and ER physicians will bill separately. Along...
The 15th annual “Cares for Kids” Radiothon Is right around the corner, and the Division of Communications and Marketing is looking for Children’s Hospital of Georgia patients, families and staff to share their miracle stories on air. Do you know...
Danielle HarrisAUGUSTA, Ga. – Conjoined twins sharing a heart and liver were born today at Georgia Regents Medical Center by C-section. The boys were taken to the neonatal intensive care unit at the adjoining Children’s Hospital of Georgia, where they are listed...
Arthur TakahashiNote: 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of the nurse practitioner degree program; Nov. 8-14 is National Nurse Practitioner Week. AUGUSTA, Ga. – Nurse practitioners have a reason to celebrate National Nurse Practitioner Week in style this year as 2015...
The following email was sent earlier today by Dr. Peter Buckley. Dear Colleagues, As you may be aware, physicians and staff at Georgia Regents Medical Center will deliver the hospital’s first set of conjoined twins on Monday. News of the twins’...
Many women struggle with asking sensitive questions about their health, but learning more could drastically affect your quality of life. Join us at the Columbia County Exhibition Center on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. for a night of hors...
Update: Brittany Crafton’s conjoined twins were delivered Monday, Nov. 9, at Georgia Regents Medical Center. They are being cared for at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. AUGUSTA, Ga.- Brittany Crafton was excited the moment her...
Brennan MeagherLast month, Valerie Martin began chemotherapy treatments. Afterwards, Martin noticed she was slowly beginning to lose her hair. Two weeks ago, she started to lose it by the handful. “For a woman, your hair is a big part of you,” Martin said. “A...
If you’re not quitting smoking because you think the damage is done, put down that cigarette. The truth is, much of the damage from smoking can be reversed — and in as little as 24 hours after quitting. “It really doesn’t matter how long a person...
Denise ParrishPediatric patients and their siblings dressed as superheroes, firemen, Disney characters, witches, insects, and donned other Halloween apparel as they made their way through the floors of the Children’s Hospital of Georgia and a couple of...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – A cutting-edge procedure at Georgia Regents Medical Center is helping terminal liver cancer patients live longer. “For people who are out of other options, including chemotherapy and surgery, transarterial radioembolization can offer...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The American College of Emergency Physicians and the National Disaster Life Support Foundation, based at the Medical College of Georgia, Tuesday announced an agreement to greatly enhance the level of disaster training available to...
According to the National Cancer Society, smokers are 25 times more likely to be diagnosed with lung and bronchus cancers than non-smokers. It’s a sobering statistic, but the reality is far more troubling. In 2014, the National Cancer Institute...
The numbers are in, and the winner of the Bleed for Your Team blood drive is the College of Dental Medicine. Team CDM ended the month long competition having donated 128 units of blood, beating the Medical College of Georgia, which ended the...
By Shellie Smitley Special to Jagwire Superman, the Hulk and some of their caped crusading friends can be spotted at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia, not only visiting sick children, but also working on a top-secret project. “It is such a...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The trick to making Halloween a treat is being prepared, experts say. “The number one rule is plan, plan, plan,” says Carla Allen, a senior staff nurse in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital of Georgia and an...