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 […]
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 […]