Pediatric Pool Tips
By: Dr. Alicia Pressley-Moss Pediatrician at Magnolia Pediatric Clinic The April showers have subsided, and the flowers are blooming beautifully in northern Mississippi – yep, you guessed it – spring is in the air! This means that schools are letting out and families are gearing up for summer activities. With the temperatures rising, […]
Magnolia Foundation Accepting Grant Request Submissions
Magnolia Foundation is now accepting grant request submissions from April 1, 2018 until June 30, 2018. Download the Funding Request Form If your organization is interested in applying for funding, please follow the instructions on the form and fill it out completely. All submissions received during the correct time frame will be reviewed from July 1, […]
Hospitalists Improving Healthcare at MRHC
By: Seger S. Morris, DO, MBA Healthcare is changing. At Magnolia Regional Health Center (MRHC), we seek innovative ways to care for our patients and ensure equal access to the best care offered. That’s why we want you to know about a rather new specialty of physicians who help patients hospitalized at MRHC to be […]
MRHC Focused on Antibiotic Usage
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most pressing public health problems. At least 30% of antibiotic courses prescribed in the outpatient setting are unnecessary, which means an antibiotic is actually not needed. The overuse of antibiotics is a major cause of increased drug-resistant bacteria, […]
MRHC Implementing Influenza Policy
Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Seasonal influenza activity continues to increase in the United States. The proportion of people seeing their health care provider for influenza-like-illness increased sharply from last week and has been at or above the national baseline for three weeks so far this season. Several flu activity indicators […]
Official Response to State Auditor’s Report
This article refers to the report captioned “Assessing the Financial Health of Mississippi’s Independent County-Owned Rural Hospitals” produced by the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor. The report was issued on December 13, 2017 and has since run on numerous news outlets throughout our region and state. Magnolia Regional Health Center’s official statement regarding the […]
Hospital Employees Help Animal Shelter
The Corinth-Alcorn Animal Shelter is concluding a very successful year, full of providing outstanding care for the animals they house and improving several much-needed areas of the facility. This year, they gained a little bit of assistance in doing so. As the result of an earlier vote in the year, which polls employees on which […]
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 […]