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...
Loy Howard, president and CEO of Tanner Health System, has been appointed to the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals Board of Directors. As a member of the alliance’s board, Howard will share his knowledge on current issues affecting Georgia’s community not-for-profit hospitals, as state lawmakers deliberate on community benefit, hospital tax and policy issues that impact Georgians’ access to care. “This is a tremendous honor, not only for me, but for Tanner and our local community,” said Howard. “I...
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...
Rajat Jhanjee, MD, a fellowship-trained clinical electrophysiologist and board-certified cardiologist, is joining Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists, adding clinical electrophysiology to Tanner’s line of advanced cardiac services. Dr. Jhanjee earned a master’s in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and worked as an electrical engineer for Dallas Semiconductor and Guidant Co. before enrolling in medical school at the University of Minnesota. There, he earned ...
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. As rising levels of prescription drug abuse become a national problem and draw increasing concern from local law enforcement agencies, Tanner hopes the new policy will help both residents who may have an addiction to prescription pain medication and those who are living with untreated chronic pain. “As physicians, we’re goi...
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 contributed almost $662.3 million to the region’s economy and created more than 5,300 full-time jobs in 2010, according to a new report from the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA). The impact represents a more than 4 percent increase from 2009’s economic impact. The 2010 data is the latest available from the Georgia Department of Community Health. “We are fortunate that, even as other healthcare systems struggle to cut costs and eliminate jobs, we’re able to continue growing and cre...
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 . The new mobile mammography unit is available to serve at community events, businesses, churches, civic groups and more, making access to digital mammography and bone density screenings easier and more convenient for area women. Tanner’s Mammography on the Move unit is fully accredited, spacious and designed to ensure comfort and privacy. Like Tanne...
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...