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Applications Now Available for Goodrich Scholarship

4.11.2022

Students pursing health care fields of study are encouraged to apply Applications for the 14th annual Samuel M. Goodrich, M.D.

U.S. News & World Report Names Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin Among ‘Best Nursing Homes’ in the Nation

3.30.2022

Atrium Health facilities were among just 13% nationally to achieve high performing status Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin’s skilled nursing unit has been recognized among the “Best Nursing Homes” in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

Join Atrium Health Navicent in recognizing March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

3.29.2022

The community is invited to join Atrium Health Peyton Anderson Cancer Center in recognizing March as National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Colorectal cancer, a combined term for colon cancer and rectal cancer, is the fourth most common cause of cancer death in the United States.

Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital Announces Local Children’s Miracle Network Champions

3.28.2022

Twins, Jonas and Josiah Seabrooks, named local Children’s Miracle Network champions Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children's Hospital (BKOCH), a Children's Miracle Network (CMN) hospital, has announced brothers Jonas and Josiah Seabrooks have been named as CMN Champions for central Georgia. Twin boys Jonas (4lbs. 1oz.) and Josiah (3lbs. 15oz.) were born prematurely, but seemingly healthy and happy in December 2013.

Atrium Health Navicent President and CEO Delvecchio Finley to Serve as Chairman-elect of the American College of Healthcare Executives

3.28.2022

Finley’s term will be followed by terms as chairman and immediate past chairman Atrium Health Navicent President and CEO Delvecchio Finley has been elected to serve as the chairman-elect of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE). ACHE is an international professional society of more than 48,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems, and other healthcare organizations.

Atrium Health Navicent Continues to Require Masks in Clinical Buildings, Masks to be Optional at Atrium Health Navicent Wellness Center and Other Non-clinical Spaces

3.24.2022

Revised masking policy goes into effect March 30, 2022 As a COVID-19 precaution, Atrium Health Navicent continues to require teammates to wear surgical masks for all in-person interactions with patients and for visitors in buildings where patient care is taking place. Due to the decrease in local cases of COVID-19, masking will be optional in non-clinical buildings – locations where no patient health care is provided – beginning March 30, 2022.

Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital Encourages Caregivers to be Aware of Harmful Chemicals

3.23.2022

Doctors at Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital encourage the community to take note of potentially deadly chemicals that could cause harm to children during National Poison Prevention Week, observed March 20-26, 2022. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), poisoning is the leading cause of unintentional injuryrelated deaths in the U.S.

Phoebe – Atrium Health Navicent Partnership Benefits Southwest Georgia Pediatric Patients

3.22.2022

Lynnly Holley is a happy and active toddler now, but when she was born at Phoebe nearly three years ago, her life got off to a difficult start. “Everything happened really, really fast,” Lynnly’s mother Caitlynn Holley said, recalling the day her daughter was born. “They took her straight to the NICU. They stabilized her and let me see her for a few minutes before they took her to Macon.” After a complicated premature birth, Lynnly was diagnosed with a rare and serious condition that required a lengthy hospitalization and, eventually, surgery. “I don’t think she would be alive had she not gotten the care she got at Phoebe and from Dr.

Atrium Health Navicent Calls Attention to Diabetes on National Alert Day

3.21.2022

Atrium Health Navicent Diabetes Healthways encourages individuals to learn more about diabetes and ways of combatting the chronic disease by observing National Diabetes Alert Day on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. Diabetes, a condition affecting an estimated 537 million people worldwide, is a metabolic disease in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin to regulate glucose levels in the bloodstream.

Atrium Health Peyton Anderson Cancer Center Earns National Rectal Cancer Accreditation

3.16.2022

Atrium Health Navicent’s facility is the only cancer center in Georgia to hold NAPRC accreditation Atrium Health Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, has earned a three-year accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons. The cancer center, an Atrium Health Navicent facility, is the first in Georgia to receive NAPRC accreditation.