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Monday, June 13, 2011 MEDIA CONTACT:
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L.E.A.D. to host 2nd Annual Ambassador Signing Day at Turner Fielf
Sam Crenshaw of 11Alive News to host event sponsored by South Fulton Medical Center
ATLANTA, June 13, 201...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
South Fulton Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®– Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that South Fulton Medical Center has reached a...
Monday, May 09, 2011 HOLD YOUR PLACE AT THE ER ONLINE
EAST POINT, GA (May 9, 2011) - Tired of spending hours in a stuffy, overcrowded ER waiting room? South Fulton Medical Center has a solution with InQuickER. This is an emergency room service that facilitates patient...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
EAST POINT, GA (April 11, 2011) - South Fulton Medical Center has opened a newly renovated Surgery Center.
The Surgery Center, located within the hospital, will provide care to patients in need of inpatient or outpatient surgical procedures. Th...
Monday, March 07, 2011
South Fulton Medical Center has been named to the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA) Quality Honor Roll. South Fulton Medical Center is one of 56 hospitals in Georgia to be placed in the Presidenti...
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 South Fulton Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Silver Plus Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes South Fulton Medical Center’s commitment and succe...
Monday, December 06, 2010 As of January 1, 2011, South Fulton Medical Center will be a smoke and tobacco-free campus.
“As a healthcare facility, it is important that we are a community leader in promoting wellness. Creating a smoke and tobacco free environment for our pati...
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 South Fulton Medical Center has opened a new Level III NICU as part of Mother/Baby Services. The new Level III NICU treats premature infants and full-term newborns with infections, birth defects, breathing difficulties, growth restrictions and other...
Tuesday, November 02, 2010 South Fulton Medical Center has received the Heart Failure CIGNA quality designation for 2010. This designation mean South Fulton has met rigorous quality criteria based on nationally recognized medical standards and expert advice.
“We are please...
Thursday, October 28, 2010 Dana Meyer has been named as the new Chief Nursing Officer for South Fulton Medical Center.
Meyer received her bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Cincinnati and a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from LaSalle University. S...
Monday, August 30, 2010 South Fulton Medical Center now offers urgent parking for mothers arriving to deliver their new babies. The designated parking spots are located just inside the parking garage gate and are clearly marked with signs immediately on the left.
Click he...
Monday, July 12, 2010 South Fulton Medical Center has joined efforts with L.E.A.D., a nonprofit organization that impacts inner city middle and high school student athletes by preparing them to compete for college scholarships. South Fulton Medical Center is sponsoring a...
Wednesday, July 07, 2010 You are invited to a free lunch and learn about issues associated with back and spine problems, as well as pain management, including conditions and treatment options. Program is titled "Hand tingling or numbness – Is it carpel tunnel or a seri...
Thursday, July 01, 2010 South Fulton Medical Center has earned the Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission for Advanced Primary Stroke Centers. South Fulton earned this distinction after a program review onsite on June 8, 2010.
The Joint Commission Advanced Prim...
Monday, June 28, 2010 Water births are now offered at South Fulton Medical Center as part of the comprehensive birthing options already available.
“Water births have been around for a long time and is safe option for women,” says Marsha Ford, a midwife who delivers at ...
Friday, June 25, 2010 Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that a subsidiary has entered into a new agreement with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia effective July 1, 2010. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The new agreement co...
Thursday, June 03, 2010 Get a Heart-Health Screening Exam with an EKG for ONLY $39*
Screening Includes:
Electrocardiogram (EKG) read by a cardiologist
Lipid test, including HDL, LDL, total cholesterol and triglyceride levels
Glucose level check
Blood pressure check
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010 You are invited to free lunch and learn on what to expect before, during and after menopause, as well as treatment options.
Featured speaker is Charis Trench-Simmons, MD, OB/GYN.
11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.Friday, May 28, 2010
AuditoriumSouth Fulton Med...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 South Fulton Medical Center has launched a community Facebook page. The Facebook page features updates from the hospital and Outpatient Imaging & Specialty Care at Camp Creek. Postings include featured services, new programs and events, recently...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 What is Vascular Ultrasound?
Vascular Ultrasound is also called ultrasound scanning or imaging, or sonography. A Vascular Ultrasound exposes the body to high frequency sound waves to produce images of the veins and arteries. Vascular Ultrasound do...
Monday, March 15, 2010
Once a month, South Fulton Medical Center hosts a Stroke Support Group for stroke survivors, family members, friends and caregivers. The support group gives those affected by stroke the opportunity to learn more about stroke, share their experie...
Monday, January 18, 2010 On January 18, 2010, South Fulton Medical Center opened one of the area’s newest Adult Behavioral Health Services Units. This well-appointed, 20-bed unit provided crisis stabilization, medication management, and 24-hour care to adults ages 18 to 64 ...
Monday, January 11, 2010 Outpatient Imaging & Specialty Care at Camp Creek has installed a new 1.2T Open MRI. The new high field Open MRI is one of the most powerful open systems in Metro Atlanta and the state of Georgia.
“Traditionally, MRI scans are done in a closed ...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 South Fulton Medical Center’s Cheryl Lamason, R.N., was awarded the prestigious Georgia Hospital Heroes Award at the Georgia Hospital Association’s (GHA) annual Hospital Heroes Awards luncheon Dec. 14 in Atlanta. Lamason, who was one of only 10 ind...
Friday, December 11, 2009 Jeff Stanley has been named Chief Operating Officer for South Fulton Medical Center. He has more than 15 years of healthcare experience and began his career as a pharmacist. Most recently, he served as Associate Administrator at South Fulton where h...
Monday, December 07, 2009 On October 1, South Fulton Medical Center launched a new stroke and tele-neurology program that includes advanced technologies, stroke-trained nurses in the Emergency Department and Critical Care Unit (CCU), and strict guidelines developed by the Am...
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 South Fulton Medical Center has earned the Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) award under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of respiratory care services available in hospital...
Monday, May 18, 2009 South Fulton Medical Center (SFMC) announces the appointment of James M. Freemont, MD, MHA, as President of the Hospital’s Medical Staff. Among his many roles, Dr. Freemont will serve as key liaison between the Medical Staff, the hospital administr...
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
The Cleveland Avenue Corridor is Looking to Shift Directions
Town Hall Meeting Scheduled to Begin the Conversation
South Fulton Medical Center (SFMC) will host a town hall meeting for those interested in creating a community vision for Cl...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006 ATLANTA – Tenet Healthcare’s Atlanta market announced today that Atlanta Medical Center and South Fulton Medical Center have become hospital members of the Duke Infection Control Outreach Network (DICON). DICON is a collaboration between Duke U...
Monday, November 13, 2006 South Fulton Medical Center joined its sister hospitals, Atlanta Medical Center and North Fulton Regional Hospital, at this year's Atlanta Heart Walk. More than 200 employees plus their families registered for the walk....
Friday, October 27, 2006 DALLAS – October 27, 2006 – Tenet Southern States announced today that James E. Clements has been named chief executive officer of South Fulton Medical Center, a 338-bed acute care facility located in East Point, Ga. Clements was the hospital’s ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 EAST POINT, Ga. – South Fulton Medical Center today announced the appointment of Eleanor T. Post as the new chief nursing officer of the facility. Post, whose appointment is effective July 24, will be responsible for all nursing activities at t...
Tuesday, January 17, 2006 Albert Barrocas, M.D., F.A.C.S., has been appointed chief medical officer for South Fulton Medical Center. Dr. Barrocas, who is board certified in surgery, has more than 30 years of experience in direct patient care and health care management. I...
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 Twelve local charities received funds December 14, 2005 -- (EAST POINT, GA) – South Fulton Medical Center hosted a special luncheon on Dec. 14 to recognize 12 local charities that received charitable grants from South Fulton and the Tenet Health...
Friday, November 18, 2005 Wayne Boutwell, engineering director at South Fulton Medical Center, has been elected secretary of the 2006 Executive Board for the Georgia Society of Hospital Engineers (GSHE). Boutwell has been in the healthcare field for 10 years. He is a gradua...
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