Tanner Health System News
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...
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...
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 Medical Center/Villa Rica has been named to the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Hospital Engagement Network (HEN) Safety Leaders Circle, which recognizes hospitals’ improvements in patient care throughout the 2012 year. The hospital was one of only 12 hospitals to place in the Presidential Circle, which positions it in the top third of all 116 Georgia hospitals participating in the GHA HEN. The initiative began last year and is part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s (CMS) ...
Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica and Higgins General Hospital are among just 13 hospitals in Georgia included on the Joint Commission’s first ever list of top performers. An independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 19,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care. To earn and maintain The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of A...
Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, has named Tanner Health System one of the 15 Top Health Systems in the nation . Tanner was listed among small health systems, but was the only health system in Georgia on the list in any category – small, medium or large. Researchers from Thomson Reuters analyzed the clinical quality and efficiency of more than 300 health systems from across the country to identify the top 15. This is Thomson Reuters...