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Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center is First in Central Georgia to Successfully Place Barostim Implant

2.22.2024

In January, Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center became the first health system in central Georgia to perform a Barostim implant in a heart failure patient. The implant stimulates natural sensors in the body that tell the nervous system how to regulate heart function and helps to relieve symptoms of heart failure by reducing the heart’s workload and improving the heart’s pumping efficiency. “Our bodies have a sympathetic system, also known as the ‘fight or flight system,’ and the parasympathetic system which calms us down.

Atrium Health Navicent’s Rise to Success Program Helps Train Future Health Care Workers

2.5.2024

Graduating high school seniors are eligible to apply for entrance into Atrium Health Navicent’s Rise to Success program. Now in its second year, the program provides part-time employment and financial support for students pursing health care careers.

Prioritize Cardiac Health During American Heart Month

2.2.2024

Atrium Health Navicent Luce Heart Institute Offers World-Class Care Close to Home According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. All year long, Atrium Health Navicent provides excellent health care to help those with heart conditions live their best lives, but during American Heart Month, observed each February, the health system also asks the community to join in the effort to raise awareness for heart health.

Georgia Trend Names Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center a Top Teaching Hospital

1.25.2024

Georgia Trend, a regional business publication, recently released its list of “Top Hospitals” which included Atrium Health Navicent The Medical Center as one of the top teaching hospitals in Georgia. Georgia Trend ranked the state’s Top Teaching Hospitals as follows: 1.

Join Atrium Health Navicent in Raising Awareness about Cervical Cancer

1.22.2024

January is National Cervical Cancer Awareness Month and doctors at Atrium Health Navicent invite the community to help raise awareness about cervical cancer by encouraging women to make their annual gynecology visits a priority. The American Cancer Society (ACS) has estimated about 13,960 new cases of invasive cervical cancer would be diagnosed in the United States in 2023, leading to about 4,310 deaths.

Atrium Health Navicent Physicians Offer Tips to Help Prevent Birth Defects

1.17.2024

In observance of Birth Defects Awareness Month, physicians at Atrium Health Navicent encourage expectant mothers and women of child-bearing age to become educated about steps they can take to prevent and detect birth defects. Birth defects — structural changes present at birth that can affect almost any part of the body — affect 1 in every 33 babies born in the United States each year and are the leading cause of infant deaths, accounting for 20 percent of all infant deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Winter Weather Advisory: Don’t Get Caught in the Cold

1.16.2024

Central Georgia may not have experienced a white Christmas or a snowflake-filled New Year, but colder weather is on the horizon. According to climate data, January and February are often the coldest months of the year in Macon.

Atrium Health Implements Minimum Wage Increase

1.15.2024

As the new year sets in, many Atrium Health teammates will be seeing a larger paycheck. The health system will increase base pay for the bulk of its workforce by a minimum of 3%, with its hourly minimum wage increasing to $15 per hour at Atrium Health Floyd and Atrium Health Navicent in its Georgia and Alabama markets.

Make a Healthy Start in 2024 with Tips from Atrium Health Navicent

1.11.2024

New Year’s Day has come and gone. If you made a New Year’s resolution or two, you’re in good company.

Dr. Ivan Allen and Dr. Paul Jones Receive Prestigious Georgia Hospital Association Distinguished Service Award

1.9.2024

Dr. Ivan Allen, president of Central Georgia Technical College (CGTC) in Macon, chairman for the Board of Trustees for Houston Healthcare and a Navicent Health Foundation trustee, and Dr.