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Piedmont Fayette Offers Nurse Camp This Summer
Current high school students who are interested in learning about the nursing field and opportunities for nursing school should apply to the Piedmont Fayette Hospital Summer Nurse Camp, June 5-7.
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Piedmont Eastside Medical Center Unveiled Art Gallery, ‘Art of Healing’
Piedmont Eastside Medical Center partnered with The Sheridan at Eastside, a local senior living facility, to create an art gallery for the public to view.
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Piedmont Named to Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023
Piedmont has earned recognition as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
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Piedmont Newton Hospital, with Newton County Health Department, Earns Car Seat Mini Grant
Piedmont Newton Hospital and the Newton County Health Department received the 2023 Car Seat Mini Grant from the Georgia Department of Public Health's Injury Prevention Program
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Make This the Year You Quit Smoking
Smoking is the single, largest, preventable cause of death and illness in the world. It’s estimated that smoking causes about 480,000 deaths each year as it is a risk factor for stroke and heart disease as well as lung cancer and respiratory illnesses.
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Piedmont Macon Employee Wins President's Award
Willie Densley, a technician in the Emergency Department at Piedmont Macon Medical Center, has won the 2022 President’s Award for an act of kindness and selflessness that helped one of his patients
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Athens Baby Wins $5,529 for College As Path2College Newborn Sweepstakes Winner
Today, the Semeria family of Athens joined representatives from the state of Georgia’s Path2College 529 Plan and Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center to celebrate. Henry Semeria, who was born at Piedmont Athens Regional last June, was the winner of the 2021 Path2College 529 Newborn Sweepstakes, and he received $5,529 for his college savings.
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Piedmont Newton to Hold Sixth Annual Drive-thru Flu Shot Clinic
Piedmont Newton Hospital will hold its sixth annual free ‘drive-thru’ flu shot clinic on Friday, Oct. 7 from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Hospital employees will be administering 150 flu shots on a first come, first served basis in the parking lot located at the corner of Newton Drive and N. Dearing Street.
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This Year CDC Recommends High-Dose Flu Shot for Those 65 and Older
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, based on a new body of research, is recommending high-dose flu shots this year for people 65 and older. People in that age group can receive high-dose flu shots at their primary care provider or by making an appointment at their Piedmont Urgent Care by WellStreet location.
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Piedmont Rockdale Hospital Medical-Surgical Unit Receives AMSN PRISM Award for Exemplary Practice
Piedmont Rockdale’s medical-surgical unit on Med-Surg 1 has received the AMSN PRISM Award, an honor recognizing exceptional nursing practice, leadership and outcomes in hospital medical-surgical units.
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Piedmont Rockdale Completes $12.6 Million Expansion and Renovation Project
Piedmont Rockdale Hospital recently completed its $12.6 million expansion and renovation, creating a new patient care area and updating departments.
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Piedmont Macon, Piedmont Macon North Celebrate One Year With Piedmont
Piedmont Macon Medical Center and Piedmont Macon North Hospital mark their first year under the Piedmont banner on Aug. 1, capping off 12 months that include millions of dollars invested in upgrading equipment and the launch of a new patient-centered medical records system that links midstate patients’ records to the entire Piedmont network.
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Know Your Blood Calcium Level
July is Parathyroid Awareness Month and Reema Mallick, M.D., an endocrine surgeon practicing at Piedmont Henry Hospital, wants everyone to know the symptoms for hyperparathyroidism, how it is diagnosed, and, most importantly, how it is treated.
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Piedmont Leases Space for New Medical Offices Near Piedmont Newton Hospital
Piedmont has leased 25,000-square-feet of space in the Shoppes at Martin’s Crossing, about one mile from the Piedmont Newton Hospital campus, for medical offices.
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Marx Named Piedmont Athens Regional’s Chief Medical Officer
iedmont Athens Regional Medical Center has announced Geoffrey Marx, M.D., MS, FHM, as the hospital’s new Chief Medical Officer (CMO).
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Piedmont Athens Regional Named to Newsweek’s Best Maternity Hospitals 2022 List
Piedmont Athens Regional has been named to Newsweek’s list of Best Maternity Hospitals 2022
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PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL: Piedmont Athens Regional Names Rising Ninth Grader Reagan Roberts Athlete of the Month
Piedmont Athens Regional’s Sports Medicine department announced Reagan Roberts, a rising ninth grader at Oconee County High School, has been named Athlete of the Month, a program that recognizes one student athlete each month for his/her demonstrated perseverance through an athletic injury or medical illness either on or off the field.
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PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE: First Patient in SPYRAL AFFIRM Clinical Trial Treated at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
David E. Kandzari, M.D., an interventional cardiologist with Piedmont Heart Institute, has treated the first patient in the SPYRAL AFFIRM clinical trial at Piedmont Atlanta Hospital. Dr. Kandzari, who is Chief of the Piedmont Heart and the Cardiovascular Service Line; Director, Interventional Cardiology of the Piedmont Heart; and Chief Scientific Officer for Piedmont Healthcare, is serving as one of two global principal investigators on the study.
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PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE: Cedar Shoals High School Senior Adorian Favors Named Piedmont Athens Regional Athlete of the Month
Piedmont Athens Regional’s Sports Medicine department announced Adorian Favors, a football player at Cedar Shoals High School, has been named Athlete of the Month, a program that recognizes one high school student athlete each month for his/her demonstrated perseverance through an athletic injury or medical illness either on or off the field.
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PIEDMONT HEALTHCARE: Colon Cancer Patient Credits Screening Colonoscopy for Swift Care and Recovery
As a wife, mother, associate professor and research lab director at the University of Georgia, Janet Frick understands the importance of a ‘to do list’, and in November 2019, completing her annual physical and scheduling her first screening colonoscopy were near the top of the list.