Tanner Health System News
2013 Magnolia Ball Executive Committee Members (from left) Mrs. Nichole Pezold, Mrs. Annette Jones, Mrs. Jennifer Green, Mr. Jim Gill, Mrs. Cindy Denney, Mrs. Lori Ingram and Mrs. Meghan Sullivan. The 23rd annual Magnolia Ball—“Apodrasi se Santorini” (“Escape to Santorini”) - was held April 27 on the grounds of the Richards’ family estate and featured an auction, dinner and dancing. Honorary Chairs H.D and Annette Tyson. The black-tie gala raised almost $500,000 to help fund a new comprehensive inpatien...
Duke Blackburn, and his wife, Wedowee artist, Lynn Blackburn, donated the painting “Sun Through the Trees” to hang in new Tanner/East Alabama facility in Wedowee. The painting was unveiled during the facility’s open house on Saturday, May 4. Lynn Blackburn believes that everyone deserves something beautiful to look at—especially the sick. “As an artist, I’ve always enjoyed artwork in medical facilities,” said Blackburn, who maintains a studio and residence in Newnan, Ga., and a studio on Lake Wedowee. “...
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...
Tanner Medical Foundation presented the fourth annual Spirit of Giving award to Mr. Steve Adams at the annual donor appreciation luncheon on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The Spirit of Giving award honors an individual who has touched lives through the giving of both time and financial assets in support of Tanner Health System and has taken steps to ensure the tradition of philanthropy is continued by future generations. Philanthropist Steve Adams (center), pictured with Loy Howard, CEO of Tanner Health System (lef...
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...
Tanner Health System’s newest diagnostic imaging service is now open – wide open. The health system’s new Open MRI is now in service, affording a new level of comfort for overweight patients, the elderly and small children. The traditional MRI systems with which most people are familiar require patients to lie down inside a tube while images are taken. The new Philips High-Field Open MRI system in the Patient Services building at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton features a broad, nearly 360-degree openin...
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...
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 Thursday morning. Marlene Bilyeu, a resident of Sunset Hills in Carrollton, was the first patient to arrive in the new emergency department, arriving at 7:01 a.m., about a minute after the doors for the new unit were unlocked. “We didn’t think we were going to be the first patients in the new emergency department, but we thought we’d probab...
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...