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Do you need a COVID-19 test? We offer FREE COVID-19 testing in Brunswick at our drive-through testing site located at Kemble Ave., across the street from the Emergency Care Center. Open Monday-Saturday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. (except Saturday, Jan. 1 for New Year’s Day.) Our Emergency Care Centers and Immediate Care Centers are overwhelmed by people needing COVID-19 tests. We understand that COVID-19 ...
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Earlier this year, local residents Reg and Diana Murphy presented a $50,000 grant to the Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation to establish the MaeLil Scholars program for registered nurses seeking specialty certifications in challenging, high intensity practice environments within inpatient settings. On Tuesday, December 21, the Health System held its first MaeLil Scholars pinning ceremony ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to welcome Gregory Kelley, M.D. , physiatrist, to Summit Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Surgery and the Brunswick Campus medical staff. From an early age, Kelley knew he wanted to work in health care. “I ultimately decided to pursue medicine after overcoming injuries from my athletic career. Learning from my own experiences, I understand the ...
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There will be a special called meeting of the Glynn-Brunswick Memorial Hospital Authority on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 11:45 a.m. for the review and ratification of Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments. The meeting will be held in the Executive Board Room at Southeast Georgia Health System’s Brunswick Campus beginning at 11:45 a.m. and will precede the regularly scheduled meeting of ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System recently received recognition as a 2021 Own the Bone Star Performer for achieving an exceptional compliance rate on 10 prevention measures in the American Orthopedic Association’s® Own the Bone Program. This is the eighth year the Health System has achieved this status. In 2014, Summit Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Surgery, a strategic affiliate of the ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System recently presented The DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses to Christina Miller, R.N., in recognition of the kindness and compassion she provides every day to her patients. Christina Miller, R.N., a registered nurse in the Cancer Care Center on the Brunswick Campus, was nominated for The DAISY Award by one of her patients, Lillian Miller. Excerpts from ...
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There’s a philosophy among those who perform X-rays and computed tomography (CT) scans at Southeast Georgia Health System. “Patients are often fearful or anxious during an imaging scan, or they’re in pain from an accident or injury, so my folks make every effort to make the experience and process as easy as possible,” says Scott Wilson, MSA, CRA, director of the Health ...
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After a federal court in Missouri granted an injunction against the CMS vaccine mandate on Monday, Nov. 29th, which initially only applied to 10 states (not including Georgia), another U.S. District judge in Louisiana issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday evening, Nov. 30th, temporarily blocking CMS from enforcing its vaccine mandate in all states, including Georgia. In light of the preliminary ...
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Serious injuries and illnesses, such as car accidents, stroke or recovering from surgery, can inhibit a person’s quality of life. Whether they enjoy recreational sports and keeping up with the kids, or simply an independent lifestyle, such activities can be painful, and even impossible, without the proper treatment. The Outpatient Rehabilitation team at Southeast Georgia Health System Camden ...
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The Southeast Georgia Health System Brunswick and Camden campuses have once again received platinum level recognition from LifeLink of Georgia for their efforts to increase organ and tissue donation awareness. This is the fourth consecutive year the Health System campuses have been recognized; in 2020 and 2019, they also earned platinum level recognition, and in 2018, they received gold level ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System is pleased to partner with LifeLink® of Georgia to honor and remember those who gave the gift of life through organ and tissue donation. On January 1, 2022, the Donate Life Rose Parade® Float titled, Courage to Hope, will include a dedication garden made up of roses with handwritten dedications by hospital CEO’s across the country including Michael D. ...
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The holidays are usually a joyful time of year, filled with family and friends, gift exchanges and traditional celebrations. However, it’s also a time when our thoughts turn to loved ones we’ve lost through the years but whose memories continue to shine in our hearts. To pay tribute to those memories, Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation will hold its annual Lights of Courage ...
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The Southeast Georgia Health System, Inc., Board of Directors has announced that Scott Raynes, MBA, MA will become the Health System’s new president and chief executive officer (CEO) in January 2022. He will succeed Michael D. Scherneck, who will retire after 18 years with the Health System, the last five as its president and CEO. Raynes has served as president of Baptist Hospitals, Inc. and ...
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Due to the significant decrease of positive COVID-19 cases and transmission rates within our communities, hospital inpatient visitation will resume on Monday, November 22, 2021. This update allows for: Visitors must enter through the Main Entrance (Brunswick and Camden campuses). (Maternity and pediatric visitors on the Brunswick Campus will enter through the Miriam & Hugh Nunnally Maternity ...
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At Southeast Georgia Health System, we are very fortunate to work among colleagues who are often our family, friends and neighbors. And that’s who we provide care to as well—our friends and family. One of the best aspects of living in southeast Georgia is that we live in such a tightly knit community with people we love, trust and rely on. During the last two years, coronavirus has ...
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When Anne-Elizabeth Cluff, a 21-year-old Kansas State University Junior, came down to St. Marys, Georgia, to visit family in her hometown, the last thing she expected was to be admitted as a long-term antepartum maternity patient at the Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus. Thirty-five weeks along in her pregnancy at the time, she was diagnosed with preeclampsia, or high blood pressure ...
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Southeast Georgia Health System recently presented the DAISY Award® For Extraordinary Nurses to Moorea Pierce, R.N., BSN, in recognition of the kindness and compassion she provides every day to her patients. A registered nurse on 4 St. Simons Tower at the Brunswick Campus, Moorea Pierce, R.N., BSN, was nominated for The DAISY Award by April Vezmar, a patient she cared for. Excerpts from the ...
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Giving up smoking is hard. Instead of focusing on the long term, Southeast Georgia Health System encourages smokers to focus on day one. And November 18 is a good day to choose. That’s when the American Cancer Society sponsors the Great American Smokeout® (GASO) and challenge smokers to give up cigarettes for 24 hours. About 34 million American adults still smoke tobacco products even ...
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A typical visit with Santa is often accompanied with bright lights, loud noises and long wait times. For children with sensory sensitivities, including those on the autism spectrum, the experience can be anything but jolly. Knowing how important this tradition can be for children (and their parents), Southeast Georgia Health System is offering an opportunity for children with special needs to ...
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Nov. 11, 2021 – Southeast Georgia Health System has announced that its Department of Emergency Medicine Chief, Mohsen M. Akhlaghi, M.D., FACEP, FAAEM, was awarded the prestigious Georgia Physician Hero Award at the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Hospital Hero Awards virtual celebration on Nov. 11, 2021. Akhlaghi, who was the only individual statewide to receive award, was ...
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The Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2021. This national distinction recognizes the Health System’s achievements in protecting patients from harm and error in the hospital. “Achieving the ‘A’ safety grade requires the commitment of every member of our hospital team,” says Michael D. ...
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The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued regulations on November 4 requiring Health System staff to have a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by December 5 and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by January 4. The vaccine requirement applies to all individuals that work in our facilities or with our patients regardless of whether they are employees or members of our ...
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Glynn County’s Parkinson’s Disease Support Group has announced its first “informational” meeting will be Thursday, December 2, 2021, at 11 a.m. in the St. Simons United Methodist Church Parlor located at 624 Ocean Blvd., St. Simons Island. Parkinson’s disease is a neurologically-related movement disorder that causes tremors, muscle stiffness and difficulty with ...
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Late last week, I alerted you to the impending federal vaccination mandate. As an organization that receives Medicare and Medicaid payments, we are subject to the CMS mandate which is generally more restrictive than the OSHA regulations. As you learn more about the mandate, it is important that you understand this distinction and recognize that which is expected of us as health care workers. By ...
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November 4, 2021 – The Southeast Georgia Health System Foundation 2021 ARTrageous Bras fundraiser features 40 uniquely decorated bras by talented community participants and Health System team members. The annual ARTrageous final event will be a virtual affair this year. All proceeds from the event benefit the Health System’s cancer care programs. The virtual auction featuring the top ...
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