Floyd Medical Center was recognized as the best large hospital in the state by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals (GACH) during the organization’s 2008 annual meeting at Callaway Gardens on Friday.
Floyd Medical Center won GACH’s 2008 Hospital of the Year award in the large hospital category (more than 150 beds).
The Alliance recognized Floyd Medical Center for the organization’s outstanding outreach programs.
“Floyd Read the rest of this entry »

October 25, 2008
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Hundreds of women tackled their health Saturday morning  More than 600 women weaved through pink and white balloons as they were encouraged to “Think Pink for Life” at Phoebe's 5th Annual Women's Health Fair.
Free cholesterol , blood pressure and diabetes screenings were given. Those are all the numbers doctors say women should know and keep at healthy levels to prevent heart disease, the number one Read the rest of this entry »

The Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI) is the first integrated
cardiovascular healthcare delivery program affiliated with a community
health system in greater Atlanta and is headquartered on the campus of
Piedmont Hospital, a 481-bed tertiary care facility offering all major
medical, surgical and diagnostic services. Offering a continuum of
patient care, including primary and secondary prevention, outpatient and Read the rest of this entry »

A major behavioral health company in Georgia has added another local psychiatric facility with the purchase of a Lawrenceville hospital.
The deal for the 76-bed hospital, SummitRidge Center for Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, will give Universal Health Services a wider coverage area in metro Atlanta.
SummitRidge “has never been fully developed,” said Matt Crouch, regional vice president for Universal Health Services, based in Read the rest of this entry »

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 10:24 AM
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– The plan is to give up almost everything they own to save their kids.
in a desperate attempt to finance medical care for their sick children.
That means their beds, kitchen table, washing machine. They are even throwing in their car.
The reason?
have three kids and two of them need constant medical care. One child, 7-year-old Ayla, has a rare debilitating form of arthritis, the other, 2-year Read the rest of this entry »

The Smyrna boy whose mother took him to Nebraska to find help for behavioral problems should be back in Georgia on Wednesday — the same day a custody hearing may determine whether the boy rejoins his family or becomes a foster child.
The 12-year-old was scheduled to fly Wednesday morning from Lincoln, Neb., to Atlanta, said Joe Kelly, attorney for Lancaster County, Neb. Lincoln is in Lancaster County, and is where Tysheema Brown ended her Read the rest of this entry »

October 25, 2008
ALBANY, GA (WALB) – Hundreds of women tackled their health Saturday morning  More than 600 women weaved through pink and white balloons as they were encouraged to “Think Pink for Life” at Phoebe's 5th Annual Women's Health Fair.
Free cholesterol , blood pressure and diabetes screenings were given. Those are all the numbers doctors say women should know and keep at healthy levels to prevent heart disease, the number one Read the rest of this entry »

Georgia’s budget woes aren’t stopping the state from ringing in the new year with a hefty tax break for the insurance industry.
Among the new Georgia laws that will take effect Jan. 1 is one that will eliminate the state and local taxes for insurance carriers that offer high-deductible health plans.
The tax break is expected to save insurers $146 million over five years. They lobbied hard for the measure, which passed on the final day of the 2008 Read the rest of this entry »