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GHS
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GHS Newborns Sport Purple
“Hats from the Heart”
Child abuse prevention
effort lauds the
Period
of Purple Crying
OXFORD, NC (July 14, 2010)
– Purple newborn
caps replaced the traditional pink and blue
on the tiny heads of infants at Granville
Medical Center recently. The hand-knitted
caps, donated by a wide array of individual
community knitters,
are
a way to remind parents about the normalcy
of early infant crying and how to cope with
it.
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GHS Honors Retiree Phyllis
Jones
OXFORD, NC (July 13, 2010)
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The room was filled with family and the many
friends Phyllis Jones has made during her
20-year career at Granville Health System.
All wished her well at her retirement party
as she remembered all the fun she has had
over the years.
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Granville Health System
Auxiliary Awards Volunteers
OXFORD, NC (July 12, 2010)
– Harriet C. Edwards, who is an Assistant
Professor and Extension Specialist at the
NCSU Department of 4-H Youth Development and
Family and Consumer Sciences in Raleigh, was
the guest speaker at the recent Granville
Health System Auxiliary Awards Banquet.
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Granville Health System
Foundation Selects Peyton Roberson as
Recipient of the 2010 Sam Perry Scholarship
OXFORD, NC (May 28,
2010) –
The
Granville Health
System
Foundation
recently announced Peyton Elizabeth
Roberson, a baccalaureate program nursing
student at East Carolina University, was
awarded the first annual Sam Perry
Scholarship at a luncheon held Monday, May
24 at Granville Health System’s education
classroom.
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GHS Wins Five
Aster Awards and Two
Healthcare Advertising Awards for Excellence
in Marketing
OXFORD, NC (May 20, 2010)
– Granville Health System (GHS)
has been nationally recognized by the 2010
Aster Awards Program for excellence in
health care marketing.
“Our marketing and communications team has
achieved a top 5% national ranking in their
award categories,” said L. Lee Isley, Chief
Executive Officer for Granville Health
System. “We are pleased to receive this
recognition, especially in acknowledgement
of our commitment to deliver quality
community education programs through
initiatives like our Kids Living Healthy
program.”
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GHS Hosts Star Chef Jim Mong
at Granville Medical Center
OXFORD, NC (May 18, 2010)
–Granville Health
System (GHS) will host star chef Jim Mong at
Granville Medical Center on May 21st.
Mong is a ServSafe Certified, country club
experienced Morrison chef currently working
in Charlotte.
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GHS Kicks Off the 37th
Annual Emergency Medical Services Week
OXFORD, NC (May 18, 2010)
– On Monday, Granville Health System (GHS)
helped kick off the 37th annual
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week which
runs from May 16 to 22.
All across the country, hospitals and
agencies are celebrating this year's theme,
"Anytime. Anywhere. We'll be there."
EMS teams are highly trained emergency care
providers and often the first responders to
the ill and injured patients in and around
Granville County.
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Granville Health System
Foundation to Hold Second Annual Royal Tea
Party
OXFORD, NC (May 4, 2010)
– The Granville Health System Foundation has
announced that it will hold the Second
Annual Royal Tea Party on Saturday, May 15
from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Granville
County Shrine Club in Oxford. Live music
will be provided and “tea attire,” including
hats and gloves, is welcome.
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L. Lee Isley Appointed to
North Carolina Hospital Association Board of
Trustees
OXFORD, NC (April 30, 2010)
– Granville Health System (GHS) announced
that L. Lee Isley, GHS Chief Executive
Officer,
has been chosen to help set policy for the
state’s hospital trade association. Isley
recently began a three-year term as an
at-large member of the board of trustees of
the North Carolina Hospital Association.
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GHS Bestows “ESSENTIAL PIECE” Awards
OXFORD, NC (April 19, 2010) – Granville
Health System (GHS) announced the first
quarter winners of the Essential Piece Award
for fiscal year 2010. The winners were
nominated by GHS team members to recognize
outstanding performance in one or more of
the five categories directly linked to
Granville Health System’s strategic plan:
service, people, quality, finance and
growth.
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GHS Medical Rehabilitation
and Patient Financial Services Relocate to
New Facilities
OXFORD, NC (April 7, 2010)
– Granville Health System (GHS) announced
that the initial steps towards implementing
the GHS Expansion Plan have been taken with
the completed renovation of new Medical
Rehabilitation and Patient Financial
Services facilities. Both departments are
relocating to Oxford Commons on Roxboro Road
in Oxford. The move will be complete by
Monday, April 12.
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Granville Health System Receives Designation
as a
Blue Distinction Center for
Knee and Hip Replacement
SM
OXFORD, NC (March 16, 2010)
–Granville Health System (GHS) announced
that
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
(BCBSNC) has designated Granville Medical
Center as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee
and Hip Replacement. Blue Distinction
Centers for Knee and Hip Replacement are
part of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association’s expansion of its Blue
Distinction® designation.
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Thelma Thornton Appointed to
Granville Health System Board of Trustees
OXFORD, NC (February 22,
2010)
– Granville Health System (GHS) recently
appointed a new member to its board of
trustees. Thelma H. Thornton has begun her
three-year term of office.
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Granville Health System Foundation Now
Accepting Applications for the 2010 Sam
Perry Memorial Scholarship Program
OXFORD, NC
(January 4, 2010) – The Granville Health
System Foundation has announced that it is
now accepting applications for the 2010 Sam
Perry Memorial Scholarship Program.
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GHS Foundation Art Gala Raises More than
$62,000 in Support of Expansion Plan
OXFORD, NC (December 16,
2009)
– The Granville Health System (GHS)
Foundation held its
inaugural Art Gala on Saturday, November 21
at the Granville County Shrine Club in
Oxford, NC. The event raised more than
$62,000 in support of the upcoming GHS
Expansion Plan.
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GHS Wins Award for Excellence
in Health Care Marketing
OXFORD, NC (December 15,
2009)
–Granville Health System (GHS)
has been recognized by
Carolina's Healthcare Public Relations &
Marketing Society
(CHPRMS)
for excellence in health care
marketing.
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South Granville Primary Care Promotes
Children’s Wellness
Through Kids Living Healthy Art Contest
OXFORD, NC
(December 8, 2009) –Granville Health
System (GHS) recently announced the winners
of the Butner-Stem Elementary School 2009
“Kids Living Healthy” artwork contest at the
South Granville Primary Care facility in
Butner, North Carolina. The program is a
wellness initiative designed by Granville
Health System to encourage students and
their families to live healthy lifestyles.
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GHS Celebrates National
Medical-Surgical
Nurses Week
OXFORD, NC (October 28, 2009)
– Granville Health System (GHS) announced
the organization is celebrating
Medical-Surgical Nurses Week November 1-7.
The Academy of
Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) founded the
nationally recognized week in order to raise
awareness of the medical-surgical nursing
specialty among nurses and the important
work that they do.
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City of Oxford Recognizes GHS
Emergency Nurses
OXFORD, NC (October 27, 2009)
– Granville Health System (GHS) announced
the organization had received an official
proclamation from the City of Oxford,
designating October 14, 2009 as Emergency
Nurses Day.
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GHS
Recognized for Surgical
Care Performance
OXFORD, NC (October 23, 2009) –
Granville Health System (GHS) announced the
organization earned a NC SCIP performance
award at the North Carolina Surgical Care
Improvement Project's (NCSCIP) year two
celebration.
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GHS is Prepared for Seasonal
Flu and H1N1 Virus
OXFORD, NC (October 16, 2009)
– Granville Health System (GHS) announced
that the health system is prepared for the
potential of H1N1 virus cases multiplying
across North Carolina. Hospital officials
said they are ready to treat anyone who does
contract the virus, or the seasonal flu, and
are working to limit its spread through
education, increased awareness and infection
control procedures already in place.
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GHS Employees Raise More Than $27,000
to “Pave the Way” in Support of
Community Health
OXFORD,
NC (October 9, 2009) – Granville
Health System (GHS) announced the
organization’s employees raised more
than $27,000 through the “Paving the
Way” employee giving campaign. The
funds raised will benefit the
Granville Health System Foundation
and a portion of the money will be
used to construct a brick walkway
leading to the entrance of the new
Granville Medical Center Emergency
Department. GHS employees had
exceeded the initial campaign goal
of $5,000 within 5 days of the
30-day program.
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GHS Named a Community Value Index®
Five-Star
Hospital
OXFORD, NC
(September 4, 2009) – Granville
Health System (GHS) was recently
named to the Community Value Index®
Five-Star hospitals list. The
Community Value Index (CVI) ranking
measures the financial value
hospitals bring to their service
areas and places Granville Health
System within the top 20% of
hospitals in the United States in
providing financial value to the
communities they serve.
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GHS Sponsors the 2009 Granville County
Habitat for Humanity
Home
OXFORD, NC
(July 30, 2009) – Granville Health
System (GHS) announced the organization has
signed on as a corporate sponsor of the 2009
Granville County Habitat for Humanity home,
being built near downtown Oxford later this
year.
Granville County HFH is a locally run
affiliate of Habitat for Humanity
International, a nonprofit, ecumenical
Christian housing organization. Habitat for
Humanity works in partnership with people in
need to build and renovate decent,
affordable housing. The houses then are sold
to those in need at no profit and with no
interest charged.
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GHS Sponsors Butner-Stem
Elementary Wellness
Initiative
South Granville Primary Care
to Educate Students
Through Kids Living Healthy Art Contest
OXFORD,
NC (September 1, 2009)
–Granville Health System (GHS) announced
that the health system will sponsor the 2009
Kids Living Healthy Art Contest at Butner-Stem
Elementary School. The program was launched
on Monday, August 31 at the school.
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GHS is First in NC to Implant Orthopaedic
Superion™ Device
OXFORD, NC
(August 31, 2009) – Granville Health
System (GHS) announced that orthopaedic
surgeon Ralph Liebelt, M.D. recently
performed the first procedure in the state
to treat leg pain and numbness caused by
lumbar spinal stenosis using the Superion™
Interspinous Spacer (ISS) from Vertiflex
Inc. The procedure was performed at
Granville Medical Center.
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GHS Acquires Granville Internal Medicine and
Geriatrics
Oxford, NC
(August 17, 2009) – Granville Health
System (GHS) announced the organization has
acquired Granville Internal Medicine and
Geriatrics. The medical team of Francine
Chavis, M.D., Stephen Ertischek, M.D. and
Beverly Anderson, NP, joined the health
system on August 1.
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GHS's Imaging Department Introduces Digital
Mammography
Services
Oxford, NC (August 17, 2009) –
Granville Health System (GHS) announced that
local area residents now have access to
digital mammography services at the health
system's Oxford hospital, Granville Medical
Center. GHS is one of the first hospitals in
the area to offer this service.
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GHS Employees "Pave
the Way" in Support of
Community Health
OXFORD, NC (July 9, 2009)
– Granville Health System (GHS)
announced the organization
is conducting an employee
giving campaign from July 13
to August 14. The campaign,
“Paving the Way,” will
benefit the Granville Health
System Foundation and a
portion of the money raised
will be used to construct a
brick walkway leading to the
entrance of the new GHS
Emergency Department.
Employees who sponsor a
brick for the walkway may
have their name, or a name
of their choosing, imprinted
on the brick. The new
construction is slated to
begin in 2010.
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GHS Technologist Named
Preceptor of
the Year
OXFORD, NC (June 25, 2009) –
Pearl Hargrove, an operating room
technologist at Granville Health
System (GHS), received this year’s
“Preceptor of the Year” award from
Miller-Motte College in Cary.
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Granville
Health System Welcomes Joanne
Fruth, M.D.
to South
Granville Primary Care
Oxford, NC (June
18, 2009) – Granville Health System (GHS)
announced the organization has hired Joanne
M. Fruth, M.D., to head up South Granville
Primary Care in Butner, North Carolina. Dr.
Fruth had previously practiced with Duke
Primary Care and Oxford Family Physicians.
She will begin seeing patients at the health
system’s primary care facility on July 13.
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GHS Bestows “Essential
Piece” Awards
Oxford, NC (June
3, 2009) – Granville Health System (GHS)
announced the second quarter winners of the
Essential Piece Award, which was instituted
in October 2007. The winners were nominated
by GHS team members to recognize outstanding
performance in one or more of the five
categories directly linked to Granville
Health System’s strategic plan: service,
people, quality, finance and growth.
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Granville
Health System Introduces
Sam Perry Memorial Scholarship
Memorial
Ceremony Honors a Colleague and Friend to
Many
OXFORD, NC (May 22, 2009)
– Granville Health System (GHS) held a
ceremony on Friday, May 15 to introduce the
Sam Perry Memorial Scholarship. The event
was held at Granville Medical Center. In
addition to formally introducing the
scholarship, the program paid tribute to Sam
Perry, a well-known local health care
professional who passed away earlier this
year.
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GHS Wins Two Aster
Awards for Excellence in Health Care
Marketing
OXFORD, NC
(May 22, 2009)
–Granville Health System (GHS)
has been
nationally recognized by the
2009 Aster Awards Program
for excellence in health
care marketing.
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GHS Receives Generous
Gift from Local Philanthropist
OXFORD,
NC (April 30, 2009)
– Granville Health System
(GHS) gratefully
acknowledges the charitable
gifts given by the estate of
local businessman and
philanthropist Harold L.
Sherman and his family. The
donations, totaling
$174,000, will be used to
further GHS’s mission to
provide the community it
serves with the very best
health care delivered with
compassion and pride.
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Brantwood Nursing and
Rehab Center
Employee
Earns National Title
OXFORD, NC (April
13, 2009)
– Brantwood Nursing and Rehab
Center employee Margaret Yancey
Hart recently met the standards
set by the National
Certification Council for
Activity Professionals (NCCAP)
to become a certified activity
director.
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Stovall-Shaw
Elementary Students
Illustrate How They Are
“Living Healthy”
OXFORD, NC (April
10, 2009)
–Granville Health
System (GHS)
recently announced
the winners of the
Stovall-Shaw
Elementary School
2009 “Kids Living
Healthy” coloring
contest at Stovall
Medical Center in
Stovall, North
Carolina.
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Oxford Baptist Church’s Women on
Mission (WOM)
Reaches Out to Mothers in Need
Judy Briley,
MSN, Director of Labor and
Delivery at Granville Medical
Center, accepts
new mother care bags from Mary
Ann Lumpkins, WOM Mission
Actions Director.
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GHS Board Chairman L.C.
Adcock
Receives
NC Hospital Association
Award
Adcock Recognized for
Commitment to Community and
Quality Care
OXFORD, NC (March 30,
2009)
–Granville Health System
(GHS) announced that Mr.
L.C. Adcock has been
selected to receive a
North Carolina Hospital
Association Trustee
Award. The award, which
recognizes outstanding
trustees who have
contributed
substantially to their
hospitals and
communities, will be
presented at a luncheon
on Saturday, April 18,
at the Trustee Institute
in Myrtle Beach.
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GHS
Responds to Community’s Need
for Expanded
Urology
Services
Health System Acquires
Henderson Practice
Oxford, NC
(January 30,
2009)
– Granville
Health System
(GHS) announced
the organization
has acquired the
Henderson, NC
urology practice
of Linga Vijaya,
M.D. In
addition, Dr.
Vijaya has
joined Granville
Health System’s
active medical
staff.
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