http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx Tanner Health System News Feed http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx4c5212bd-bebf-47f2-b7ec-455b37def44a.aspx 4c5212bd-bebf-47f2-b7ec-455b37def44a 9/3/2010 2:18:25 PM Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:18:25 GMT Tanner Health System is selling Breast Cancer Awareness T-shirts on www.tanner.org through Sept. 24, providing area residents with the opportunity to promote awareness and also change a Tanner breast cancer patient’s life. All T-shirt profits will be used to support Tanner Breast Health’s patient education program, which provides hope, information and courage to women from our community who are conquering breast cancer at Tanner. Besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. ... http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx4387ca90-d2cf-43bf-9204-c8237ffd49a9.aspx 4387ca90-d2cf-43bf-9204-c8237ffd49a9 9/3/2010 1:36:53 PM Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:36:53 GMT Tanner Medical Group is expanding in Paulding County with a new family medicine practice, Tanner Primary Care of West Paulding. Tanner Primary Care of West Paulding, located along Highway 120 near Rose’s Store, will offer a wide range of health services for the entire family, including health screenings, physical exams, immunizations, weight management services, sick visits, management of chronic health conditions and more. The practice will begin accepting patients Sept. 1. The patient care team at Tan... http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxdbb5efab-c834-4c61-9cc6-679c6bc1e640.aspx dbb5efab-c834-4c61-9cc6-679c6bc1e640 8/27/2010 1:00:00 PM Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:00:00 GMT Tanner Health System is partnering with the physicians at West Georgia Urology this September to offer free prostate cancer screenings to area men. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men, and the second-leading cause of cancer-related death. According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, every American male has at least a 17 percent chance of developing prostate cancer. Fortunately, prostate cancer is extremely treatable if detected early. A prostate exam is a quick and relatively pain... http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxc751cabb-8ff3-492d-8e8a-54be0f58fda3.aspx c751cabb-8ff3-492d-8e8a-54be0f58fda3 8/3/2010 3:00:00 PM Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:00:00 GMT Tanner Health System has announced that four physicians have recently joined its medical staff. Bradley H. Edwards , MD, has joined the patient care team at West Georgia Anesthesia Associates, part of Tanner Medical Group. Dr. Edwards earned his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham. He completed his internship in medicine and residency in anesthesiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Hospital. He is a native of Ranburne, Ala. Megan Grilliot , MD, has ... http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx09d6a787-1133-47bd-8186-7abc9c80c592.aspx 09d6a787-1133-47bd-8186-7abc9c80c592 8/2/2010 9:30:30 PM Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:30:30 GMT At its annual summer meeting last week, the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) presented its prestigious statewide Community Leadership Award to Tanner Health System in Carrollton for its establishment of Willowbrooke at Tanner, a behavioral health facility that has greatly helped meet the needs of behavioral health patients in the community. GHA established the annual award to recognize a GHA-member hospital that has made exemplary contributions to the health and well-being of the people of Georgia thr... http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx07991d90-b8c0-4adb-ad98-0dd27ab26cc0.aspx 07991d90-b8c0-4adb-ad98-0dd27ab26cc0 7/27/2010 8:30:00 PM Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:30:00 GMT Ambulance Drive on the Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton campus is expected to reopen on Aug. 30. The section of Ambulance Drive from the three-way stop to the Emergency Department entrance on the Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton campus has been closed while crews worked to expand a parking deck. The affected stretch of road lies along the north side of the Clinic Avenue Parking Deck, between Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton and the West Georgia Specialty Center on the hospital campus. Ambulances an... 7/16/2010 7:30:55 PM Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:30:55 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxcaa869e3-64b6-4a7f-b489-790ee6ab8073.aspx caa869e3-64b6-4a7f-b489-790ee6ab8073 The AmVets Post 99 Annual Golf Tournament for Charity, benefiting Tanner Hospice Care, was held on Saturday, June 26. For the fourth consecutive year, AmVets members voted for Tanner Hospice Care as their charity beneficiary, and this year they presented Hospice with a check for $6,500. Tanner Hospice Care provides sensitive support for people in the final stages of a terminal illness. Hospice also gives support to family members as they prepare for a loved one’s loss. Tanner Hospice Care enables patien... http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxcef40b3b-2803-478f-b6c8-6290dda8bc16.aspx cef40b3b-2803-478f-b6c8-6290dda8bc16 7/13/2010 2:09:54 PM Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:09:54 GMT It’s a big deal, but not in the traditional way. One of the two largest cranes in the Southeast is on site at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, where workers are using the massive machine to hoist the substantial prefabricated portions of a parking deck into place. The 500-ton (or 1 million pounds, if you’re doing the math) crane is a Liebherr Model LTW 1400-7.1, with a potential vertical reach of 400 feet – almost the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. It has been provided by Maxim Crane Wor... http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx03cb7169-2011-4e71-b424-c128ea817756.aspx 03cb7169-2011-4e71-b424-c128ea817756 6/29/2010 8:46:16 PM Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:46:16 GMT The Tammy Driskell Memorial Blood and Marrow Drive generated about 120 pints of blood for the American Red Cross and 65 new additions to the Be The Match bone marrow registry. The blood and marrow drive was held in memory of Tammy Driskell, RN, nurse manager of the emergency department at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, who passed away from leukemia earlier this year. The drive was held Friday, June 25 at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton. Through a partnership with Be The Match, a national nonprofit or... 6/21/2010 6:30:00 PM Mon, 21 Jun 2010 18:30:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx700f6a2c-7429-4f11-bfed-5ed445c05e32.aspx 700f6a2c-7429-4f11-bfed-5ed445c05e32 Tanner Medical Group, one of metro Atlanta’s largest multi-specialty physician groups, has expanded with a new practice, Tanner Neurology. Jonathan Kerrick, MD Robert Naguszewski, MD The practice of Dr. Jonathan Kerrick and Dr. Robert Naguszewski, Tanner Neurology is located in Carrollton, at 150 Clinic Avenue, Suite 203, across the street from Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton. “Expanding the range of specialties available through Tanner Medical Group is a key part of Tanner’s commitment to improving ac... 6/15/2010 3:00:00 PM Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:00:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxd0b66910-dccd-48c7-b75b-20cf54dad0c5.aspx d0b66910-dccd-48c7-b75b-20cf54dad0c5 Tanner Health System will host the Tammy Driskell Memorial Blood and Marrow Drive on Friday, June 25 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Classroom 2 of the Health Education and Wellness Learning Center at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton. Tammy Driskell, RN The blood and marrow drive is being held in memory of Tammy Driskell, nurse manager of the emergency department at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, who passed away from leukemia earlier this year. Learn more about Tammy . Through a partnership with Be The Matc... http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx39ddae38-f2f8-4780-99a7-36fd1e3e6f9a.aspx 39ddae38-f2f8-4780-99a7-36fd1e3e6f9a 6/9/2010 5:00:00 PM Wed, 09 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT Bikers Battling Breast Cancer is hosting its annual motorcycle ride on Sunday, July 18, benefiting Tanner Breast Health for the second consecutive year. This signature poker run event starts at Harley-Davidson of Atlanta in Lithia Springs and ends at the VFW Post 7404 in Carrollton with great stops along the way! Registration starts at 11 a.m., and a free T-shirt and goody bag will be available for the first 500 registered participants.  To register online or for more information, visit www.bikersb... 6/4/2010 5:00:00 PM Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:00:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx8cc91ba1-3846-452c-a4c7-19c444f17036.aspx 8cc91ba1-3846-452c-a4c7-19c444f17036 For approximately six hours on Monday, June 7, the entrance driveway for the Emergency Department at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton will be rerouted, with flagmen directing traffic as construction for expansion of the Clinic Parking Deck along Ambulance Drive proceeds. Traffic will be rerouted again for a few hours the following day. Weather permitting, the entrance driveway will be reopened to traffic on Wednesday, June 9. The entrance rerouting will not affect access to or the operation of Tanner's ... 6/3/2010 8:00:00 PM Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxd5baed73-e4d2-4c9e-9596-0c50e62f49b2.aspx d5baed73-e4d2-4c9e-9596-0c50e62f49b2 AmVets Post 99 is hosting the Fourth Annual Golf Tournament for Charity, benefiting Tanner Hospice Care, on Saturday, June 26 at The Lion Golf Club in Bremen. The shotgun start for the flighted field will begin at 9 a.m. Tickets are $100 per individual or $400 for a team of four. Hole sponsorships are $100 each. Prizes will be awarded for the closest ball to the hole and longest drive. A complimentary barbecue dinner will be held at AmVets Post 99 after the tournament. All proceeds donated to Tanner Hos... 5/20/2010 9:30:41 PM Thu, 20 May 2010 21:30:41 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx329e66ce-ffd7-4214-b3ea-a1e1b415c045.aspx 329e66ce-ffd7-4214-b3ea-a1e1b415c045 Tanner Medical Foundation’s ACT class visited the Possum Snout arena in Tallapoosa on May 13 to learn about the six-week, summer equine therapy program, offered by Willowbrooke at Tanner in collaboration with Rachel’s Wish Foundation. Horses respond to human behavior – interacting with horses can help people with mental illness understand their feelings and behavior and how that affects their relationships with others. Equine Therapy is a summer program that is part of the Willowbrooke at Tanner Child a... 5/20/2010 2:30:00 PM Thu, 20 May 2010 14:30:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxa53fa3eb-3e5a-47af-a611-353bfbea19ad.aspx a53fa3eb-3e5a-47af-a611-353bfbea19ad The 20th anniversary Magnolia Ball, “License to Thrill,” was held on May 1 on the Richards’ family estate in Carrollton. The community joined together to raise more than $480,000 that will assist with the construction of a new emergency department and an expansion of surgical services at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton. The new Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton emergency department will double its treatment capacity and offer the latest, state-of-the-art technologies to allow Tanner to serve the emergen... 5/12/2010 4:12:32 PM Wed, 12 May 2010 16:12:32 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx02cb8ab3-a344-4e37-b721-6abb4b39778d.aspx 02cb8ab3-a344-4e37-b721-6abb4b39778d With Mental Health Month this May, Tanner Health System wants to remind area residents of how easy it is to seek help through its Willowbrooke at Tanner behavioral health service. As headlines highlighted failures in Georgia’s state-run psychiatric hospitals, crews were clearing land and pouring the foundation for a new 52-bed behavioral health facility in Villa Rica. When it opened in April 2009, Willowbrooke at Tanner was the first new inpatient behavioral health facility built in Georgia in about 20 ... 4/22/2010 9:36:27 PM Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:36:27 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxd5973ddc-e7da-4e83-8fe8-c1bd1a541f9d.aspx d5973ddc-e7da-4e83-8fe8-c1bd1a541f9d Tanner Medical Foundation donors Clarence and Helen Finleyson are working to make the lives of Willowbrooke at Tanner patients a little brighter. The couple made a donation to fund murals in courtyards at Willowbrooke at Tanner, an inpatient behavioral health facility in Villa Rica. These courtyards, located on each of the facility’s three wings, allow patients to enjoy the outdoors and garden area on their units. The courtyards, previously painted a pale yellow, are now vibrant with age-appropriate mur... 4/6/2010 1:57:09 PM Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:57:09 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx5333031a-1721-4d6f-bfe3-998f75eba9bc.aspx 5333031a-1721-4d6f-bfe3-998f75eba9bc Tanner Health System contributed more than $448.9 million to the region's economy and created 4,313 full-time jobs in 2007, according to a report from the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA). GHA compiles its annual Economic Impact Report to give a better view of how Georgia hospitals serve as vital economic engines for local and state economies. Figures provided by the Georgia Department of Community Health are processed through economic multipliers developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, United S... 4/6/2010 1:00:00 PM Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx9d6672a1-4b1b-402a-898f-390ca3012eba.aspx 9d6672a1-4b1b-402a-898f-390ca3012eba Tanner Medical Foundation established an Ambassador Board, comprised of community leaders, to participate in educational activities to become more knowledgeable about the strategic service lines of Tanner Health System. Pictured from left: Scott McBrayer, Ellen McBrayer, Ben Butler, Kirby Butler, Leanna Schulenburg, Mike Redding, Janey Redding, Ann Newman, Nelia McCarthy, Brian McCarthy, Swede Sullivan, Megan Sullivan, Trey Fleck, Mark Foster, Megan Foster, Karen Middlebrooks, Todd Middlebrooks, Newton ... 3/30/2010 1:00:00 PM Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx2a6891fc-4099-4a21-879f-2b8892ca615e.aspx 2a6891fc-4099-4a21-879f-2b8892ca615e The Nest, a vintage, antique shop off the square in Carrollton held a Pajama Party Fun-Raiser on Thursday, February 25, benefiting the Tanner Heart and Vascular Center. Approximately 50 ladies, dressed in their pajamas, attended to network, play bingo and most importantly learn about cardiovascular disease, an illness facing up to one-third of area residents. Chris Arant, M.D., Cardiac Interventionist, Tanner Heart and Vascular Specialists, was in attendance and gave participants information on warning ... 3/30/2010 1:00:00 PM Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:00:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx618b84a0-7048-4142-9241-778da7dc9884.aspx 618b84a0-7048-4142-9241-778da7dc9884   West Georgia Quilting Guild donated two baby quilts to maternity patients of Tanner Health System in honor of National Quilting Day. Pictured from left are Kathy Mathis, director of development, Tanner Medical Foundation and Edmae Bialka of the West Georgia Quilting Guild. Mrs. Bialka created the quilt, given to the first baby born at W. Steve Worthy Maternity Center at Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton on National Quilting Day, Saturday, March 20.  3/25/2010 8:02:00 PM Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:02:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxdbda757b-9a65-41df-9504-ce2e79accd08.aspx dbda757b-9a65-41df-9504-ce2e79accd08 Shazib Khawaja, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, board-certified in cardiovascular medicine, interventional cardiology, endovascular interventions and vascular medicine with Tanner Heart & Vascular Specialists and on the medical staff at Tanner Health System, has been named one of "America's Top Doctors." It is the second year in a row he has received this national distinction. The list, now in its ninth year, is published annually by New York-based Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. and serves as a guide to help c... 3/25/2010 8:01:00 PM Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:01:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx611477eb-aa9d-49d7-8b54-3968e675f7b7.aspx 611477eb-aa9d-49d7-8b54-3968e675f7b7 National Doctors' Day honors the extraordinary people who have devoted their lives to improving the health of others. In celebration of National Doctors’ Day on March 30, patients throughout the communities Tanner serves are being given the opportunity to honor their physicians through tribute gifts made to Tanner Medical Foundation. This initiative enables patients to express appreciation to their physicians while supporting the programs and services of Tanner Health System. All messages of appreciatio... 3/25/2010 8:00:00 PM Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:00:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxae5a2cb9-e2a8-4b3f-bef3-dd6b553244db.aspx ae5a2cb9-e2a8-4b3f-bef3-dd6b553244db Tanner Medical Center/Carrollton, Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica and Higgins General Hospital in Bremen have been named to the Georgia Hospital Association's (GHA) Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA) Quality Honor Roll. The three facilities are among just 48 hospitals in Georgia to be placed in the Presidential category, one of the highest on the list. The honor roll is based on clinical data provided by the federal Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), which administers the ... 3/24/2010 2:09:17 PM Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:09:17 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxdc15cdfe-e32c-4690-ae5c-0fe03aa16a7f.aspx dc15cdfe-e32c-4690-ae5c-0fe03aa16a7f "The Wonderful Ways of Play Therapy" is a five-hour, continuing education workshop that will be presented by Willowbrooke at Tanner on Friday, April 2 at 8:30 a.m. in classrooms A and B in the Education and Conference Center at Tanner Medical Center/Villa Rica. The workshop will provide professional counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists with an overview of nondirective and directive interventions in play therapy along with theoretical rationales for the purposes, settings and ti... 6/3/2009 7:00:00 PM Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:00:00 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspx3e28b693-2d14-4719-b76a-dd4f8ce43748.aspx 3e28b693-2d14-4719-b76a-dd4f8ce43748 Golfers from across west Georgia came together on Saturday, June 6 for the AMVETS Post 99 Annual Golf Tournament for Charity, benefiting Tanner Hospice Care. For the third consecutive year in a row, AMVETS members voted for Tanner Hospice Care as their charity beneficiary and this year they presented Hospice a check for $5,500. Tanner Hospice Care provides sensitive support for people in the final phase of a terminal illness. Hospice also gives support to family members as they prepare for a loved one’s... 5/20/2009 8:17:07 PM Wed, 20 May 2009 20:17:07 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxc0833311-fa0f-4736-ac9b-aa6a696ce32d.aspx c0833311-fa0f-4736-ac9b-aa6a696ce32d Two rocking chairs were donated to Higgins General Hospital in Bremen by Buchanan Women's Club. The chairs will be used in the hospital’s emergency rooms one of which will be used in the pediatric trauma area. The Buchanan Women's Club has 34 members and was established in 1937. 2/20/2009 9:17:50 PM Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:17:50 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxcdb3991b-aecf-4d7b-85bc-bdac887e482d.aspx cdb3991b-aecf-4d7b-85bc-bdac887e482d Feathers and Twigs, a vintage furnishings shop in Carrollton, held a "Pajama Party" fundraiser on February 20 raising more than $500 for Tanner Heart and Vascular Center. Donna Maner, co-owner of Feathers and Twigs, talked to attendees about her experience with Tanner Heart and Vascular Center during her heart attack in 2006 and the warning signs of a heart attack. 12/15/2008 9:18:45 PM Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:18:45 GMT http://www.tanner.org/Main/TannerNews.aspxc602c5ba-13af-4ebf-b8bb-8e6ac484b0ac.aspx c602c5ba-13af-4ebf-b8bb-8e6ac484b0ac Through a golf tournament and other events during 2008, the Fairfield Plantation Women's Club raised funds to support charities in the community. A generous donation to Tanner Medical Foundation will help to provide mammograms at Tanner Breast Health for women who are unable to afford the tests.