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Southeast Georgia Health System continues to partner with the Golden Isles YMCA and Chick-Fil-A to offer a free Lunch and Learn series for the community. The final lecture for 2012 will be “Osteoporosis,” presented by Erick Bournigal, M.D., board-certified in internal medicine and rheumatology, Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Rheumatology, on Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 12 to 1 ...
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RUNSWICK, Georgia: Dec. 20, 2011–Sherry L. Sweek, RHIA, CPHQ, CPMSM, director, Quality Improvement, for Southeast Georgia Health System was recently elected as the membership chair for the Georgia Association for Healthcare Quality. She was also appointed to serve on the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) Best Practice Steering Committee. Sweek joined the Health System in 2010 and brought ...
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BRUNSWICK, Georgia: Dec. 16, 2011 – If you or a loved one need care for a minor illness or injury this holiday season, Southeast Georgia Health System will have you covered. On Christmas Eve, Saturday, Dec. 24, the Health System’s Glynn Immediate Care Center, located at 3400 Parkwood Drive at Glynn Avenue, will be open from noon until 5:30 p.m. On Christmas Day, Sunday, Dec. 25, St. ...
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After serving 12 years as a pet therapy volunteer at Southeast Georgia Health System, Teeney Bernard will retire at the end of 2012. One of the Health System’s original pet therapy volunteers, Teeney spent his time at the hospital visiting patients and staff members, lifting spirits and generating lots of smiles. Teeney, a 14-year-old Tibetan spaniel, was presented with a certificate for his ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to welcome Paul Trumbull, P.T., director of Rehabilitation Services, Brunswick Campus and Enzo Centofanti, director, Cancer Care Centers, Brunswick and Camden campuses. Trumbull brings with him more than 15 years of leadership experience in the field of rehabilitation services. As director, he is responsible for rehabilitation services on the Brunswick ...
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Santa and Mrs. Claus made a surprise visit during the Southeast Georgia Health System Senior Care Center-St. Marys Festival of Lights on Thursday, Nov. 29, much to the delight of residents Herbert Howell and Grace McIntrye (seated). During the annual celebration to officially usher in the holiday season, residents and their families and friends sang carols, enjoyed refreshments, and visited with ...
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Santa and Mrs. Claus made a surprise visit during the Southeast Georgia Health System Senior Care Center-Brunswick Festival of Lights on Thursday, Nov. 29, much to the delight of residents Michael Evanick and Catherine Amos. During the annual celebration to officially usher in the holiday season, residents and their families and friends sang carols, enjoyed refreshments, and visited with Santa ...
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Diabetes is a major health issue with rates continuing to rise each year, and Georgia is part of what has been called the United States 'diabetes belt'. In recognition of World Diabetes Day, Southeast Georgia Health System will host a diabetes health lecture on Tues., November 13, and free diabetes screenings on Wed., November 14. The free events will focus attention on the causes, risk ...
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The Southeast Georgia Health System Senior Care Center-Brunswick honored their resident veterans with a picnic and special program on Mon., November 5. During the event, Mayor Bryan Thompson presented certificates of appreciation to the veterans. The veterans then proceeded to parade through the Center so staff and residents could cheer on their heroes.
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Oct. 31, 2012--6,000-Square-Foot Wolfson Children’s Specialty Center Will Be Located in Medical Plaza on Southeast Georgia Health System Campus. Southeast Georgia Health System, headquartered in Brunswick, Georgia, and Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida, announced today that they have signed a multiyear affiliation agreement to expand pediatric subspecialty medical ...
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The Southeast Georgia Health System is one of nine hospitals in the state to be selected for the Georgia Baby-Friendly Hospital 5-Star Incentive Project, a pilot program designed to support and recognize hospitals as they move toward the national Baby-Friendly® designation for breastfeeding. The Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative is a program of the World Health Organization and UNICEF that ...
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In its continuing mission to provide the best patient care possible, Southeast Georgia Health System announced recently that it has become a member of the American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR), an independent, not-for-profit database designed to store comprehensive data about joint replacement procedures. “More than a million hip and knee replacements are performed each year in the ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System is proud to announce Donna Perkins, R.N., CBPN-IC, breast patient navigator for the Breast Care Center, recently received the prestigious designation of Certified Breast Patient Navigator from the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC). “Donna is committed to providing exceptional patient care in a compassionate manner,” says DelRia Baisden, vice ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System invites the community to the Merry Market Place Holiday Craft Fair on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 for a unique holiday shopping experience. The Craft Fair will take place from 8 a.m.-6 p.m. in the Linda S. Pinson Conference Center on the Health System’s Brunswick Campus, 2415 Parkwood Drive, Brunswick. Holiday shoppers looking for gifts will be delighted with the ...
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Linda McInerney was named Volunteer of the Quarter at the Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus Auxiliary’s recent quarterly luncheon at the Laurel Island Links Clubhouse in Kingsland. A Health System volunteer since March 2009, she currently volunteers at the Guest Services Desk each Monday and also serves as treasurer for the Camden Auxiliary. Linda resides in Camden with her ...
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More than 200 team members at the Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick and Camden campuses are starring in their own Pink Glove Dance video to promote breast cancer awareness and prevention. The video was submitted to a national competition to determine the best Pink Glove Dance video of 2012. The Southeast Georgia Health System video will be posted on www.pinkglovedance.com on Oct. 12. ...
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Ed Storch was named the Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus Auxiliary’s latest Volunteer of the Quarter during the group’s quarterly luncheon held in September on the Brunswick Campus. A member of the Auxiliary since 2006, Ed currently volunteers in the Cancer Care Center, and his wife, Jan, volunteers in the Health System’s Orthopaedic & Spine Center. Residents ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System would like to calm any local concerns regarding the national reports about patients who may have received a steroid injection linked to an outbreak of a form of meningitis. Southeast Georgia Health System does not purchase steroid injections from the pharmaceutical company in question. Patients of the Health System and its related clinics and offices are safe. ...
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On Monday, Aug. 20, Southeast Georgia Health System presented area EMS providers with CAREpoint workstations, a communication system that will save precious minutes in the treatment of heart attack patients and allow the Health System to activate a Code STEMI (heart attack) prior to the arrival of the patient, thereby reducing the time before treatment and minimizing damage to cardiac muscle. The ...
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any people don’t keep track of their medications as well as they should; so, if they become ill or need a medical/surgical procedure performed, they’re not in a good position to advise their physicians on what drugs they are taking. This can have severe, negative consequences. To help combat this problem, Southeast Georgia Health System invites the community to attend a Brown Bag ...
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Annual mammogram screenings may be important for the early detection of breast cancer, but some women still put off having one for a variety of reasons. That’s what 52-year-old Brunswick resident Cindy Supernaw did for years until her mother, 75-year-old Cynthia Shuman, also of Brunswick, came up with an idea. “Why don’t we do it together?” Cindy grew up in Brunswick, moved ...
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Heart patients at Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick Campus are experiencing safer, higher quality care with the opening of a new state-of-the-art cardiac catheterization lab, featuring a digital cardiovascular and interventional X-ray imaging system that helps physicians clearly see the blood vessels and anatomy of the heart, as well as blood vessels throughout the entire body. According ...
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BRUNSWICK, Georgia: March 21, 2011 – Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to welcome internal medicine physician Sinnathurai Vasantha-Kumar, M.D., who goes by S. Vasantha-Kumar, M.D., to Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Internal Medicine, a strategic affiliate of the Health System. Kumar earned his medical degree from the University of Sri Lanka before receiving his Medical ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to announce that Glee Lambert, guest service representative, Senior Care Center-Brunswick, was recently named the Star of the Quarter. Each quarter, Health System team members nominate a fellow team member that he or she feels goes above and beyond expectations in meeting the Health System’s Service Excellence standards. “Glee is the thread ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to announce that team member Cynthia Horne, R.N., Emergency Care Center-Camden, has been named the latest Camden Campus Star of the Quarter. Each quarter, Health System team members nominate fellow team members for their above and beyond performance that exceeds the Health System’s Service Excellence standards. “Cindy is the kind of nurse that ...
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