Press release: Park Ridge Health and its fellow members of Adventist Health System named Gallup Great Workplace Award winner for the seventh year in a row. Adventist Health System (AHS), which includes Park Ridge Health, has been named a 2017 Gallup Great Workplace Award winner. This marks the seventh consecutive year that AHS and its facilities […]
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Park Ridge Health education event about female incontinence June 29
Press release: One in four women ages 30-59 experiences the life-impacting effects of pelvic incontinence. Fear of a sudden sneeze, running or playing leads them to sit on the sidelines, just watching life instead of living it. On Thursday, June 29, the community is invited to the Free Park Ridge Health Education Series event […]
Mental Wellness Walk addresses leading health issue June 17
Press release: Presented by National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Western Carolina and All Souls Counseling Center, the 1st Annual Mental Wellness Walk will take place on Saturday, June 17th at Carrier and French Broad River Parks. Participants can walk a 2K or 5K (your choice). Event will include music, refreshments, and resource displays. The […]
Walk with a Doc July 10
Press release: Haywood Regional Medical Center has launched a new program, Walk with a Doc. The program is every Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Lake Junaluska Kern Center or Canton Rec Park. The location varies by date, and each Saturday a different Haywood doc attends hosting a topic of interest and then engages in […]
Wound Care Center participates in annual Wound Care Awareness Week June 5-9
Press release: The Wound Care Center at Harris Regional Hospital, a member of the Healogics network, is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds. The fourth annual Wound Care Awareness Week is being held from June 5 to June 9. One of nearly 800 Healogics-managed Centers; Harris Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Center offers advanced therapies […]
Local orthopedic surgeon first in U.S. to offer new technology for shoulder replacement surgeries
Press release: Orthopedic surgeon Richard Jones, M.D., of Southeastern Sports Medicine & Orthopedics, a department of Pardee Hospital, is now using a new technology to offer guided personalized surgery for shoulder replacements. On May 31, while performing shoulder replacement surgery at Pardee, Dr. Jones became the first surgeon in the United States to use this […]
Talk on new options in cataract surgery June 20
Press release: David Markoff, MD, FACS and Caroline Denwood, MD of Mountain Eye Associates in Clyde will present the Talk with a Doc dinner seminar “New Options in Cataract Surgery” on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the Haywood Regional Medical Center Café. Dr. Markoff and Dr. Denwood will speak while […]
Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care announces new medical director
Press release: Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care is pleased to announce that Dr. Elizabeth T. McCarty assumes the role of medical director on June 1. With more than 20 years of experience, Dr. McCarty has been a physician with Sisters of Mercy Urgent Care since 2009. In her role as medical director, Dr. McCarty […]
Advance Care Planning Workshop on medical treatment decisions to be held at UNC Asheville’s OLLI June 21
Press release: To help people think through difficult end-of-life medical treatment decisions in advance, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UNC Asheville will hold a free workshop, open to everyone, from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21, at the Reuter Center on the university campus. “Would you want medical intervention, or would you want […]
The Blood Connection urges donors to give blood as the holiday weekend approaches
Press release: Memorial Day is the beginning of a season that makes the blood supply particularly vulnerable. College donors return home, high school donors are wrapping up the end of year and many are preparing for vacation. The Blood Connection (TBC) urges all eligible donors to remember to donate, to help ensure lifesaving blood […]
Local personal trainer launches new book
Press release: Keith Wimsett, Owner of Inspire Personal Fitness, a local, private personal training gym, joined a group of fitness experts from around the world to share inspirational stories of client transformations in the book, Fuel Your Soul, Transform Your Body. People who want to lose weight and get fit naturally tend to focus […]
Rural Hospital Week observed May 22-26
Press release: Rural Hospital Week is May 22-26 and Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital are joining community hospitals and caregivers across the nation in highlighting the many ways we are making communities healthier. While rural communities are often considered “small towns,” communities like ours are the backbone of America. If the populations […]
Mission Health’s Annual Report/Community Investment report released
Press release: Mission Health has published its 2016 Annual Report |Community Investment Report. Downloadable at mission-health.org/communitybenefit, it highlights the needs of communities served by the Asheville-based hospital system, with member hospitals […]
CarePartners gives out Daisy, Compassion awards
Press release: Every quarter, nursing leadership selects two DAISY winners from blind nominations. The DAISY Foundation is a national nonprofit that honors nurses and the amazing care they provide to patients and families. (https://www.daisyfoundation.org/) For CNAs, every quarter, CarePartners selects one CNA to win the Compassion iN Action (CAN) award. The award started at Mission Hospital as […]
Mission Health releases annual report on volunteer engagement
Press release: The engagement of a talented, compassionate and devoted group of community volunteers is essential for the benefit of Mission Health’s patients and families. Recently, Mission Health published an enlightening and engaging Annual Report on Volunteer Engagement for 2016. The report is an expression of gratitude to the engaged volunteer corps who […]
T.H.E Center for Disordered Eating appoints new executive director
Press release: Simone Seitz has been named the next Executive Director of T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating by the association’s Governing Board. Seitz will officially assume this new role on May 24, 2017. In partnership with the board of directors, Simone will lead T.H.E. Center for Disordered Eating in fulfilling its mission, vision, and strategic […]
Prama celebrates 10th anniversary with festival June 3
Press release: The Prama Institute and Wellness Center will hold an all-day festival on Saturday, June 3, to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The public is invited to enjoy this free celebration, taking place from 10am-10pm at Prama’s double-domed facility, located at 310 Panhandle Rd., just south of Marshall and 20 minutes from Asheville. There will […]
Pardee Hospital Foundation to host annual gala June 17
Press release Pardee Hospital Foundation will host its annual gala, A Black Tie Affair, on Saturday, June 17, at 6 p.m. at the Technology Building at Blue Ridge Community College. The event will celebrate Pardee UNC Health Care’s dedication to serving the medical needs of Henderson County and Western North Carolina. The entire community is […]
Angel Medical Center earns awards for excellence in stroke care
Press release: Angel Medical Center is the recipient of three prestigious awards given by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA), in the critical effort to combat stroke, one of western North Carolina’s most serious and pervasive health problems. The AHA/ASA awarded Angel Medical Center with the Silver Plus Award, the Bronze […]
Mission Health nurses share successful leadership approach at national conference
Press release: Nine nursing leaders from Mission Health traveled to Baltimore, MD last month to share the organization’s innovative and successful approach to engaging its nurses, focusing on their unique, individual strengths to enhance their wellbeing and ability to provide compassionate, high quality care. The group presented to attendees of the American Organization of Nurse […]
Pardee UNC Health Care names new Orthopedics & Sports Medicine leader
Press release: Pardee UNC Health Care announced today that it has hired Daniel J. Hein to lead its Orthopedics & Sports Medicine program, effective April 24. As administrative director of Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Hein will work with orthopedic and sports medicine providers, acute care nursing and ancillary services leadership on patient engagement, clinical […]