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Wheeler Earns National Credential Zach Wheeler, senior vice president of human resources at Archbold, recently earned designation as Certified in Healthcare Human Resources (CHHR), a national credential granted by the American Hospital Association (AHA). According to the AHA, CHHR professionals have expert knowledge of the healthcare environment and healthcare workforce needs, and are able to adapt the knowledge to meet their organization’s needs and goals. The designation also...

New Location for Archbold Tree of Lights The holiday season is upon us, and for many in South Georgia, it’s a tradition to honor and remember friends and loved ones by making contributions to the Archbold Foundation Tree of Lights. “The Tree of Lights ceremony really marks the beginning of the holiday season for our community, and it offers a celebration of life and remembrance for attendees, as well,” said Vann Middleton, Archbold Foundation president. This year, the...

Archbold nurse and Florida State University College of Nursing educator Stacy Wheeler was recently awarded the prestigious DAISY Faculty Award for her extraordinary commitment to the nursing profession and inspirational influence on students. DAISY Faculty Award honorees personify the Florida State University College of Nursing's remarkable impact on students and patients. Award recipients are nominated by their peers and selected by the FSU College of Nursing’s Alumni Council and...

Archbold Memorial Hospital recently welcomed back family practice nurse practitioner Sarah Brooks, FNP-C. Sarah worked as a critical care nurse at Archbold for over four years, primarily working in the ICU before pursuing her master’s degree to become a family nurse practitioner. Sarah now rejoins the Archbold team as a family medicine provider at Pelham Primary Care. Brooks earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Georgia Southern University and a Master of Science degree in...

The Atlantic hurricane season, which officially began on June 1, is scheduled to end on November 30. And the 2016 hurricane season is one residents up and down Georgia and Florida’s coast are sure to remember. Hurricane Hermine was the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since 2005. Hermine became a Category 1 hurricane just before making landfall in the Florida panhandle on September 2. Schools and businesses in South Georgia and North Florida were closed as a safety...

Under a new law, during the next three years, taxpayers who contribute to Grady General may be eligible for a tax credit that offsets their Georgia income taxes. A participant in the Georgia HEART (“Helping Enhance Access to Rural Treatment”) program, Grady General has been allocated $4 million of the total $50 million of tax credits that will be available to individuals and corporations who contribute to qualifying rural hospitals throughout Georgia. “The HEART tax credit allows...

Cosmetologists sought for Look Good Feel Better Program Volunteers needed to teach cancer patients techniques to overcome effects of treatment The American Cancer Society will offer a Look Good Feel Better facilitator training class for licensed cosmetologists and estheticians on Monday, November 14, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at Archbold’s Lewis Hall Singletary Oncology Center located at 919 South Broad Street in Thomasville. Look Good Feel Better is a free program for women who...

ARCHBOLD HOSTING ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILL THURSDAY On Thursday, October 20, Archbold Memorial Hospital will hold an “active shooter” drill, during which hospital staff will simulate a response to an overhead announcement of Code Silver. Code Silver is the hospital’s non-clinical emergency code used to alert staff and visitors of an active shooter, anyone engaged in trying to kill others with any type of weapon, on the hospital campus. “It’s extremely important that our staff...

Archbold Offers Comprehensive Breast Cancer Care No woman wants to be told she has breast cancer. Yet, if this year is typical, doctors will break this news to more than 230,000 women in the U.S. Perhaps you will know one of them. She might be your mother, daughter, wife or close friend. Or perhaps you will be the woman who suddenly finds herself asking, "Will I survive this disease?" More than ever before, the answer to this question is a reassuring yes. Every year since...

Archbold Hospitals Accepting Patients from Coastal Georgia Though Thomas and surrounding counties do not appear to be in the storm’s projected path, Archbold is working with health systems and first responders state-wide to lend a helping hand in preparation for Hurricane Matthew. After a mandatory evacuation ordered by Governor Deal this morning for counties located on Georgia’s coast, it’s been reported that around 200 hospital patients will be transported to hospitals inland...

MCC Hosts Virtual Dementia Tour On Thursday September 22, Mitchell Convalescent Center hosted a Virtual Dementia Tour (VDT) for the long-term care facility’s staff. Funded by a grant from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the VDT is a comprehensive education program that provides staff hands-on, in-depth training specific to caring for patients with dementia. During the Virtual Dementia Tour experience, trained facilitators guided participants through common everyday...

3D Mammography Comes to Thomasville This summer, as a result of a successful community fundraising effort, patients at the Archbold Women’s Center gained access to new medical technology that they would have previously had to travel more than 50 miles to take advantage of. 3D mammography™—the most advanced technology available for breast cancer detection—made its debut in Thomasville in July. And it’s already helping physicians detect breast cancer in the very earliest...