Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) plans to expand its hospital in Braselton to meet the growing needs of the surrounding communities by adding inpatient beds and expanding the Emergency Department. The expansion paves the way for several anticipated improvements at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Braselton including: A Certificate of Need (CON) application has also […]
Dr. Monica Newton and Dr. Samuel Le Church, Family Medicine physicians at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC), were recently honored with two of the highest honors given by the Medical Association of Georgia (MAG) at their annual House of Delegates meeting in Savannah. “These awards are great examples of the amazing physicians we have teaching […]
People in northeast Georgia continue to get more local access to high-quality heart care, as Georgia Heart Institute has added another world-class cardiologist to its growing roster of skilled experts. Glen A. Henry, MD, an interventional cardiologist who spent the last three decades at Yale Medicine, will be leading Interventional Cardiology and the Cardiac Catheterization […]
Dr. Mohak Davé has been a leader in trauma care across the region and state for almost two decades – his impact undeniable. And for this impact, he was recently given the Governor Nathan Deal Award for Trauma Excellence at the Region 2 Trauma Advisory Committee’s (RTAC’s) Northeast Georgia Trauma Symposium on Friday, October 28. […]
Whether it’s saving lives on a battlefield in Iraq, walking on to a Division 1 college football team, completing medical school in the Ivy League, training to be an instrument-rated pilot, perfecting robotic heart surgery techniques or helping train other surgeons in operating rooms across the nation – Sloane Guy, MD, has spent the past […]
Patients in the Gainesville and Clayton areas now have even more access to expert heart care as Siva Chiranjeevi, MD, returns to Georgia to care for patients at Georgia Heart Institute. Dr. Chiranjeevi spent time at Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia, to complete a residency in internal medicine before moving to Mobile, […]
The vast challenges facing non-profit health systems like Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) – everything from the current nursing shortage, employee burnout due to the COVID-19 pandemic, increased violence against healthcare workers, shifting payment models and more – often require creative solutions fueled by outside-the-box thinking. That’s exactly why NGHS is launching Northeast Georgia Health […]
Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is in the early stages of an important negotiation for a new contract with UnitedHealthcare (United), hoping to reach an agreement that protects in-network access for patients and fair compensation for the care NGHS provides. The current contract, which expires April 30, 2023, covers the care NGHS provides to patients […]
The Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) Foundation’s Medical Center Open is helping change lives and impact mental health in Gainesville in a big way. The Medical Center Open was held on Thursday, October 6, at Chicopee Woods Golf Course with proceeds from this year’s event – the 30th anniversary of the golf tournament – benefiting […]
Through the Georgia Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program, individuals and businesses can choose to use their state income tax to support increased access to health care by designating those dollars to Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Lumpkin. Identified as one of the hospitals with the highest financial need in Georgia by the Department of Community […]
Effective Friday, September 30, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is relaxing its mask requirements to no longer require employees, patients and visitors who are fully vaccinated to wear a mask. In accordance with guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, fully vaccinated is defined as having received two doses of the Pfizer or Moderna […]
Because of Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS)’s commitment to staff and the surrounding region, NGHS was recently named to Forbes magazine’s list of America’s Best Employers By State. The list ranked 1,382 employers across the nation and ranked NGHS among the top 15 organizations in Georgia. “To be recognized as one of Georgia’s Best Employers […]
As a tribute to the life and legacy of Nell Whelchel Wiegand, a renowned and generous Gainesville native who supported both the community and Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS), NGHS Foundation announced the new Nell Wiegand Legacy Society to honor those supporting the health system with planned gifts. This honor will allow Nell’s legacy of […]
Thousands of pregnant women experience cardiovascular-related complications each year. Physicians and researchers at Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) hope to change that after receiving a $1 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “This grant will be life-changing for many of our patients,” said Mary Lou Wilson, MSN, RN, women’s […]
When Pamela Boundy broke her shoulder, she took the 10-mile trip to Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) Barrow. Pamela, like many others in and around Winder, knew she could trust NGMC Barrow for emergency care. But when it came to the next step in her recovery process, the 63-year-old grandmother of three was pleasantly surprised […]
Tony and Teresa Funari, Braselton residents are giving back to that community with a gift to Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) to support cancer services so others can receive the life-saving treatment and care as they did while fighting cancer. Tony was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2000. It was a battle he never saw […]
Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) continues to do all it can to help address a shortage of primary care providers across the state, as eight young students recently graduated from the Pathway to Med School program. The Pathway to Med School program is a 4-week, residential program for undergraduate pre-medical students who attend Georgia institutions […]
Patients will now experience a more streamlined and organized hospital stay thanks to a new Care Traffic Control Center at Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS). The new control center will help keep patients steadily progressing through the stages of care at all four NGHS hospitals, ensuring patients get the right care at the right time […]