Two thousand eleven was a pivotal and exciting year for Grandview Medical Center. Over 350 dedicated employees of your community hospital worked hard improving the health of residents of the Sequatchie Valley. More positive change is planned for 2012. Physicians and staff are looking forward to serving our families and friends. Here’s a recap of [...]
Jasper, TN – Grandview Medical Center is among a nationwide group of hospitals that participated in a successful initiative to increase patient safety by improving the processes and systems that facilities use to deliver health care. Through the National Patient Safety Initiative (NPSI), Grandview worked with Qsource, the Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) for Tennessee, to [...]
JASPER, TN – A local nurse for over 15 years, Holly Stewart has been named as Grandview Medical Center’s Chief Quality Officer. Prior to her new appointment, Stewart was formerly the hospital’s Director of Quality for over six years. Her new position adds to her responsibilities an increased role in not only the hospital’s quality [...]
So there’s this blow-up pink flamingo named “Freda” in the administration department. No, that sentence is not the beginning of a joke; Freda was acquired several weeks ago for a different project – that actually needed a stork… To make a long story short, a flamingo is not a stork and never will be! So [...]
As the days grow shorter and cooler, it usually means more than just fall is around the corner. It can also announce the arrival of the flu “season” with all the fevers, achy muscles and sniffling that illness entails. As a result, Grandview Medical Center employees are building their own defenses against this scourge by [...]
Grandview Medical Center has been named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. Grandview was recognized by The Joint Commission based upon data reported about evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart [...]
The Marion County Chamber of Commerce named Grandview Medical Center as its “Large Business of the Year” at the organization’s annual banquet last Thursday. Chamber secretary and awards committee member Donna Sartin made the presentation. Because there were so many nominations made this year, chamber officials decided to bring back the “large”, “medium” and “small” [...]
For mental health professional Carson Rust, life is seemingly running on all cylinders. It’s not just that he’s able to do some of his favorite activities at work, which include cooking and playing music, it’s also that he’s getting to do those things while significantly and positively impacting the lives of others. By “cooking and [...]
Jasper, Tenn. – Grandview Medical Center released its annual Community Benefit Report this week with some information that might be a bit surprising to many residents of the Sequatchie Valley when it comes to ways the hospital serves in addition to providing quality health care.. In the report, Grandview Chief Executive Officer Bruce Baldwin provides [...]
Jasper, Tennessee - Celebrating independence is a favorite pastime for many Americans, and fireworks are often a part of special times such as Independence Day. Unfortunately however, Emergency Departments treat thousands of fireworks-related injuries every year (7,000 in 2008, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Almost two-thirds of these injuries occurred around [...]
