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Community Invited to Join Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital Tree Lighting Virtual Event

12.2.2021

The community is cordially invited to join Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital online on Monday, Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. for an annual holiday tradition, “A Night of Lights,” the lighting of the Children’s Tree. A young patient who battled Multi Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) will light the tree in honor of all the hospital’s young patients and the children throughout the communities Atrium Health Navicent serves.

Atrium Health Navicent Offers Tips to Decorate Safely this Holiday Season

12.1.2021

29th Annual Reindeer Run Returns to Downtown Macon

11.29.2021

Annual Race Benefitting Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital Scheduled for Dec. 4 The 29th annual Reindeer Run and Santa Stroll, benefiting Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital, will be held Saturday, Dec. 4, at 8:30 a.m. “The Reindeer Run and Santa Stroll is one of Macon’s premier races and an event that people look forward to each year to kick off their holiday season,” said Tom Gibbons, Navicent Health Foundation board chair. After taking place virtually last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 5K Reindeer Run and 1-Mile Santa Stroll are returning as an in-person event, beginning and ending at Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital, 700 Spring St., Macon.

Atrium Health Navicent Physicians Encourage Vaccination for Safer Thanksgiving Holiday

11.22.2021

As the holiday season draws closer, many central Georgians are excited to celebrate with family and friends, but also concerned with doing so safely during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Physicians at Atrium Health Navicent recommend COVID-19 vaccination and offer other safety tips to help celebrate safely and reduce the pandemic’s spread.

Monroe County Hospital Certified to ISO 9001 Quality Management System

11.17.2021

Monroe County Hospital, an Atrium Health Navicent Partner, has been awarded full ISO 9001 Quality Management System certification by DNV Healthcare USA, a world-leading certification body, signifying a commitment to safe and high-quality patient care. “Monroe County Hospital is dedicated to providing the safest and most effective health care services possible,” said Lorraine Smith, Monroe County Hospital’s CEO. “ISO 9001 sets forth criteria for quality management that include a strong customer focus, engagement of top management, a process approach and continual improvement.” ISO 9001 is the most widely accepted quality management system in use around the world and is quickly gaining acceptance among U.S. health care providers as a foundation for their quality and patient safety programs. “Monroe County Hospital has worked hard to achieve this certification, and they have done so with unwavering commitment from their top leadership to make their hospital the best it can be,” said Patrick Horine, President of DNV Healthcare USA Inc. “ISO 9001 certification isn’t just an award or trophy for something you’ve done, it’s public evidence that you are at the top of your game with an obvious plan in place to make excellence an everyday objective.” The ultimate impact of ISO 9001 within hospitals is the reduction or elimination of variation, so that critical work processes are done consistently. Internally it helps staff create clear and consistent processes for patient care and ensure that progress is constantly being made toward specific quality objectives.

Atrium Health Navicent Celebrates 13 Years of World Class Stroke Care

11.16.2021

Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center has earned its 11th consecutive “Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus” Quality Achievement Award, an annual award presented by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association (AHA) for excellence in stroke care. Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center earned the “Get With the Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus” Quality Achievement Award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period.

Atrium Health Navicent Now Offers COVID-19 Vaccine for Everyone Aged 5 and Older

11.15.2021

Atrium Health Navicent is now offering COVID- 19 vaccines for everyone aged 5 and older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that children aged 5 through 11 be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine.

Join Atrium Health Navicent in Recognizing American Diabetes Month

11.12.2021

Diabetes, a condition affecting an estimated 463 million people worldwide, is a metabolic disease in which the body is unable to produce enough insulin to regulate glucose levels in the bloodstream. Many cases of diabetes go undiagnosed.

Atrium Health Navicent Nurse Receives Statewide Lifetime Achievement Award

11.11.2021

Retired Atrium Health Navicent Associate Chief Nursing Officer Dawn Cole was awarded the prestigious Georgia Hospital Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award on Thursday during the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Hospital Hero Awards virtual celebration. Cole, the only health care worker statewide to receive the award, was recognized for dedicating over 35 years to her career and her patients before she retired in 2019.

Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin Congratulates Samuel M. Goodrich, M.D. Endowed Healthcare Scholarship Recipient

11.5.2021

Atrium Health Navicent Baldwin and the Navicent Health Foundation are pleased to announce that four college students pursuing degrees in healthcare fields have been presented the 13th annual Samuel M. Goodrich, M.D.