Sumner Regional Medical Center Donates $10,000 in "Chill Docs" to Sumner County Emergency Medical Services
February 26, 2013 - The leadership team of Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) today donated 10 “Chill Docs” to Sumner County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to assist the organization with updating its ambulance fleet with the latest hypothermic treatment technology for patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Read more...
SRMC Surgical Services Director Honored by March of Dimes
February 4, 2013 - Sumner Regional Medical Center announced that David Wilkerson, R.N., was awarded the March of Dimes Surgical Services Nurse of the Year award for 2012. The March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Awards recognizes Middle Tennessee nurses who demonstrate excellence in various aspects of the nursing profession. Read more...
HighPoint Health System Names New CFO
Kevin Rinks Joins LifePoint Hospitals'® HighPoint Health System in January 2013
December 17, 2012 - HighPoint Health System Chief Executive Officer Susan Peach today named Kevin Rinks as the Gallatin-based health system’s new chief financial officer, effective January 7, 2013. Read more...
Westmoreland Pavilion X-ray, Laboratory and Wound Care Services Closing Dec. 14
Pharmacy will continue operations through end of January 2013
December 5, 2012 - HighPoint Health System’s (HPHS) Westmoreland Pavilion location will end the operation of its x-ray, laboratory and wound care services, effective Friday, Dec. 14, HPHS Chief Operating Officer Mike Herman announced today. Pharmacy services will continue operation through the end of January 2013. Read more...
Imaging for Women at Sumner Station Designated an ACR Breast Imaging Center of Excellence
Imaging for Women Hosts Open House and Offers $75 Mammograms in October
October 15, 2012 - Imaging for Women at Sumner Station, Sumner Regional Medical Center’s outpatient comprehensive breast imaging center, has been accredited as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Read more...
SRMC Endocrinologist is Second in Tennessee to Earn Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound
August 28, 2012 - Sumner Regional Medical Center physician, Deepti Bulchandani, M.D., endocrinologist, recently became the second physician in Tennessee to become certified by the Endocrine Certification in Neck Ultrasound (ECNU) Program, the Gallatin hospital announced today. Read more...
SRMC’s Lactation Services Recognizes World Breastfeeding Week
SRMC Nurses Help Mothers and Babies Experience the Benefits of Breastfeeding
August 3, 2012 - From August 1 – 7, 2012, the Women’s Services nurses at Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) recognized Worldwide Breastfeeding Week as part of the hospital’s commitment to teaching new mothers the benefits and basics of breastfeeding. Read more...
HighPoint Health System Appoints Veteran Hospital Administrator Susan Peach CEO
June 6, 2012 - HighPoint Health System announced today that Susan Peach, BSN, MBA, a veteran hospital administrator with more than 30 years of healthcare experience, will become its new chief executive officer (CEO) effective July 2, 2012. Peach replaces Mary Jo Lewis, who has held the position since 2010 and announced her retirement in April. Read more...
Sumner Regional Medical Center Achieves New Status as Accredited Chest Pain Center
May 11, 2012 - Sumner Regional Medical Center today announced that it has received Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC), an international not-for-profit organization that focuses on transforming cardiovascular care by assisting facilities in their effort to create communities of excellence that bring together quality, cost and patient satisfaction. Read more...
Highpoint Health System CEO Announces Retirement Search Process to Replace Mary Jo Lewis Currently Underway
April 19, 2012 - HighPoint Health System CEO Mary Jo Lewis is retiring, and the search for a new CEO is currently underway, according to Jeff Seraphine, Division President of LifePoint Hospitals®, the company with which HighPoint is affiliated. Read more...
Sumner Regional Medical Center Adds
Geriatric-Psychiatric Unit
New "Restorative Care Unit" to Begin Accepting Patients on May 1
April 11, 2012 - Sumner Regional Medical Center CEO Mary Jo Lewis announced today the flagship hospital of HighPoint Health System will be expanding its specialized services in post-acute care with the opening of a new 12-bed geriatric-psychiatric unit, or Restorative Care Unit, at the hospital on May 1. Read more...
Sumner Regional Medical Center Names Melvin Boone Employee of the Year
April 3, 2012 - Sumner Regional Medical Center has named Melvin Boone the 155-bed hospital’s employee of the year for 2011, said Mary Jo Lewis, CEO of Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) and HighPoint Health System. Read more...
HighPoint Health System's Moore Honored with Lifepoint "CFO of the Year" Award
February 3, 2012 - HighPoint Health System Chief Financial Officer Steve Moore was honored recently with LifePoint Hospitals’ CFO of the Year award. The award, presented annually to one of LifePoint’s nearly 50 hospital CFOs, celebrates leadership and operational excellence in 2011. Read more...
Sumner Regional Medical Center Announces Opening of Dedicated 10-bed Pediatric Unit
November 30, 2011 - Mary Jo Lewis, CEO of Sumner Regional Medical Center, announced today the hospital will be opening a 10-bed dedicated Pediatric Care Unit to provide care for infants and children up to age 18. The pediatric unit is expected to be open by the end of the year. Read more...
Sumner Regional Medical Center Adds Family/Sports Medicine
Physician to Medical Staff
Sports Medicine trained family medicine practitioner Jeff Kindred, D.O. will also lead SRMC's new BodyGuard Sports Medicine program
October 27, 2011 - Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) has added Jeff Kindred, D.O., a family medicine physician who was fellowship-trained in Sports Medicine at the University of Notre Dame to the hospital’s medical staff and also named him medical director of SRMC’s BodyGuard Sports Medicine program, CEO Mary Jo Lewis announced today. Read more...
Mary Jo Lewis Named to List of "Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know"
October 20, 2011 - Mary Jo Lewis, CEO of HighPoint Health System, a four-hospital system headquartered in Gallatin, Tenn., has been named to the Becker's Hospital Review’s list, "291 Hospital and Health System Leaders to Know," which recognizes individuals leading prominent American healthcare organizations. Read more...
SUMNER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER STARS IN OWN PINK GLOVE DANCE VIDEO TO SUPPORT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS
SRMC Hopes to Win Medline’s National Pink Glove Dance Video Competition
October 19, 2011 - Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) needs your vote to win Medline Industries, Inc’s national Pink Glove Dance video competition. More than 200 staff members at SRMC are starring in their own Pink Glove Dance video to help spread the word about breast cancer awareness and prevention. Voting ends this Friday, October 21. Read more...
Sumner Regional Medical Center Adds New OB/GYN to Medical Staff
Obstetrician/Gynecologist Terri J. Holt, M.D., Joins SRMC Medical Staff August 1
August 4, 2011 - Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) has added Terri J. Holt, M.D., an obstetrician and gynecologist to the hospital’s medical staff, effective August 1, SRMC CEO Mary Jo Lewis announced today. Dr. Holt will be joining Dr. Nancy Bradbury, OB/GYN, at Total Women’s Care in Gallatin. Read more...
SRMC's Lactation Services Recognizes World Breastfeeding Week
SRMC Nurses Help Mothers and Babies Experience the Benefits of Breastfeeding
August 4, 2011 - From August 1 – 7, 2011, the Women’s Services nurses at Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) recognized Worldwide Breastfeeding Week as part of the hospital’s commitment to teaching new mothers the benefits and basics of breastfeeding. Read more...
Hospital Recognized as one of the Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals in the U.S.
July 12, 2011 - Gallatin, Tennessee’s own Sumner Regional Medical Center was recently named a “Most Beautiful Hospital” in Soliant Health’s third annual contest to recognize the nation’s Top 20 most beautiful hospitals. Read more...
SRMC Adds Healthy Recipes, Videos to Web Site
Find Healthy Recipes and How-to-Cook Videos at www.MySumnerMedical.com
May 25, 2011 - Sumner Regional Medical Center has published an online cookbook filled with hundreds of delicious, healthy recipes that can be prepared in under an hour. Read more...
HighPoint Health System Names Mize Administrator of
Trousdale Medical Center
Veteran Hospital Administrator Named Administrator of TMC & Director of Network Operations
May 17, 2011 - HighPoint Health System CEO Mary Jo Lewis today announced Bill Mize has been named the health system’s Administrator of Trousdale Medical Center and Director of Network Operations. Read more...
HighPoint Health System Names Chief Operating Officer Mike Herman, FACHE, Brings Years of Experience in Operations and Analysis to HighPoint
May 12, 2011 - HighPoint Health System CEO Mary Jo Lewis today announced Michael S. Herman has been named the health system’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). Read more...
SRMC Names Leila August, M.D., Medical Director of Sumner Hospice
March 4, 2011 - Sumner Regional Medical Center has named Leila August, M.D., medical director of Sumner Hospice, the hospital’s end of life care program. Read more...
SRMC Women's Services Named 1 of 4 Tennessee Hospitals to Receive International Board of Lactation Consultants Award
SRMC Only Hospital in Middle Tennessee to Receive Recognition
February 11, 2011 - The staff in the Women's Services unit at Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) learned recently it is the only hospital in Middle Tennessee being awarded with the "IBCLC Care Award," given by the International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) and the International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA). Read more...
SRMC Publishes New Community Health Newsletter
SRMC HealthPoint Offers Helpful Health Tips, Information about Physicians, Services and More
February 9, 2011 - Are you aware that some people who are experiencing a heart attack never experience any chest pain? Or that a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness can all be signs that you may be experiencing a heart attack? This information and more is provided to readers of Sumner Regional Medical Center’s (SRMC) new community newsletter, HealthPoint. Read more...
HighPoint Health System Names Business Development Director
January 31, 2011 - J.D. Kern has been named Business Development Director at HighPoint Health System, according to Mary Jo Lewis, Chief Executive Officer of the health system. Read more...
SRMC Now Provides Childbirth, Breastfeeding Education for Free
December 9, 2010 - Sumner Regional Medical Center will begin offering its childbirth and breastfeeding education classes to expectant moms and their support persons for free, starting in December. Read more...
Mary Jo Lewis Recognized for Outstanding Leadership in Healthcare
December 3, 2010 - Mary Jo Lewis, CEO of HighPoint Health System, a four-hospital system headquartered in Gallatin, Tenn., has been named to Becker’s Health Review’s list of “50 Women Hospital & Healthcare Leaders.” Read more...
SRMC Names Brandon Mewbourne, M.D., Medical Director of Sumner Wound Care
November 11, 2010 - Sumner Wound Care, Sumner Regional Medical Center’s (SRMC) outpatient wound treatment center, today named Brandon Mewbourne, M.D., medical director of the program effective December 1, 2010. Read more...
Sumner Wound Care Receives Center of Distinction Award
October 13, 2010 - Sumner Wound Care, Sumner Regional Medical Center’s dedicated wound healing clinic, recently received a “Center of Distinction” award from Diversified Clinical Services for the center’s outstanding performance during 2009. Read more...
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS FINALIZES PURCHASE OF SUMNER REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
Hospital operator acquires Tennessee health system for $145 million
System renamed HighPoint Health System
September 1, 2010 - LifePoint Hospitals®, a leading hospital company focused on providing quality healthcare services close to home, today announced that its purchase of Sumner Regional Health Systems (HighPoint Health System), a comprehensive three-market hospital system serving 11 counties in the northern middle Tennessee region, is complete. Read more...
LIFEPOINT HOSPITALS ANNOUNCES NEW CEO FOR
SUMNER REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
Veteran Healthcare Executive Mary Jo Lewis Tapped for Top Leadership Post
August 9, 2010 - When the sales transaction between Sumner Regional Health Systems (HighPoint Health System) and LifePoint Hospitals® is completed later this month, Mary Jo Lewis will become the new Chief Executive Officer of HighPoint Health System, according to William F. Carpenter III, President and Chief Executive Officer of LifePoint Hospitals. Read more...
Sumner Cancer Center Receives Outstanding Achievement Award
April 28, 2010 - The Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons has granted its 2009 Outstanding Achievement Award to a select group of 82 currently accredited and newly accredited cancer programs across the United States including the Sumner Cancer Center at Sumner Regional Medical Center. Read more...
SRMC Nurse Earns Certified Lactation Consultant Status
January 15, 2010 - Sumner Regional Medical Center now has two International Board Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLC) providing breastfeeding management and care services to new moms at the hospital. Read more...
Sumner Wound Care Adds Surgeon Brandon Mewbourne to Medical Staff
December 4, 2009 - Sumner Wound Care, Sumner Regional Medical Center’s (SRMC) outpatient wound treatment center, has added Brandon Mewbourne, M.D., a general surgeon on staff at SRMC to its medical practice. Read more...
SRMC Celebrates 50th Anniversary
December 1, 2009 - Sumner Regional Medical Center celebrated its 50th anniversary Tuesday, December 1, 2009. A reception and tree lightening ceremony was held to commemorate the momentous milestone. This was the kick-off of a yearlong plan of recognition activities. Read more...
SRMC Announces Positive Results from Comprehensive Survey by The Joint Commission
September 29, 2009 - Sumner Regional Health Systems CEO Roger E. Kaiser, Jr., M.D., today announced positive results from a recent comprehensive review of Sumner Regional Medical Center’s practices by The Joint Commission, the national organization dedicated to improving the safety and quality of the nation’s health care practices through voluntary accreditation. Read more...
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