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On any given day, about 1 in 25 hospital patients will have a healthcare-associated infection or HAI. Not only are these infections costly, but they can be deadly, so it’s vital that hospitals do all they can to protect patients and help...
Augusta University Medical Center has been awarded the CEO Cancer Gold Standard for incorporating strategies in the workplace to help employees and their families reduce their risk of cancer. The medical center has been a Gold Standard healthy...
The ribbon was cut on Augusta University Medical Center’s new hybrid operating room on Friday, and operations will begin this week. The surgical theatre is equipped with advanced medical imaging devices like a Phillip’s high-intensity C-Arm which...
Carlos and Marguerite Mason Solid Organ Transplant Center will provide multidisciplinary transplant care in a single setting
AU Health is good medicine for Georgia’s economy. The health system associated with Augusta University injected a combined $1.4 billion in economic impact through the not-for-profit AU Medical Center, and Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation and...
The Uniform Branding Initiative at AU Health has officially begun, and clinical leaders and staff are excited about the opportunity to collectively enhance the patient experience while proudly promoting the Augusta University brand on uniforms...
Augusta University’s Strategic Plan, which will guide the university’s initiatives for the next four years, will be published next fall, and the teams who have been working to develop the plan are soliciting feedback from faculty, staff, students...
The following information was distributed by Lee Ann Liska, executive vice president for health affairs for Augusta University and chief executive officer for AU Medical Center. Our top priority at AU Health is to provide the highest level of...
A health care advocate whose personal experiences helped shape the Patient- and Family-Centered Care movement at the Medical College of Georgia in the 1990s is returning to Augusta to lead the enterprise-wide patient experience initiative. Julie...
Construction crews recently completed renovations on the fifth floor at Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home. New beds, bedside cabinets, wardrobes, flooring, artwork and other amenities are part of the home-like improvements that were made to enhance...
It’s time for your voice to be heard again, this time on draft recommendations for our new strategic priorities and organizational goals. The new strategic plan that will be published next fall will guide our university’s initiatives for the next...
Lynn Bill has been named vice president of a new division of correctional health care at Augusta University.
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GROVETOWN, Ga. – The future of health care is heading to Columbia County. Augusta University leaders gathered Friday at an 82-acre parcel adjacent to Interstate 20 in Grovetown to celebrate the purchase of the property where AU Medical Center will...
Media Advisory for Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 WHAT: Augusta University and health system leaders will celebrate the purchase of an 82-acre parcel in Grovetown where AU Medical Center plans to build Columbia County’s first hospital. WHEN: 2 p.m. Friday...
The following communication was distributed by Lee Ann Liska, executive vice president for health affairs and chief executive officer, Augusta University Medical Center. I am pleased to announce that Catherine Clary has been named Director of the...
On Valentine’s Day, the newly remodeled gift shop at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia opened. Formerly called the Ferns & Fossils gift shop, the store has been renamed Re:sourxe Gifts by Sodexo. The new gift shop will serve both CHOG and the...
WARM SPRINGS, Ga. (Jan. 17, 2017) – Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation and Specialty Hospitals held a ribbon-cutting and open house today at its newly renovated Long-Term Acute Care Hospital, marking the completion of the first phase of $25.8...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 3, 2017) – The Augusta University Rural Hospital Task Force, convened in 2016 by President Brooks A. Keel in response to the closure of more than eight of Georgia’s rural hospitals since 2001, half within the past three years –...
It’s a new year, full of new possibilities. But before we step into the future, we encourage you to join us as we take a look back. In 2016, we officially welcomed President Brooks Keel and launched the new Augusta University name and brand. Our...
