Valdosta, GA- Tobacco use is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the U.S. Each year smoking accounts for 443,000 premature deaths and 49,000 nonsmokers die […]
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SGMC Lanier Campus Releases Community Health Needs Assessment Findings
Lakeland, GA – SGMC Lanier Campus has finalized its FY2016 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) Report and posted the findings on its website, www.sgmc.org.The CHNA is a federal requirement for […]
Read MoreSGMC Joins Health Care Leaders in Launching ‘Nobody Quits Like Georgia’
11/13/2015 Valdosta, GA– SGMC is proud to join more than 30 other state health leaders, patient and provider groups, and health care delivery systems in launching “Nobody Quits Like Georgia.” […]
Read MoreFormer Football Star Adrian Peterson Gives Back
Medical Oncologist Eric Anderson, MD & Adrian N. Peterson Valdosta, GA – Former National Football League and United Football League Running Back Adrian N. Peterson presented SGMC Pearlman Cancer Center […]
Read MoreValwood fundraising benefits SGMC
Valdosta, GA –When the Pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) students at Valwood School selected the Coins for Crayons fundraiser benefiting hospitalized children at SGMC, little did they know that the fundraising effort would […]
Read MoreSGMC Recognized for Care of Adult Cardiac Arrest Patients
10/29/2015 VALDOSTA — South Georgia Medical Center has been recognized for implementing the latest research-based treatment guidelines for adult cardiac arrests patients through the American Heart Association’s Get With the […]
Read MorePatient Presents Special Flag to SGMC’s Dasher Memorial Heart Center
Valdosta, GA- Former heart patient John Fischbach, Sr. presented a very special American flag to South Georgia Medical Center’s Dasher Memorial Heart Center on Monday, October 5. This particular flag […]
Read MoreFree Cardiac & Vascular Screening Tests
Valdosta, GA – As part of SGMC’s Growing Healthy Together initiative, SGMC’s CardioVascular Institute is teaming up with the SGMC Dasher Memorial Heart Center and South Georgia Medical Associates, P.C., […]
Read MoreHealthcare Providers Implement ICD10
Valdosta, GA – On October 1, 2015, all healthcare providers are required by the United States to convert from ICD-9 to ICD-10 coding for all billing and payment of all […]
Read MoreSouth Georgia Medical Center One of Three Georgia Hospitals to Receive AHA/ASA Target Stroke Honor Roll-GOLD Elite Plus Award
10/1/2015 Valdosta, GA,—South Georgia Medical Center is listed in a US News & World Report special section as one of three Georgia hospitals to receive the highest accolades for stroke […]
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