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Navicent Health Experts Offer Cold-Weather Tips for Families

1.21.2020

As part of Atrium Health Navicent's ongoing commitment to community safety and preparedness, the health system asks those in our community to ensure they are prepared for winter weather. Atrium Health Navicent's Safety, Emergency Management and Physical Environment Manager Steve Ramsey offers the following tips to ensure you and your family are prepared for inclement winter weather: Have a qualified HVAC service person check your heating system before cold weather sets in.

Healthy Dates Calendar, February, 2020

1.20.2020

2/1 - Save Your Heart Health Fair, 7 a.m. - 11 a.m., Central Georgia Technical College Bldg H (3300 Macon Tech Drive, Macon), www.navicenthealth.org for details 2/1 - Prepared Childbirth Class, 9 a.m., 478. 633.BABY or https://navicenthealth.org/service-center/women-s-services-navicent-health/beginnings-classes to register, $50.00 fee / prepayment required 2/4 - Spinal Cord Injury Support Group, 6:30 p.m. Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent (3351 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.201.6500 for details 2/4 - Men to Men Prostate Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m., Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent (3797 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.633.6349 for details 2/6 - Empower Seniors Fall Risk Screenings, Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent (3797 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.633.8507 to register for a screening time 2/7 - Stop the Bleed training class, 10 a.m., 478.633.1530 to register for this free class 2/10 - Prostate Cancer 101, 12 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for reservations 2/11 - Smoking Cessation Class, 6 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.2614 for details 2/12 - Caring for the Caregiver, a support group for family caregivers, 1 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.2020 for details 2/12 - Ribbons of Hope Cancer Support Group, 1 p.m.

Navicent Health Director to Serve on National Quality Award Committee

1.14.2020

Selection Speaks to Atrium Health Navicent's Quality & Excellence Denecka Randolph, System Director of Accreditation Improvement for Atrium Health Navicent, has served on the 2019 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award. The Baldridge Performance Excellence Program, which provides value to U.S. organizations and the nation's economy, is successful thanks to the dedicated efforts of volunteers like Randolph.

Navicent Health's Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders Among Most Influential Georgians

1.13.2020

CEO Selected by Georgia Trend Magazine for Third Time Dr. Ninfa M.

Trauma Physicians at Navicent Health Encourage New Years Safety

12.26.2019

Healthy Dates Calendar, January 2020

12.16.2019

1/7 - Spinal Cord Injury Support Group, 6:30 p.m. Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent (3351 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.201.6500 for information 1/7 - Men to Men Prostate Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m., Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent (3797 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.633.6349 for information 1/8 - Caring for the Caregiver, a support group for family caregivers, 1 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.2020 for information 1/8 - Ribbons of Hope Cancer Support Group, 1 p.m.

Navicent Health is Committed to Proactively Protecting You, Your Family and Your Caregivers During Flu Season

12.10.2019

With influenza circulating in the community and primarily affecting young people, Atrium Health Navicent has set up a first line of defense. Atrium Health Navicent has implemented a youth visitation policy for the protection of patients, visitors and staff.

Are The Toys & Gifts You Purchase Safe for Your Children?

12.9.2019

Gift Givers, Consider These Safety Tips when Purchasing Presents The holiday season is a wonderful time to give gifts to the children in our lives, but pediatricians at Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children's Hospital encourage gift givers to exercise caution when selecting presents for little ones. According to the U.S.

Navicent Health Baldwin Generates $131 Million for Local and State Economy

12.5.2019

Health System Supports Approximately 11 Percent of Jobs in Baldwin County In 2017, Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin generated $131,292,403 in revenue for the local and state economy, according to a 2019 report by the Georgia Hospital Association, the state's largest hospital trade association. During the same time period, Atrium Health Navicent provided $6,430,682 in uncompensated care while sustaining approximately 1,700 full-time jobs in Baldwin County.

Treating Leg Pain from the Wrist

12.4.2019

Physicians at Atrium Health Navicent Offer Innovative Approach for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease Physicians at The Medical Center, Navicent Health (MCNH) are utilizing new and innovative technology, the Diamondback 360® Extended Length Peripheral Orbital Atherectomy Device (OAD) from Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (CSI®) to treat patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD affects as many as 18 million Americans and is a circulatory condition in which narrowed and hardened blood vessels reduce blood flow to the limbs.