Dr. Tanya Oswald, MD, recently joined the staff of St. Dominic Hospital. She is a member of the Mississippi Premier Plastic Surgery PLLC. (Northside Sun, Jackson)
On Oct. 1, Press Ganey replaced Gallup as the surveyor of patient satisfaction data for the Northwest Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale. (Press Register, Clarksdale)
The [...]
The Non-Invasive Vascular Laboratory at Singing River Hospital has achieved accreditation by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL), demonstrating a commitment to providing a high level of patient care and quality testing for the diagnosis of vascular disease.
The Singing River Hospital site is one of [...]
Pictured are, from left, Bryan Maxie, Forrest General’s Vice President of Support Services, and Sam Herrin, Director of Project Management at Forrest General, with Herrin’s Dennis Cagle Memorial Engineer of the Year award plaque.
Sam Herrin, Director of Project Management at Forrest General Hospital, has been [...]
Pictured are (front row, l to r): Brook Atkinson, Stephanie McCullouch, (back row, l to r): Susan Stringer, Chris Link, Allison Dallas, Kathy McDill, Beth Ingram, Kelli Nicholson, Stephanie Lee and Tina Berryhill
Junior Auxiliary of Rankin County unveiled their latest service project, a [...]
Pictured are MSH employees Danica Buchanan and Sandy Entrekin, along with Society of St. Andrew Program Coordinator Jackie Usey. Usey’s organization recently donated 60 pumpkins that will be used for fall decorations around the hospital’s patient buildings.
Mississippi State Hospital was the recent recipient of a [...]
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Left to right: Sharon Hughes, Veronica Gholar, Jennifer May – King’s Daughters Hospital – Brookhaven; Becky Walls – Pontotoc; Donna Boykin – MS State Hospital; Georgia Myers – King’s Daughters Hospital – Brookhaven; Janice Knight – St. Dominic Health Services; Faye Fife – St. Dominic [...]
Oktibbeha County Hospital is proactively preparing for the challenges that are expected to come from the
health care reform initiatives in Washington. One area of focus is the information storage
infrastructure.
After extensive research and analysis, the OCH ITS team chose the IBM XIV Storage System, which utilizes a grid-based architecture that provides [...]
Forrest General Home Care has been selected by OCS HomeCare, the leader in home health benchmark reporting and outcomes measuring, as a 2009 Vision Award winner.
In its ninth year, the OCS Vision Awards honor and recognize the exceptional efforts of homecare and hospice providers [...]
Miss. State Hospital November service award recipients include: (first row, l to r) Alta Marie King, 5 years; Kaye Myers, 10 years; Tamela Sanders, 10 years; Wanda Berry, 10 years, (second row, l to r) Lenoir Walker, 5 years; Joseph Crain, 5 years; Sylvester Huntley, 15 years; and [...]
Julie Tate has been named Director of Business Development and Marketing for Garden Park Medical Center, located in Gulfport Mississippi, according to Tim McManus, CEO. The 130-bed hospital is part of the Delta Division of HCA Inc.
Julie comes to Garden Park from Humana Military Healthcare [...]
Annika Wade, of Utica, Miss., has been named Mississippi State Hospital’s (MSH) November 2009 Employee of the Month for Direct Care employees.
Wade is a residential service program supervisor for Mississippi State Hospital, where she has worked for 14 years.
The MSH Employee of the Month [...]
Sharron Mills, of Jackson, has been named Mississippi State Hospital’s (MSH) November 2009 Employee of the Month for Support Services.
Mills works in Environmental Services at Mississippi State Hospital, where she has been employed for 23 years.
The MSH Employee of the Month award recognizes employees [...]
Jessica Crosby, of Taylorsville, Miss., has been named Mississippi State Hospital’s (MSH) November 2009 Employee of the Month for Licensed Clinical employees.
Crosby works in the Female Receiving Unit of Mississippi State Hospital, where she has been employed for one year.
The MSH Employee of the [...]
Pictured are MSH Community Services team members at the 2009 NAMIWalks event on Nov. 7 at Mayes Lake.
Twenty-six members of Mississippi State Hospital’s Community Services team were among the hundreds who participated in NAMIWalks 2009 on Saturday, Nov. 7, at Mayes Lake in [...]
Occupational Therapist Tim Pulver and Occupational Therapy Assistant Shannan Allen work with a patient in using the SaeboFlex® device during therapy.
Two therapists at Forrest General’s LiveWell Center recently received certification on the SaeboFlex® – an innovative device used in rehabilitation for patients who have experienced [...]
Health Insight has recently ranked Wesley Medical Center number one among hospitals in Mississippi in Quality Measures for 2008.
“I am proud of our medical staff and employees who work continuously to be the best of the best in serving our patients. This #1 ranking in our state demonstrates [...]
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Pictured are the Southern Miss Dixie Darlings and Forrest General patient Jacob Butler.
The University of Southern Mississippi’s Dixie Darlings visited patients at Forrest General Hospital recently, taking time to share laughs and smiles with patients and their families. Members of the dance team talked [...]
Forrest General recently announced the promotion of four of its employees. These promotions recognize the skill and dedication exhibited by these employees during their time with Forrest General, and reflect Forrest General’s commitment to ensure a positive patient experience in all areas of the hospital’s service.
Brian Trussell, M.D., has recently opened his medical practice in Hattiesburg with the mission of providing competent and compassionate medical management of spine, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders to the people of south Mississippi.
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Pictured from left to right: (back row: Felton Combest, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, MRHC; Paul Byers, M.D., District Health Officer, MSDH; Rick Napper, CEO, MRHC; front row (sitting): Tim Irvin, RN, MRHC; Jonathan Ford, Corinth High School student)
Magnolia Regional Health Center has agreed [...]
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(From L-R) Mary Lynn Davis, Coordinator of Guest Services and the Volunteer Auxiliary; Cleo Bailey, Volunteer of the Year
River Oaks Hospital and Woman’s Hospital recently honored their most outstanding volunteer by hosting a special recognition luncheon. Receiving votes from her peers, Cleo Bailey [...]
Angela Savage, Licensed Masters Social Worker and social work supervisor, has been selected asSouth Mississippi State Hospital’s Employee of the Quarter for the third quarter of 2009.
Savage has worked in the Social Services Department at SMSH since October 2007. She previously worked [...]
The Hancock Medical Services Robert H. Baxter building was reopened on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Hancock Medical’s maintenance staff, with help from the volunteer group that has made four mission trips from Hancock County, Indiana, completed all the work that went into getting the building back [...]
Forrest General’s Rehabilitation Unit recently earned a three year accreditation from CARF International (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) for their Adult Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs. The unit has also been awarded recognition as an Adult Stroke Specialty Program.
In carrying out their daily work [...]
Janet Gallaspy, BS, RN, MPH, Oncology Service Line Administrator at Forrest General, has been selected as the Southern Regional Chair for the Executive Board of the Mississippi Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control (MP3C).
In this role, Gallaspy will represent counties in south central Mississippi, [...]
Pictured are (l to r, front row) Natasha Griffin of Simpson County, Shannon Rushton of Rankin County, and Genice Morton of Hinds County; (l to r, back row) Max Wells, Staff Assistant to Governor Haley Barbour for Constituent Services; Josh Chavis of Rankin [...]
Forrest General recently joined other health care providers across the country in being named as a 2009/2010 Consumer Choice Award recipient from National Research Corporation (NRC). This award places Forrest General with other top hospitals across the country based on the most important indicator of a healthcare organization’s success – feedback from [...]
Singing River Health System will celebrate the beginning of construction of a 70,000 square foot Singing River Medical Park with a ceremonial dirt dumping on Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. at the walking track east of Singing River Hospital.
The state-of-the-art facility will house The Neuroscience Center, a medical laboratory, outpatient imaging services, [...]
Jaquith Nursing Home (JNH) residents are getting into the Halloween spirit with a pumpkin decorating [...]
St Dominic’s has received a 5-Star rating for the quality of its stroke and heart attack care from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The recognition is based on HealthGrades’ 12th Annual Hospital Quality in America study, which analyzes patient outcomes at virtually all of the nation’s hospitals.
St. [...]
Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center recently announced that it has received a 5 star rating for the quality of its Pulmonary and Stroke Care from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare rating organization. The recognition is based on HealthGrades’ twelfth Annual Hospital Quality in American study, [...]
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Pictured are (from left) Dr. Thomas Mosley, director of the MIND Center; former Gov. William Winter, honorary chairman; Patricia McClure, co-chair; Ambassador John N. Palmer, chairman; Suzan Thames, co-chair; Dr. Robert C. Khayat, honorary chair; and Dr. Dan Jones, chancellor of the University of Mississippi.
On Oct. [...]
Mississippi State Hospital recently recognized Paula Eure, of Florence, for completing the Mississippi State Personnel Board’s Basic Supervisory Course.
A native of Hattiesburg, Eure serves as Development Director in the Public Relations Department of Mississippi State Hospital. She is a graduate of the [...]
In 2010, no hospital in Mississippi has more Five-Star Ratings than Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., as recognized by HealthGrades, America’s leading independent healthcare ratings organization. Baptist is among the top 10 percent in the nation for Vascular Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery and Gastrointestinal Care, [...]
Bessie King, of Jackson, MS, has been named Mississippi State Hospital’s (MSH) October 2009 Employee of the Month for Support Services.
King works in Environmental Services in Whitfield Medical Surgical Hospital. She has been employed at MSH for eight years.
The MSH Employee of the [...]
Mississippi State Hospital (MSH) recently honored employees with October anniversary dates for their years of service to the hospital. Service Awards are given to employees in the month of their date of hire, beginning with five years and every fifth year following. [...]
Shirley Cox, of Jackson, MS, has been named Mississippi State Hospital’s (MSH) October 2009 Employee of the Month for Licensed Clinical Services.
Cox is a social worker in the Female Receiving Unit at Mississippi State Hospital. She has been employed at MSH for more than [...]
Orthopedic services including joint replacements and Spine Surgery services at River Oaks Hospital have once again been ranked among the top five percent in the nation and the best in Mississippi by a new study released Oct. 14 by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare [...]
Forrest General physicians, administrators and staff attended a press conference Wednesday morning announcing the hospital’s prestigious recognition from J.D. Power and Associates.
In a press conference on Oct. 14, Forrest General announced its recognition by the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Program, acknowledging [...]
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Pictured are (l to r) MSH employees Debbie Boteler, Vernice Evans and Connie Pace at the 2009 Buddy Walk.
Mississippi hospital representatives were among the hundreds who came out to Winner’s Circle Park in Flowood on Saturday, Oct. 10, to support the Central Mississippi [...]
Central Mississippi Medical Center recently welcomed Freda D. Thompson, OB/GYN to its active medical staff and the practice of Samuel F. Brown, M.D.
Dr. Thompson received a medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies. She served as chief resident [...]
Central Mississippi Medical Center recently welcomed Jody T. Adams, Nurse Practitioner, to Care+ Family Medicine - Hinds, the practice of Paul Sheffield, M.D.
Adams obtained a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS. She is licensed by the [...]
Wesley Medical Center recently announced the addition of Dr. Holly McLain to its staff as the director of the neurodiagnostics department. McLain received both her bachelor’s degree and doctor of audiology from the University of Southern Mississippi.
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[...]Mississippi State's T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability is joining with the Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto to open the university center's first satellite location. The campus-based program and the hospital's rehabilitation department will collaborate in providing assistive technology, rehabilitation and biomedical engineering services.
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[...]Grenada Lake Medical Center has opened three of its newest units as part of a $22 million renovation project. The units, planned in collaboration with GLMC nurses and doctors, were meticulously designed to best meet the needs of our patients and the staff rendering their care.
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Right after experiencing the miracle of birth, most mothers can hardly take their eyes off their newborn. And according to St. Dominic's Maternal and Newborn Educator Retta Boyd, RN, BSN, CCE, most new moms don't want their precious bundle far from their loving arms.
Boyd is understandably excited about' [...]
