News Center 1345 Result(s) Page 1 of 90 1 2 . . . 89 90 Next Senior Care Center Visitor Cottages Keep Families Connected Aug 31, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System August 31, 2020 – In difficult times, necessity becomes the mother of invention. Southeast Georgia Health System’s Senior Care Centers in Brunswick and St. Marys have taken that to heart. Outside of each facility stands a collection of diminutive white cottages, each featuring a covered porch. “Because of the pandemic, it was necessary to restrict visitors at the Senior Care ... Keep Reading Early Detection of Prostate Cancer Saves Lives Aug 26, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Southeast Georgia Health System Provides Free Prostate Cancer Screenings August 26, 2020 – It may surprise you to learn that prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death in American men, behind only lung cancer. It doesn’t have to be. With early detection, prostate cancer is very treatable. In fact, more than 3.1 million men have survived their diagnosis, thanks to screenings ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Wound Care Center Recognized with National Award for Excellence in Wound Healing Aug 25, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System August 25, 2020 – Southeast Georgia Health System Wound Care Center physicians, leaders and clinicians recently gathered to celebrate the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Clinical Excellence Award. The Wound Care Center has scored in the top 10 percent of eligible Healogics® Wound Care Centers® on the Clinical Excellence measure, which is the Comprehensive Healing Rate weighted by wound ... Keep Reading ScottsMiracle-Gro Donates 10,000 Face Shields to Southeast Georgia Health System Aug 24, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System August 24, 2020 – In times like these, we could all use a miracle. No one appreciates that more than Michael D. Scherneck. As President and CEO of Southeast Georgia Health System, he oversees the Brunswick and Camden campuses. Last week, Scherneck received his miracle in the form of 10,000 protective face shields, donated by the ScottsMiracle-Gro Company. The face shields could not have come ... Keep Reading Children's Vaccines Should Remain a Priority During COVID-19 Aug 21, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System August 21, 2020 – While social distancing and self-isolating, some families are taking advantage of this extra at-home time by focusing on improving their health. Choosing to eat more nutritious foods and developing an exercise routine is good for the body as well as the mind and spirit, especially during a time when everyone’s normal routine is so disrupted. But health experts have an ... Keep Reading Local Artist Randy Siegel Shows Appreciation to Health System Team Members Through Art Donation Aug 20, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System August 21, 2020 – Like so many Americans watching the pandemic unfold, Randy Siegel wondered what he could do for frontline hospital workers. “I had been thinking for a long time about what I could do to show appreciation for health care workers,” said Siegel, an artist who splits his time between St. Simons Island, Georgia, and Asheville, North Carolina. After watching a news ... Keep Reading Mylekia Ambers, CNA: the Mother Behind the Medicine Aug 19, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Hundreds of people in our community visit the Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus every day. Doctors, nurses and health care professionals treat, comfort and heal patients with chronic and acute illnesses as well as emergent injuries. During the coronavirus pandemic especially, Health System team members on the front lines have made many sacrifices, oftentimes prioritizing their patients ... Keep Reading Navigating a New Era Aug 19, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System If you were to follow Raymond “Ray” Quinones-Ortega, R.N. around his workplace, a few lines from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If” might come to mind: “If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs. . . If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting. . .” ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Receives Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award Aug 17, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System American Heart Association Award recognizes Southeast Georgia Health System’s commitment to quality stroke care. August 14, 2020 - Southeast Georgia Health System has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke ... Keep Reading Respiratory Therapists: Working at the Epicenter of a Pandemic Aug 15, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Breathing is a basic human function and seemingly involuntary until the moment your airway is obstructed. Every day, respiratory therapists are the first line of defense between life and death when patients struggle to breathe. “Very few people outside of health care know the functions of a respiratory therapist. During this pandemic, the public now knows that respiratory therapists are an ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Welcomes New Facilities Director Aug 13, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System August 13, 2020 – Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to welcome Craig W. Stuckless, CHFM, as the new director of Facilities. Stuckless brings 18 years of experience in health care facility operations to his new position. Prior to joining the Health System, Stuckless was the director of Support Services and director of Engineering and Safety at Meadows Regional Medical Center in ... Keep Reading ARTrageous Bras Inspire Creativity and Raise Awareness Aug 11, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System August 11, 2020 - The coronavirus may have caused a disruption to many of our favorite activities and celebrations this year, but the Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation ’s ARTrageous Bras fundraiser is not one of them. Registrations and sponsorship opportunities for the annual fundraiser, which provides participants an opportunity to challenge their creativity by decorating bras in a ... Keep Reading Southeast Georgia Health System Earns Remote Treatment Stroke Center Designation Aug 10, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System August 10, 2020 – The Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick and Camden Campus hospitals were recently designated Remote Treatment Stroke Centers by the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Office of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma. According to DPH, both hospitals are now an integral part of Georgia’s comprehensive stroke care system. “The designation recognizes ... Keep Reading U.S. News & World Report Names Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus a High Performing Hospital for COPD & Heart Failure Aug 4, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus has been recognized as a High Performing Hospital for 2020-21 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual Procedures & Conditions ratings, now in their 6th year, are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for common conditions and elective procedures. These ratings extend the U.S. ... Keep Reading How to Wear a Mask and Face Covering Jul 30, 2020 Posted By Southeast Georgia Health System Wearing a mask or face covering is our best defense against the spread of COVID-19, but for masks to be effective, they need to be worn properly. Neil E. Goodman, M.D., FAAP, FACPE, Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Pediatrics and Chief, Department of Pediatrics - Brunswick Campus, demonstrates how to best wear a mask. Be sure to cover both your nose and your mouth! Keep Reading 1345 Result(s) Page 1 of 90 1 2 . . . 89 90 Next