Tanner Health System News
For people in the market for a job, some of the best places to work in metro Atlanta are right here in west Georgia. For a fifth time, Tanner Health System has been named one of the region’s top 10 “Best Places to Work” among large employers by the Atlanta Business Chronicle – Atlanta’s leading business publication. Tanner previously earned the distinction in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. For 2011, Tanner ranked ninth. With more than 2,500 employees, Tanner is Carroll County’s second-largest employer behind...
David Shepard, MD, has joined Randall Pierce, MD, Bradley Larson, MD, and the patient care team at Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers and the medical staff of Tanner Health System. Dr. Shepard became interested in a career in medicine after seeing how it offered a unique opportunity to blend his love of science and his love of helping people. “I’ve always enjoyed biology and science,” said Dr. Shepard. “Being a physician, I get to pursue science, but I also get to have that special interaction with peopl...
Some of the best care and value in rural America is available in Bremen, according to the National Rural Health Association (NRHA). The organization ranked Bremen’s Higgins General Hospital among the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals in America, based on its Hospital Strength Index – the first-ever comprehensive rating of the nation’s more than 1,300 critical access hospitals. The hospital was the only one in Georgia to make NRHA’s list. Higgins General Hospital is classified as a critical access hospita...
Patients arriving for emergency medical care at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton will soon have a new destination. The new emergency department at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton will open Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 a.m. Drop-off and walk-in patients and visitors are asked to use the new emergency department entrance along Ambulance Drive, near the corner of Clinic Avenue. Reserved parking for emergency department patients and visitors will be available on the first level of the Clinic Avenue parking deck a...
Shannon Couvreur, DO, has joined the patient care team at Carrollton Obstetrics and Gynecology and the medical staff of Tanner Health System. Carrollton Obstetrics and Gynecology is the practice of Daniel Nelson, MD; Christopher Jewell, MD; Kristy Nix, MD; and James Rash, MD. Dr. Couvreur, who initially wanted to “save the world one puppy at a time” as a veterinarian, instead decided to pursue a career in medicine when her grandmother was diagnosed with lung cancer. “She had never smoked a cigarette in h...
Officials from Tanner Health System and several other local agencies broke ground Wednesday on the new Tanner/East Alabama medical complex in Wedowee, Ala. Dignitaries from the Randolph County and Wedowee hospital authorities, physicians and advanced practice providers, local elected leaders, members of the board for the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, planning commissioners and others participated in the groundbreaking, held on the site where the facility will be constructed along South Main Street...
Tanner Cancer Care , Lilly Oncology and the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship are bringing the “Lilly Oncology on Canvas” art exhibition series to Carrollton. The exhibition of selected artwork from patients affected by cancer across the globe will be on display in the Roy Richards, Sr. Cancer Center until March 15. The artwork provided by “Lilly Oncology on Canvas” is created by people affected by any form of cancer, as well as their families, friends, caregivers and healthcare providers. Lill...
In health care, it’s important that things be done properly – especially during surgery. Perioperative nurses are registered nurses who specialize in collaborating with surgeons, anesthesia providers, surgical assistants and others before, during and after a surgical procedure. “If you or someone you love has had a surgical procedure at Tanner, then there was a perioperative nurse who was in part responsible for you or your loved one’s well-being throughout the operation,” said DeNene Cofield, CNOR, a ce...
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. HealthGrades this week published its 2011 “Healthcare Consumerism and Hospital Quality in America” report, evaluating patient outcomes at nearly 5,000 hospitals nationwide. Outcomes were measured based on mortality or in-hospital complications. For the third year in a row, Tanner Medical Center/Carro...
Tanner Health System was recently honored by the Heard County Chamber of Commerce as the area’s “Business of the Year.” The presentation was made at the chamber’s 47th annual dinner on Jan. 18. Loy Howard, president and CEO of Tanner Health System, and Cory Butzon, MD, a pediatrician with Tanner Family Healthcare of Franklin, a Tanner Medical Group practice, accepted the award.