MRHC Receives 2017 Press Ganey Excellence Award
Magnolia Regional Health Center is pleased to announce it has been named a 2017 Guardian of Excellence Award® winner by Press Ganey. The Guardian of Excellence Award recognizes top-performing health care organizations that have consistently achieved the 95th percentile or above of performance in patient experience. The Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award is a […]
Preserving Antibiotic Effectiveness
By: Jennifer Madeo, D.O., Ph.D., Infectious Disease Physician at Magnolia Regional Health Center Antibiotics are important life-saving drugs for people that have a bacterial infection. These drugs kill the bacteria responsible for the infection, and the patient feels better in a few days. These drugs can only be received using a prescription from a physician, […]
Craven Honored with Statewide Recognition
Magnolia Regional Health Center has long been recognized for its outstanding quality and employee achievements on a state and national level. Another was recently added to the collection. Brian Craven, Chief Financial Officer at MRHC, was honored as a 2017 Leader in Finance, an award given annually by The Mississippi Business Journal to a select […]
MRHC Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients
Magnolia Regional Health Center (MRHC) has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2017. MRHC is one of only 193 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes Magnolia Regional Health Center’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and […]
September is World Alzheimer’s Month
September is World Alzheimer’s Month. This international campaign was started in 2012 to raise awareness of the challenges and stigma that surrounds dementia. Did you know that two of every three people globally have little to no understanding of the problems that Alzheimer’s can cause?
New Dialysis Unit Now Treating Patients
Many dialysis patients traveling to go elsewhere for services can now be treated right here at home. Last week, Magnolia Regional Health Center opened the doors to its new inpatient dialysis unit. The new space, equipped with four patient bays, a state-of-the-art monitoring system, and personal TVs, will offer a quality center for treatments at […]
Sinus Relief at MRHC
According to the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, sinusitis affects about 1 in 8 adults annually and generally occurs when viruses or bacteria infect the sinuses. Often times, this occurs during a cold and causes our bodies to react to the infection. When the body reacts to the infection, the lining […]
Magnolia Receives Trio of America Heart Association Awards
Last week, Magnolia Regional Health Center received a trio of the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline® awards for implementing quality improvement measures for the treatment of patients who experience severe heart attacks.
Superbugs
By: Jennifer Madeo, D.O., Ph.D. Sometimes referred to as the war between the “BUGS and DRUGS”, resistant germs cause bacterial infections that are no longer cured by common antibiotics. This is an important public health problem that can affect everyone in the community. When these germs cause infection, doctors can be forced to use less […]
Shingles
By: Amanda Comer, FNP-BC, ACNP-BC According to the CDC, 1 out of every 3 people in the United States will develop shingles. Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After an episode of chickenpox, the virus resides in cells of the nervous system lying quietly for […]