Tanner Health System News
At approximately 9 p.m. Thursday evening, Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton's new emergency department expansion experienced a failure of the fire suppression line, causing the release of large quantities of water, covering the entire first floor in about two inches. Fire alarm systems were automatically activated and the Carrollton Fire Department responded within minutes. Tanner employees from literally all parts of the organization worked side-by-side with fire department officials into the night to c...
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. This is the second consecutive year that the facilities have earned Healthgrades’ Outstanding Patient Experience Award, presented annually to the top 5 percent of hospitals with high patient satisfaction scores. “How our patients are treated matters as much as the care we deliver,” said Loy Howard, pre...
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, the leading provider of information to help consumers make an informed decision about a physician or hospital. The recognition is part of new findings released today in American Hospital Quality Outcomes 2013: Healthgrades Report to the Nation, which evaluates the performance of approximately 4,500 hospitals nationwide across nearl...
Higgins General Hospital in Bremen has been named one of the HealthStrong Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in the nation—and was the only hospital in Georgia to make the list. Higgins General Hospital Administrator Mike Alexander accepts a 2013 HealthStrong Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals award from Greg Wolf of iVantage. “We are proud of the efforts our physicians and staff have made to help our hospital achieve this designation,” said Mike Alexander, administrator of Higgins General Hospital. “This...
The Carroll County Schools and Tanner Health System have kicked off the second year of Tanner Connections, an initiative to give area high school students a look inside health care and the importance of living a healthy lifestyle. Thirteen College and Career Academy students from Carroll County Schools will be participating in the first semester of the program this year, with more students anticipated to join the program for the second semester. Last year—the inaugural year of the program—began with eig...
All three of Tanner Health System’s hospitals have made Georgia Trend’s 2012 list of Top Georgia Hospitals, which used publicly available information on quality of care, patient satisfaction, mortality and readmission statistics, and data on hospital-acquired infections and conditions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to rank hospitals throughout the state. Higgins General Hospital is ranked No. 1 in the list of the Top Critical Access Hospitals, Tanner Medical Center/Carrollto...
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). Each of the facilities have been placed on GHA’s Partnership for Health and Accountability Core Measures Honor Roll. The honor roll is based on clinical data provided by the federal Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), which administers the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid prog...
For people who live with pain, relief can be fleeting. Effective pain management requires a comprehensive approach to the conditions that are causing pain, as well as interventional therapies and treatments that provide lasting relief. Tanner Pain Management Center, which temporarily suspended operations in late June, is once again serving patients with the arrival of two physicians who specialize in pain management: Hans Miller, MD, and Hess Panjeton, MD. Dr. Miller earned his medical degree from the M...
Gospel music great Babbie Mason led an evening of unforgettable music to raise hope for local cancer patients. For the third consecutive year, west Georgians have brought hope to local cancer patients through music. By supporting Tanner Medical Foundation’s third annual Choirs for Cancer concert, hundreds of audience members and thirty-seven sponsors helped raise nearly $50,000 to help local cancer patients with treatment, medication and expenses related to their cancer care. Since it’s inception, Choir...
Willowbrooke at Tanner has expanded its outpatient partial hospitalization programs for adults, adolescents and children to Cartersville by establishing an office located across the street from Cartersville Medical Center’s emergency department entrance on Joe Frank Harris Parkway. Partial hospitalization is a treatment bridge between inpatient and outpatient care. Presently available in Carrollton and Villa Rica, Willowbrooke at Tanner’s partial hospitalization program is designed for patients who main...