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Conemaugh Health System Partnering with Local Emergency Management to Offer COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics
March 09, 2021Conemaugh Health System is partnering with Cambria County Emergency Management Agency to offer two COVID-19 vaccine clinics for more than 1,800 community members later this month.
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Conemaugh Health System Preparing to Move Forward with Expansion Projects
March 04, 2021With an eye on the future, Conemaugh Health System is preparing to move ahead with several large expansions, including a new five-story building on Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center's main campus that will be home to the hospital's cardiology services.
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Watertown Regional Medical Center to Build New Rehab and Sports Medicine Clinic
March 03, 2021Watertown Regional Medical Center is constructing a new rehab and sports medicine clinic which will bring these services together in one place and near related orthopedic services to create a more convenient and comprehensive patient experience for the Watertown, Wisconsin community.
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North Alabama Medical Center Opens COVID-19 Drive-Thru Vaccine Clinic
February 25, 2021North Alabama Medical Center, in Florence, Alabama, recently opened a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccine clinic and has been vaccinating teachers from Florence and the surrounding region.
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Six LifePoint Hospitals Named to Newsweek Best Maternity Hospitals List
February 24, 2021Six hospitals in the LifePoint Health network have been named to Newsweek's 2021 Best Maternity Hospitals list: Central Carolina Hospital, Community Medical Center, Harris Regional Hospital, Havasu Regional Medical Center, STRHS-Lawrenceburg and Sumner Regional Medical Center.
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Carolina Pines Teaming with SC DHEC for Rural COVID-19 Vaccine Administration
February 24, 2021Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, in Hartsville, South Carolina, is teaming up with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control to ensure that underserved residents of rural communities have access to life-saving COVID-19 vaccines.
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Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Opens Renovated Cath Lab
February 23, 2021Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital recently opened its newly renovated cardiac catheterization lab, which features both structural and technological upgrades that will enhance heart care for patients and play a role in Making Communities Healthier in Somerset, Kentucky and the surrounding area.
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Fauquier Health Becoming Regional Leader in Robotic Surgery
February 22, 2021Fauquier Health, in Warrenton, Virginia, has become a regional leader in robotic surgery, with its ability to provide minimally invasive spinal procedures for the communities it serves.
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Trios Health to Build New $22 Million Birthing Center
February 12, 2021A new $22 million birthing center coming to Trios Health in 2022 is set to expand access to care for moms and babies in the Kennewick, Washington community.
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Haywood Regional Recognized for Key Role in Community Vaccine Rollout
February 11, 2021Haywood Regional Medical Center was featured in a recent story out of Haywood County, North Carolina for the key role it is playing in coordinated vaccine administration in the local community.
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Minimally Invasive Procedure Expands Access to Cutting Edge Heart Care for Lake Havasu City
February 08, 2021At Havasu Regional Medical Center, minimally invasive aortic valve replacements are expanding access to cutting edge heart care with quicker recovery times for community residents in Lake Havasu City. In the process, the hospital has become a cardiology leader in the state.
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Simon Ratliff Named CEO of Raleigh General Hospital
January 27, 2021Beckley, West Virginia – (January 26, 2021) – Raleigh General Hospital (RGH) today announced that Simon Ratliff has been named chief executive officer (CEO), effective February 22. Ratliff has served as CEO of Logan Regional Medical Center, a LifePoint facility in Logan, West Virginia, for the past two years.
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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Celebrates Opening of New $4.6 Million Cardiac Cath Lab at Clark Regional Medical Center
January 25, 2021Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC), along with representatives from the UK Gill Heart & Vascular Institute Affiliate Network, and distinguished members of the community, celebrated the opening of a new $4.6 million cardiac catheterization (cath) lab. The cath lab paves the way for an interventional cardiology program at CRMC, providing greater access to life-saving heart care in Clark County.
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David Steitz Named Chief Executive Officer of Bluegrass Community Hospital
January 05, 2021Versailles, KY (January 5, 2021) – Bluegrass Community Hospital today announced that David Steitz has been named its new chief executive officer (CEO). Steitz, a healthcare veteran with more than three decades of hospital leadership experience, begins his new role January 11, 2021.
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Conemaugh Nason Medical Center Named LifePoint Health National Quality Leader
November 17, 2020ROARING SPRING, PA (November 17, 2020) – Conemaugh Nason Medical Center today announced that it has been named a LifePoint Health National Quality Leader. This designation recognizes hospitals within the LifePoint Health system that have enrolled in the LifePoint National Quality Program and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.
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Vicki Parks Named CEO of Wythe County Community Hospital
November 12, 2020Wytheville, VA (November 12, 2020) – Wythe County Community Hospital announced today that Vicki Parks has been named chief executive officer (CEO), effective December 14, 2020. A veteran healthcare leader, Parks comes to Wythe County Community Hospital from Wilson Medical Center, a Duke LifePoint Hospital, in Wilson, N.C., where she has served as chief operating officer (COO) since May 2019. Parks replaces Joe Wilkins.
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LifePoint Health Honors Karl Ngoye with 2020 Companywide Mercy Award
November 10, 2020Brentwood, Tennessee (November 6, 2020) – LifePoint Health, a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier®, has named Karl Ngoye from Memorial Medical Center (MMC) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, the recipient of its 2020 companywide Mercy Award. Ngoye, who serves as a registered nurse in MMC’s intensive care unit (ICU), was honored for the compassionate care he provides to patients and for his extensive volunteer work with vulnerable and at-risk youth.
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Ennis Regional Medical Center Named LifePoint Health National Quality Leader
November 06, 2020ENNIS, TEXAS (Nov. 6, 2020) – Ennis Regional Medical Center (ERMC) today announced that it has been named a LifePoint Health National Quality Leader. This designation recognizes hospitals within the LifePoint Health system that have enrolled in the LifePoint National Quality Program and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.
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Rick Wallace Named CEO of Western Plains Medical Complex
October 20, 2020Dodge City, Kansas (October 20, 2020) – Western Plains Medical Complex (WPMC) announced today that Rick Wallace has been named chief executive officer (CEO), effective November 2. A 30-year healthcare veteran, Wallace replaces Jerry Dooley, who has been serving as interim CEO since June.
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Clark Regional Medical Center Undergoes Major Expansion Project
September 30, 2020Clark Regional Medical Center (CRMC) recently announced a $4.6 million expansion of the hospital for a cardiac catheterization (cath) lab. The cardiac cath lab and launching of an interventional cardiology program at CRMC means greater access to potentially life-saving heart care in Clark County. It is estimated to be completed in the fall of 2020.
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