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COLUMBUS, Ga., May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbus businessman Scott Ressmeyer and 11 friends have started their 2013 Scott's Ride for Miracles, a 21-day, 9,000-mile, 48-state motorcycle trek to raise awareness and money to benefit Children's Miracle Network at The Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. The Miracle Send-Off Ceremony was held at 11:30 a.m. Friday morning, then at noon, the riders revved up their Harley engines and roared out of The Medical Center. To view the multimedia...
Victory Medical Center Beaumont will open to patients on May 14, 2013. Beaumont, TX (PRWEB) May 02, 2013 Victory Healthcare celebrates the grand opening of Victory Medical Center Beaumont, a new state-of-the-art facility located at the corner of Dowlen Road and Metropolitan Dr. in Beaumont, Texas, with a community open house on May 2, 2013. The 85,000 square foot Medical Center will open to patients on May 14, 2013 and is comprised of the 56,000 square feet of hospital space and 29,000...
This year's wealth of awards recognize health care organization's continued excellence in environmental stewardship OAKLAND, Calif., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaiser Permanente has received a record 29 environmental excellence awards this year from Practice Greenhealth, the national membership organization for hospitals and health systems committed to environmentally responsible operations and care. Among this year's awards, Kaiser Permanente again received Practice...
Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD to spearhead continuous quality improvement BOSTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tufts Medical Center has appointed Saul N. Weingart, MD, PhD of Newton, Mass. as its next Chief Medical Officer. Weingart is a nationally renowned leader in the movement to improve hospital quality, currently serving as Vice President for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He recently received one of the highest...
WASHINGTON, April 11, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former House Aging Committee Director Robert Weiner and George Washington University Professor Dr. Patricia Berg, a GWU Medical Center cancer laboratory director, make the case that "You can't sequester cancer. You can only hurt the research that treats and prevents it, and stop the treatments themselves." In an article in today's Washington Times, Weiner and Berg say, "That is the message of 18,000 scientists gathered for the...
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and HackensackUMC's John Theurer Cancer Center to Develop Consortium WASHINGTON and HACKENSACK, N.J., April 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and John Theurer Cancer Center, part of Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J., announce the establishment of an oncology affiliation agreement to foster robust...
COLUMBUS, Ga., April 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Eleven friends will join Columbus businessman Scott Ressmeyer this year for the fifth annual "Scott's Ride for Miracles" to benefit Children's Miracle Network at The Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130403/CL85492-a )(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130403/CL85492LOGO-b ) On Friday, May 3 at 11:30 a.m., Ressmeyer, co-owner of Country's Barbecue, and 11 friends will board their...
West Jefferson Medical Center, one of the trusted hospitals in New Orleans, are educating patients in a unique way about colon cancer. The health fair will provide a guest speaker and offer a variety of prizes within the interactive exhibit during Colon Cancer Awareness Month. MARRERO, LA (PRWEB) March 26, 2013 At the West Jefferson Medical Center's Fonseca Auditorium, a giant, inflatable colon exhibit will be present at the Colon Cancer Awareness Health Fair this Wednesday, March...
More than 2,000 prizes up for grabs as the Raffle adds new, once-in-a-lifetime experiences for its 10th anniversary PHOENIX, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Launching today, the Health & Wealth Raffle, benefiting Barrow Neurological Institute & St. Joseph's Hospital, is back this spring with a new look, more prize drawings, and new, once-in-a-lifetime experience packages. "For the Raffle's 10(th) anniversary, we've refreshed the Raffle, and it's better for the players,...
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Feb. 25, 2013, St. David's Medical Center and St. David's North Austin Medical Center were named among the nation's 100 Top Hospitals(®) by Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters). Truven Health Analytics is a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. This is the fourth consecutive year that St. David's Medical Center has received this prestigious ranking and the second...
