Navicent Health Unveils New Childrens Hospital Website
Site Provides Real Time View of New Hospital Construction
Atrium Health Navicent is pleased to announce the launch of a new website that will allow visitors to track the construction progress of the new Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children's Hospital (BKO).
A real time live feed will allow visitors to www.childrenshospitalnh.org to follow construction progress as the new BKO is erected at the corner of Spring and Pine Streets in Macon, Ga. In addition, the website will also provide the following:
A Symptom Checker for concerned parents and caregivers.
Heartwarming stories featuring BKO's own patients and families.
The Find-A-Doctor directory, providing access to pediatricians and pediatric specialists practicing in central Georgia.
In June 2016, amid a climate that has seen a number of hospital closures and limited hospital expansion, Atrium Health Navicent announced its intent to construct a new children's hospital facility to meet a growing demand for pediatric services. With more than 45,000 visits projected annually, the state-of-the-art institution will attract new talent to Macon and serve as an important anchor in the community. The new hospital, to be built at 888 Pine St. in downtown Macon, is slated to open in 2019.
Since 1987, the nonprofit BKO has been committed to enhancing the lives of children through excellence in patient care, research and education. The only dedicated pediatric facility in central Georgia, and one of the most comprehensive in the state, it provides care in general pediatrics, pediatric critical care, neonatal intensive care and outpatient services. The hospital also serves as the primary teaching site for the Department of Pediatrics at the Mercer University School of Medicine.
About Atrium Health Navicent
Atrium Health Navicent was incorporated on November 17, 1994, as a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is to coordinate the Medical Center, Navicent Health and other affiliated entities in their mission of providing a comprehensive continuum of high quality, reasonably priced healthcare services to the region. Atrium Health Navicent has 830 beds for medical, surgical, rehabilitation and hospice purposes. The health system includes The Medical Center, Navicent Health, a nationally recognized tertiary teaching hospital; Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children's Hospital, the region's only dedicated pediatric hospital; Medical Center of Peach County, Atrium Health Navicent, a rural critical access hospital; Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent, the region's oldest and most experienced rehabilitation provider; Pine Pointe, Atrium Health Navicent, which provides palliative and hospice care in homes and in its facility; Carlyle Place, Atrium Health Navicent, the area's first continuing care retirement community; Navicent Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Atrium Health Navicent; as well as diagnostic and home care services. For more information, please visit www.navicenthealth.org.