At HomeTown Health's 12th Annual Fall Conference, Wills Memorial Hospital was recognized as the "2011 Hospital of the Year." Read the full article here...
HomeTown Health, LLC recognized Liberty Regional Medical Center as the “2010 Hospital of the Year” at its 2010 Annual Conference at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia from among 55 statewide Georgia rural hospital members. This award is for prestigious achievement as a rural hospital. Liberty Regional Medical Center was selected for demonstrating exceptional leadership by providing quality doctors, dedicated caregivers, and adopting “Best Practices” that contributed to the overall success of the hospital. The criteria consist of having an ongoing strategic plan, involvement with legislators in governmental affairs, being highly regarded by business providers and hospital peers, a strong commitment to staff education, and expressing decision making capabilities that promotes the highest quality health care with the greatest access to the citizens of Liberty County and surrounding counties, while maintaining a financially viable health care institution.“Liberty Regional Medical Center has achieved notable success in a very difficult and volatile health care environment and is recognized and commended for achievement far above the normal rural hospital system”, stated Jimmy Lewis, the CEO of HomeTown Health.
Irwin County Hospital was selected for demonstrating exceptional leadership by providing quality doctors, dedicated caregivers, and adopting “Best Practices” that contributed to the overall success of the hospital. The criteria consist of having an ongoing strategic plan, involvement with legislators in governmental affairs, being highly regarded by business providers and hospital peers, a strong commitment to staff education, and expressing decision making capabilities that promotes the highest quality health care with the greatest access to the citizens of Irwin County and surrounding counties, while maintaining a financially viable health care institution.
“Irwin County Hospital has achieved notable success in a very difficult and volatile health care environment and is recognized and commended for achievement far above the normal rural hospital system”, stated Jimmy Lewis, the CEO of HomeTown Health.
Previous Hospital of the Year Recipients
2008: Dodge County Hospital - for outstanding financial recovery based on sound management practices, proper operating benchmarks, staff education, excellent physician relationships, and exemplary leadership
2007: Effingham Hospital - for providing quality doctors, dedicated caregivers, and for adopting “Best Practices” for rural hospital improvement through exceptional leadership
2006: Upson Regional Medical Center - for providing quality doctors, dedicated caregivers, and for adopting “Best Practices” through exceptional leadership and management
2005: Evans Memorial Hospital - for making survival changes and having a strategic plan, use of technology PACS/RIS, changing computer systems, changing financial systems, diversity of part time medical specialists and for vision developed and conveyed
2004: Memorial Hospital of Adel - for changing a struggling rural hospital into a vibrant healthcare provider for Cook County by providing quality doctors, dedicated caregivers, and adopting ‘Best Practices’ through exceptional leadership and ownership
2003: Tattnall Community Hospital
2002: Putnam General Hospital
2001: Miller County Hospital
2000: Dorminy Medical Center