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Toni BakerAUGUSTA, 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...
Nick GarrettAccording 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...
Eric JohnsonThe 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...
StaffBy 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...
Denise ParrishAUGUSTA, 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...
Quality performance deserves quality recognition. That’s why, as part of National Healthcare Quality Week, Georgia Regents University and GRHealth are recognizing several exceptional staff members who have demonstrated time and again that their...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Christopher J. Melcher has been named executive vice president for legal affairs and risk management, and general counsel for Georgia Regents University, Georgia Regents Health System and Georgia Regents Medical Center. Melcher joined...
Jennifer Hilliard ScottA new training program at the Medical College of Georgia will help train addiction medicine physicians to prevent, treat and manage the devastating and costly problems of substance use and addiction. The new addiction medicine postgraduate...
If you are a Georgia Regents 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 in...
Join us on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 3-6 p.m. at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia for an RN Open House! Currently, GRHealth is seeking RNs in the following areas: Critical Care Medical Surgery Emergency Department Operating Room Float Pool...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Tiny radioactive seeds are helping surgeons more precisely remove breast tumors and perform biopsies. Using a technique called radioactive seed localization, or RSL, non-palpable breast tumors or lesions targeted for biopsy are marked...
Preparation is well underway to fully implement the Care Facilitation Division on all nursing units toward the end of this year. To date, there have been numerous accomplishments in the major focus areas of this initiative: Departmental Operations...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Augusta Mayor Hardie Davis Jr. will discuss “The Role of Faith Communities in Addressing Issues of Social Justice” during the keynote address at the 2015 Pastoral Leadership Conference on Saturday, Oct. 24, at Georgia Regents...
Get your kids ready for flu season with our Dependent Flu Clinics. Serving children of Georgia Regents Medical Center employees from 6 months to 18 years, these clinics, which start Tuesday, Oct. 20, are located in the Pediatric Surgery Practice...
The award-winning pediatric imaging suite at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia will have its Grand Opening from 5-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and everyone is invited. The new suite, which earned a Patient-Centric Imaging Award from Health Imaging...
Steven UhlesThe GRU Cancer Center’s inaugural Pink Pumpkin Party in support of Breast Cancer Awareness was held Saturday, Oct. 3, and despite less-than-optimal weather, proved a significant success. More than 50 people pre-registered for one of the special pink...
Hayley Hodgson, a University of Georgia College of Pharmacy student, recently completed a rotation at the GRHealth Pharmacy. During that time, she had a chance to work in the pharmacy’s “Meds to Beds” program, which focuses on...
Points to remember You can search for ICD-10 diagnoses using either the clinical diagnosis name or alphanumeric ICD-10 codes. You can save ICD-10 codes as favorites. In scope clinics can discontinue the use of all paper encounter forms, as E&M...
Beyond the Doctor’s Office is a series of health education and health literacy presentations sponsored by Greenblatt Library in collaboration with the Augusta Richmond County Library. Throughout the year, “Beyond the Doctor’s Office” will present...
AUGUSTA, Ga. – Before the books close on 2015, an estimated 1.6 million new cancer cases will be detected, according to the American Cancer Society. Any number of organs and tissues can be affected – prostate cancer being the most commonly diagnosed...