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Navicent Health Foundation Grants, Atrium Health Navicent Partnerships to Provide Health Career Internships for College, High School Students

5.27.2021

Grants to Provide Health Career Experience for College, High School Students Navicent Health Foundation has approved grants totaling $60,000 over three years to fund internships providing local high school and college students experience in the healthcare field. “Atrium Health Navicent is excited to partner with Wesleyan College, Hutchings College and Career Academy and the Navicent Health Foundation to help train the healthcare workforce of tomorrow and prepare these students to be competitive in the job market upon their graduation,” said Atrium Health Navicent President and CEO Delvecchio Finley. “These partnerships are examples of how Atrium Health Navicent is working to help ensure a brighter future not just for students enrolled in these programs, but also for the central Georgia economy through helping provide a trained workforce for years to come.” The Atrium Health Navicent and Wesleyan College Key Internship Program will allow students to gain paid clinical or non-clinical health career experience. College juniors and seniors are eligible to apply for acceptance into the program.

Atrium Health Navicent Encourages Summer Water Safety

5.26.2021

Drowning is a Leading Cause of Injury and Death for Children Aged 1 to 14 With summer starting and Georgia’s temperatures soaring, Atrium Health Navicent encourages the community to take care when cooling down in pools and natural bodies of water such as rivers, lakes and the ocean to reduce drowning risk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, drowning is a leading cause of injury and death for young children aged 1 to 14.

Atrium Health Navicent Announces Key Executive Appointments

5.25.2021

Chief of Staff, President of Hospitals & Clinics and Assistant Vice President of Strategy, Innovation and Planning Named for Central Georgia Health System Atrium Health Navicent announced today three key executive appointments to market leadership roles on the Central and South Georgia Executive Team. · Cynthia “Cyndey” Busbee, MBA, CSSBB, has been named chief of staff and senior vice president for Communications, Public Affairs and Community Engagement. Busbee previously served as vice president of Public Affairs and Consumer Advocacy for the Macon market.

Join Atrium Health Navicent in Raising ALS Awareness

5.25.2021

Rehabilitation Hospital, Navicent Health Holds Monthly ALS Clinic The community is invited to join Atrium Health Navicent in raising awareness for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, during ALS Awareness Month this May. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.

Vaccines Still Available for Georgians 12 and Older

5.21.2021

Vaccines Still Available for Georgians 12 and Older Atrium Health Navicent partnered with the Baldwin County School District to vaccinate students and school staff against COVID-19 during a special vaccination event on Friday at Navicent Health Baldwin. Due to cold storage requirements, Atrium Health Navicent is one of the few local providers of the Pfizer vaccine, the only shot currently approved for use in children as young as 12. “Atrium Health Navicent is proud to do our part to help make summer safer for these Baldwin County students, their families and school staff members by providing them with protection against COVID-19,” said Atrium Health Navicent President and CEO Delvecchio Finley. “Our partnerships with local schools and others in the community are helping to improve vaccine access, ensuring that anyone who wishes to receive a vaccine can be afforded that opportunity.

Celebration Held for Atrium Health Navicent Patient Unable to Attend College Graduation

5.20.2021

Fort Valley State University Graduate Received Degree at Atrium Health Navicent An Atrium Health Navicent patient who was unable to attend her college graduation due to hospitalization following a car crash was the guest of honor at a graduation celebration Wednesday night. Representatives from Fort Valley State University presented Asia Whitmore with her degree during a ceremony outside the Peyton Anderson Health Education Center.

Atrium Health Navicent Partners with Panhellenic Council for Saturday Peach County COVID-19 Vaccination Event

5.19.2021

Atrium Health Navicent is partnering with the Greater Warner Robins-National Panhellenic Council and local businesses to provide public COVID-19 vaccination services Saturday, May 22, at South Peach Park, 200 Murray Road in Fort Valley. The drive-thru vaccine clinic will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Raise Awareness for Better Hearing and Speech Month with Atrium Health Navicent

5.18.2021

Founded in 1927, Better Hearing and Speech Month is Observed Each May The community is invited to join Atrium Health Navicent in raising awareness of communication disorders during Better Hearing and Speech Month. At Rehabilitation Hospital, Navicent Health, patients receive help in restoring the ability to communicate following a traumatic brain injury, stroke, neurological disease and other illnesses.

Dublin Baby Wins College Savings as Atrium Health Navicent’s First “Tax Day Baby

5.17.2021

One Georgia Baby Born in 2021 to Win $5,529 College Savings Contribution For the sixth year, Atrium Health Navicent and the state of Georgia’s Path2College 529 Plan welcomed the hospital’s first “Tax Day Baby,” Stella Leanne Arnold, who was born at 2:02 a.m., with a $1,529 contribution to her college savings. The U.S.

Atrium Health Navicent Begins Vaccinating 12 to 15-Year-Olds Against COVID-19

5.17.2021

Vaccines Available by Appointment in Baldwin, Bibb and Peach counties As part of an ongoing commitment to help slow the spread of COVID-19, Atrium Health Navicent has begun vaccinating children aged 12 to 15. “We are excited that children and teens aged 12 and up will be able to receive a COVID vaccine. Children are able to contract COVID-19 and we have seen some children with long-term problems related to the infection,” said Dr.