5/22/2013 — Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica and Higgins General Hospital in Bremen have been named among the top hospitals in Georgia for quality care by the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA). Full story. |
5/20/2013 — “Apodrasi se Santorini” raises almost $500,000 Full story. |
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5/15/2013 — Wedowee artist Lynn Blackburn donates a special work to hang in new Tanner/East Alabama facility Full story. |
5/6/2013 — Tanner Primary Care of Wedowee—formerly the Wedowee Clinic—is now seeing patients in its new location inside the Tanner/East Alabama medical facility. Full story. |
5/1/2013 — Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton and Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica have been recognized among the top hospitals in the nation for patient experience by independent healthcare ratings firm Healthgrades. Full story. |
4/23/2013 — Tanner/East Alabama, located at 1030 South Main Street in Wedowee, will host a community open house on Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CT. Full story. |
4/19/2013 — Higgins General Hospital in Bremen has been named one of the HealthStrong Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the nation. Full story. |
4/9/2013 — The laboratories at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton and Higgins General Hospital will continue their accreditations from the College of American Pathologists’ (CAP) accreditation program. Full story. |
4/8/2013 — Club Donates $500 for Mammogram Assistance Full story. |
4/1/2013 — John Pearson, MD, a board-certified urologist, is joining West Georgia Urology and the medical staff of Tanner Health System. Full story. |
3/29/2013 — Tanner Health System recently recognized its long-term employees for their years of service. Full story. |
3/29/2013 — Quilts Donated to Babies Born at Tanner Full story. |
3/28/2013 — Get Healthy West Georgia is giving children throughout the region “A Straaaaange Dream.” Full story. |
3/15/2013 — Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica has been named to the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) Safety Leaders Circle. Full story. |
3/5/2013 — Ki-Hon Lin, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has joined the patient care team at Carrollton Orthopaedic Clinic and the medical staff for Tanner Ortho and Spine Center. Full story. |
2/22/2013 — About 130 cancer survivors, guests and volunteers enjoyed hors d'oeuvres and an inspiring presentation Thursday evening. Full story. |
2/15/2013 — “Apodrasi se Santorini” (Escape to Santorini) is 2013 Theme Full story. |
2/15/2013 — Expanded access to nonsurgical, minimally invasive heart and vascular services is now available with a new endovascular lab now at Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica. Full story. |
2/8/2013 — Random Act of Kindness Brings Joy to Young Patients Full story. |
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2/7/2013 — After about two years of construction and another five months of renovations, the new emergency department at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton took its first patients Feb. 7 Full story. |
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1/30/2013 — One of Carlton and Ila Crenshaw’s children recalled hearing the story. It was Jan. 29, 1933—a Sunday—and Carlton was trying to convince Ila to marry him right away. Full story. |
1/30/2013 — More than 1,800 people thronged the new emergency department and expanded surgical services unit at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton on Saturday, Jan. 26. Full story. |
1/23/2013 — The Carrollton Dawnbreakers Rotary Club donated more than 1,000 children’s books for young visitors to the Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton Emergency Department. Full story. |
1/21/2013 — The public is invited to tour the new expansion on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Full story. |
1/21/2013 — Thursday afternoon, Tanner Health System President and CEO Loy Howard recalled what he saw when he arrived at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton that August night. Full story. |
1/4/2013 — Due in just a few days and with a 2-year-old on hand, Samantha Thomas was spending a quiet New Year’s Eve at home when, at about 10 p.m., she began contracting. Full story. |
12/27/2012 — More advanced and innovative options for treating a wide variety of behavioral health problems are coming to the region as Patrick Jensen, MD, M.Div., joins West Georgia Behavioral Health and the medical staff at Willowbrooke at Tanner. Full story. |
12/26/2012 — The hospital was among only 11 hospitals in Georgia to earn an “A” rating from the nonprofit healthcare research firm Leapfrog Group. Full story. |
12/12/2012 — All three of Tanner Health System’s hospitals have made Georgia Trend’s 2012 list of Top Georgia Hospitals. Full story. |
11/30/2012 — Shazib Khawaja, MD, has been ranked among the top 1 percent of physicians in the nation for 2012 by U.S. News and World Report. Full story. |
11/29/2012 — Nearly $50,000 Raised to Assist Cancer Patients Full story. |
11/26/2012 — HomeCare Elite, a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies, has named Tanner Home Health among the nation’s top 500 home health service providers. Full story. |
11/21/2012 — Delayed but undeterred, the new short stay atrium at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton will open to patients and visitors on Nov. 26. Full story. |
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11/14/2012 — Willowbrooke at Tanner has expanded its outpatient partial hospitalization programs for adults, adolescents and children to Cartersville. Full story. |
11/13/2012 — Patients who turn to Tanner Health System’s emergency departments for chronic pain medications will receive help—if not a prescription—from a new pain management policy now in place. Full story. |
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11/7/2012 — Many already know the healing power of a pet. They seem to know, almost instinctively, when something’s wrong, curling up in a lap or offering a sympathetic paw. Full story. |
11/2/2012 — Responding to an invitation from Tanner Health System, Gov. Nathan Deal and his wife, Sandra, visited Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton on Thursday, taking a tour of the hospital’s new Surgical Services unit. Full story. |
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10/26/2012 — Higgins General Hospital in Bremen, part of Tanner Health System, is offering a number of “swing beds” to help patients recover close to home. Full story. |
10/25/2012 — For the fourth consecutive year, Tanner Ortho and Spine Center at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton is ranked No. 1 in Georgia for overall orthopedic services by HealthGrades. Full story. |
10/18/2012 — Digital mammography is hitting the road in west Georgia and east Alabama with Tanner Health System’s new “Mammography on the Move” digital mammography unit. Full story. |
10/8/2012 — Tanner Health System has been awarded almost $1.22 million in federal grant funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Community Transformation Grant (CTG) Small Communities program. Full story. |
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9/24/2012 — It will take several months of work and renovation before the new emergency department at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton is ready to be opened for use. Full story. |
9/24/2012 — All three of Tanner’s inpatient acute and critical access hospitals have been named among the nation’s “Top Performers on Key Quality Measures” by The Joint Commission. Full story. |
9/21/2012 — Tanner Pain Management Center is once again serving patients with the arrival of two physicians who specialize in pain management: Hans Miller, MD, and Hess Panjeton, MD Full story. |
9/20/2012 — Heart to Heart Newsletter Profiles Food Sale Supporter Full story. |
8/31/2012 — Thirteen College and Career Academy students from Carroll County Schools will be participating in the first semester of the program this year. Full story. |
8/31/2012 — Brent Harris, MD, has joined Professional Park Medical Services and the medical staff of Tanner Health System. Full story. |
8/24/2012 — At approximately 9 p.m. Thursday evening, Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton's new emergency department expansion experienced a failure of the fire suppression line. Full story. |
8/16/2012 — Vascular expertise is coming to more people in west Georgia as Heather Park, MD, a board-certified surgeon, joins the patient care team at Tanner Vascular Surgery. Full story. |
7/18/2012 — After enduring pain in his shoulders for a few days, Roopville resident Ray Mashburn finally decided to get himself checked out. Full story. |
6/14/2012 — For the second year in a row, Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton and Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica rank among the top 5 percent of hospitals in the nation for patient satisfaction. Full story. |
6/11/2012 — In recent years, however, Dixie Street has grown more renowned for its tree-lined avenue, though there are concerns that it, too, may be starting to thin. Full story. |
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5/31/2012 — Registration is now open for the 7th Annual Bikers Battling Breast Cancer Event, Curves & Chrome! Full story. |
5/30/2012 — Tanner Health System contributed almost $662.3 million to the region’s economy and created more than 5,300 full-time jobs in 2010. Full story. |
5/24/2012 — When severe storms or winter weather strike Carroll County, county staff will be able to keep emergency response vehicles on the roads after a recent donation from Tanner Health System. Full story. |
4/13/2012 — The fifth annual Prance Your Paws for a Cause Dog Show raised $5,780.46 for the Expressive Art Therapy Program at Willowbrooke at Tanner. Full story. |
4/4/2012 — Loy Howard, president and CEO of Tanner Health System, has been appointed to the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals Board of Directors. Full story. |
4/2/2012 — Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton has been granted continued accreditation from the AABB—formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks. Full story. |
3/29/2012 — Bonnie Boles, MD, FCCP, with Pulmonary and Critical Care of West Georgia, is now board-certified in sleep medicine. Full story. |
2/22/2012 — Amy Dodson, DO, FACOG, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist, has joined West Georgia Healthcare for Women, PC, and the medical staff of Tanner Health System. Full story. |
2/15/2012 — David Lambert of Carrollton presents a bouquet of red roses to two members of the Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton emergency department team. Full story. |
2/14/2012 — "Moonlight at Tiffany's" is 2012 Theme Full story. |
1/27/2012 — A crowd of more than 200 cancer survivors and their guests braved stormy weather to turn out for Tanner Health System’s third annual Celebration of Life. Full story. |
1/20/2012 — Tanner Health System is making leading-edge care for people with multiple sclerosis more accessible and convenient with the opening of the Tanner MS Center at Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica. Full story. |
1/17/2012 — Thomson Reuters has named Tanner Health System one of the 15 Top Health Systems in the nation. Full story. |
1/10/2012 — Rajat Jhanjee, MD, a fellowship-trained clinical electrophysiologist and board-certified cardiologist, is joining Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists. Full story. |
12/28/2011 — The Wedowee Hospital Authority and Tanner Health System have reached an agreement for the health system to purchase the Wedowee Clinic from the hospital authority. Full story. |
12/9/2011 — “Raising Hope with our Voices” Brings Together Nearly 900 People Full story. |
12/9/2011 — Tanner Health System was chosen to receive an award for its Tanner Green initiative. Full story. |
12/8/2011 — Officials from Tanner Health System and several other local agencies broke ground on the new Tanner/East Alabama medical complex in Wedowee, Ala. Full story. |
12/8/2011 — 20th Anniversary of Local Holiday Tradition Full story. |
11/28/2011 — Last week, Tanner Health System’s board of directors dedicated the atrium along Dixie Street in honor of John H. Burson III, MD. Full story. |
11/21/2011 — Some of the best care and value in rural America is available in Bremen, according to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). Full story. |
11/7/2011 — Perioperative nurses are registered nurses who specialize in collaborating with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical assistants and others before, during and after a surgical procedure. Full story. |
11/4/2011 — David Shepard, MD, became interested in a career in medicine after seeing how it offered a unique opportunity. Full story. |
11/2/2011 — President of Bikers Battling Breast Cancer, Inc. Receives Honor Full story. |
11/1/2011 — The 12-week contest encouraged participants to attend local group fitness classes and more. Full story. |
10/26/2011 — For some of the best care in the country, area residents need look no further than down the street, according to the nation’s leading independent source of physician information and hospital quality ratings. Full story. |
10/21/2011 — Mujeeb Jan, MD, a board-certified cardiologist, is returning to Villa Rica and joining the patient care team at Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists. Full story. |
10/19/2011 — Tanner Health System’s newest diagnostic imaging service is now open – wide open. Full story. |
10/18/2011 — Dr. Couvreur joins Carrollton Obstetrics and Gynecology Full story. |
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9/21/2011 — Atlanta's leading business news source names Tanner among region's 'Best Places to Work' for fifth time Full story. |
9/16/2011 — On Monday, Oct. 3, the Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton corridor from the main hospital to the emergency department reopened and the temporary hallway closed. Full story. |
9/15/2011 — The 405 hospitals recognized nationally as top performers accounts for only 14 percent of the Joint Commissions’ accredited hospitals. Full story. |
9/9/2011 — Nuclear cardiology labs in Carrollton and Villa Rica receive ICANL accreditation Full story. |