http://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Memorial Health. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:44:34 -0500 © 2012 PR Worldwide, Inc. 60 en-us http://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg http://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides Free Press Release Distribution, & is a unique Directory of Businesses, Products, Services, & Jobs - in all industries. Find Full Company Profiles. http://www.pr.com/press-release/348264 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:44:00 -0400 Utilizing real-time audio and video conferencing, a new telestroke program at Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is providing life-saving stroke assistance in rural regions of Georgia. Neurologists at MUMC can now assess a patient and communicate treatment plans with doctors in regions that do not have a neurologist available. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/348264 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/341689 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:07:00 -0400 Georgia Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle has appointed Elaine Frantz, director of trauma services at Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, to the Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/341689 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/336862 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:09:00 -0400 The Cardinal Health Foundation has awarded Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah $42,000 in grant funding to further enhance operating room safety and efficiency. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/336862 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/332257 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:00:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, is one of only 26 out of 2,500 members of the Premier Healthcare Alliance to win Premier Healthcare Alliance’s Fifth Annual Supply Chain Excellence Award. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/332257 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/325400 Fri, 20 May 2011 09:58:00 -0400 Georgia Governor Nathan Deal has appointed Mary B. Chatman, Ph.D.(c), R.N., Senior Vice President for patient care services at Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, to the Georgia Board of Nursing. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/325400 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/318668 Fri, 06 May 2011 03:00:00 -0400 Three-year-old twins Stephen and Matthew Huffman of Savannah have been selected to represent the state of Georgia in the Champions Across America program sponsored by Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. The twins and their family will travel to Washington, D.C., and then to Orlando, to represent The Children’s Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/318668 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/313960 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:17:00 -0400 Memorial Health Bariatrics, the weight-loss surgery program at Memorial University Medical Center, has been renewed as a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). The program was first designated a Center of Excellence in 2008. Memorial Health Bariatrics is a comprehensive surgery, education, and support program for people who are morbidly obese. To earn the Center of [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/313960 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/310392 Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:03:00 -0400 The Memorial Health Board of Directors announced today that it has named Margaret “Maggie” Gill to become the next president and chief executive officer of Memorial Health. She was selected to lead Memorial by a vote at last night’s regularly scheduled board meeting. Gill joined Memorial in 2004 as vice president for managed care and finance and was promoted to chief operating officer in 2005. On [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/310392 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/309317 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:03:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is the first hospital in Savannah to offer the Revo MRI™ SureScan® pacing system, the first pacemaker approved for use in certain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures. Doctors at MUMC implanted the Revo MRI™ SureScan® pacing system, the first pacemaker approved for use in certain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures first device in Savannah on February 22. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/309317 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/308335 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:03:00 -0400 Memorial Health University Medical Center (MHUMC) earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for its stroke, knee and hip replacement, spinal fusion, and microdiscectomy services. Joint Commission certification is only awarded to programs that meet high standards of care and pass a rigorous, unannounced on-site survey. “We are honored that our programs earned a Gold Seal of Approval from The [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/308335 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/304875 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:00:00 -0500 Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah has been named to the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA) Quality Honor Roll. Memorial is one of 62 hospitals in Georgia to be placed in the Presidential category, one of the highest on the list. The honor roll is based on clinical data provided by the federal Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS), which [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/304875 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/298676 Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:26:00 -0500 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah is the first and only facility in southeast Georgia to offer the Arctic Front™ Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter System, a new, cutting-edge treatment for heart rhythm disorders. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/298676 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/297833 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:02:00 -0500 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) and Sodexo have committed to Meatless Mondays within MUMC. The goal is to promote a healthy diet. Sodexo is the provider of food services at the medical center. Every Monday, Sodexo serves plant-based meal options to the nearly 3,000 customers who dine in MUMC’s cafeteria. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/297833 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/282422 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:14:00 -0500 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been recognized for quality performance in a nationwide hospital quality improvement project. The Premier, Inc. healthcare alliance QUEST: High-Performing Hospitals initiative is a voluntary, three-year program that includes 157 not-for-profit hospitals across 35 states. This is the second year in a row MUMC has received this recognition. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/282422 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/274536 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:26:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah Georgia is one of only five sites in the entire United States selected to participate in a pilot study for the TRIUMPH® Lumbar Disc for treatment of degenerative disc disease – a leading cause of chronic neck and back pain. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/274536 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/271287 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:16:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is rated No. 1 in Georgia for stroke care and is also among the top 10 percent nationally for stroke care and gastrointestinal medical services. The findings are based on analysis conducted by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/271287 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/264041 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0400 Raymond Rudolph, M.D., MPH, FACS, a breast surgeon at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (ACI) at Memorial University Medical Center, received an Outstanding Performance Award from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer (CoC). He is one of only 39 physicians nationwide to receive the award. Rudolph was recognized for improving the quality of care delivered at the ACI, contributing to the [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/264041 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/250176 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:55:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been named one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals for the 11th consecutive year. The annual survey examined 1,280 of the nation’s hospitals on their use of Internet technologies in four focus areas: business and administrative management, clinical quality and safety, care continuum, and infrastructure. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/250176 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/230992 Sat, 01 May 2010 03:00:00 -0400 For the third year in a row, Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia received the Patient Safety Excellence Award from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. This award places Memorial in elite company -- only 74 hospitals in the U.S. received both the HealthGrades 2010 Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and the 2010 Patient Safety Excellence Award. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/230992 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/224983 Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:00:00 -0400 Memorial Health University Medical Center (MHUMC) has been designated by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia (BCBSGA) as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/224983 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/219450 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:24:00 -0400 The American College of Radiology (ACR) has granted the breast imaging services at MUMC in Savannah full accreditation in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound, and ultrasound-guided breast biopsy. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/219450 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/216875 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:30:00 -0500 For the third year in a row Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia has received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM Stroke (GWTG–Stroke) Silver Performance Achievement Award. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/216875 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/208459 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:47:00 -0500 Memorial University Medical Center is one of only 269 hospitals nationwide (out of 5,000 hospitals analyzed) to be named among the HealthGrades Distinguished Hospitals for Clinical Excellence™. It is the only hospital in the Savannah area to earn the recognition. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/208459 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/201302 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:00:00 -0500 The breast care services at the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (ACI) at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah have been granted a full three-year accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC). To date there are just over 100 centers across the United States that have achieved this prestigious accreditation accomplishment. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/201302 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/198592 Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:58:00 -0500 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) has announced the appointment of Joel Greenberg, M.D., as the new co-medical director of the MUMC Stroke Program. He will work to further development and regional growth of Memorial’s Stroke Program. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/198592 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/196459 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:45:00 -0500 Memorial University Medical Center’s (MUMC) Web site, www.memorialhealth.com, won a Gold eHealthcare Leadership Award in the category of hospitals with 400+ beds at the 13th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference held in Las Vegas recently. The “Careers” section of the site earned gold recognition in the category of hospitals with 400+ beds. In particular, memorialhealth.com was noted for its use of social media to [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/196459 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/195151 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:00:00 -0500 The Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (ACI) at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, has been granted a Three-Year Accreditation with Commendation by The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons. ACI is the only facility in the region to have received this CoC Accreditation with Commendation. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/195151 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/193810 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:02:00 -0500 In September, Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia, became the first acute-care facility in the United States to begin using the new Hybrid Preference Pack™ from the healthcare service companies Cardinal Health and SRI Surgical®. These environmentally friendly packs are a mix of both disposable and reusable products in its operating rooms, catheterization lab, labor and delivery rooms, and outpatient [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/193810 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/187530 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:00:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been recognized for quality performance in three areas -save lives, safely reduce the cost of care, and deliver the most reliable and effective care – as a participant in the nationwide Premier Inc., healthcare alliance QUEST: High-Performing Hospitals improvement project. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/187530 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/185641 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:53:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is Savannah’s top-rated hospital, and is among the top 10 hospitals in Georgia for cardiac care, vascular surgery, spine surgery, stroke care, pulmonary care, critical care, and gastrointestinal care. The results are based on an annual study released by HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. The Twelfth Annual HealthGrades Hospital Quality in [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/185641 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/182183 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:04:00 -0400 Memorial Health received a 2009/2010 Women’s Health Excellence award from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. Only 169 hospitals received the award nationwide. According to HealthGrades, this places Memorial University Medical Center among the top 5 percent nationally for women’s health. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/182183 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/172590 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:29:00 -0400 Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia has been recognized for quality performance in six areas in a nationwide hospital quality improvement project. Memorial Health received awards for meeting or exceeding quality guidelines while caring for people in all five areas monitored by the HQID -- heart attack, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, heart failure, pneumonia, and hip and knee replacement. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/172590 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/171816 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:02:00 -0400 Memorial Health in Savannah, Georgia today announced the appointment of O. Phoenicia Miracle as its new vice president for the Memorial Health Foundation, the fundraising arm of the organization. She will officially start work on September 14. “We are delighted to have a successful fundraiser like Phoenicia Miracle leading our Foundation. With her proven experience in philanthropy and her knowledge of the Savannah [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/171816 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/170340 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:37:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah (MUMC), Georgia surgeon Christopher Senkowski, M.D., has removed a patient’s spleen through an advanced technique known as Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS). Only a handful of surgeons worldwide are able to perform complex spleen removal with SILS. The SILS approach has an excellent safety and outcomes record. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/170340 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/164778 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:35:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been named one of the nation’s 100 Most Wired hospitals for the tenth consecutive year. The results were announced in the July 2009 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study by Hospitals & Health Networks magazine, the journal of the American Hospital Association. The annual survey examines 1,314 of the nation’s hospitals on their use of [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/164778 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/161778 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) today announced the appointment of Mary Chatman, MSN, R.N., as its new chief nursing officer (CNO). She will officially start work on August 3. “Memorial’s nurses are outstanding caregivers. As CNO, Mary Chatman will help guide them as they continue to provide compassionate, world-class care each and every day. She will also advocate for the career and personal [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/161778 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/161355 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0400 Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) is the first hospital in the nation to offer a leadership and management focused fellowship in health information technology. The new two-year applied informatics fellowship will give physicians specialized training in the use of electronic patient records, integrated medical networks and databases, and the use of the Internet for patient care and research. “This fellowship [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/161355 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/157003 Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0400 This week, Phillip S. Schaengold, J.D., MBA, FACHE, began work as the new president and CEO of Memorial Health. Schaengold is a veteran healthcare executive with more than 25 years of senior leadership experience, primarily at academic medical centers and safety-net hospitals similar to Memorial University Medical Center. “I’ve already met many of the Team Members at Memorial Health. I can tell that these are [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/157003 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/151737 Thu, 14 May 2009 14:36:00 -0400 For the second year in a row, Memorial Health received the Patient Safety Excellence Award from HealthGrades, the leading independent healthcare ratings organization. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/151737 Memorial Health http://www.pr.com/press-release/134437 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:00:00 -0500 The Memorial Health Foundation board of directors has confirmed Linda Zoller, Zelda Tenenbaum, Richard (Toby) Moreau, and Nancy Sheets incoming president of The One Hundred, as new board members. The Memorial Health Foundation is a nonprofit organization. [PR.com] http://www.pr.com/press-release/134437 Memorial Health