Cartersville Medical Center Awarded an "A" for Patient Safety

 

Media release :

Cartersville Medical Center was honored with an "A" Hospital Safety Score by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits.  The A score was awarded in the latest update to the Hospital Safety Score^SM, the A, B, C, D or F scores assigned to U.S. hospitals based on preventable medical errors, injuries accidents, and infections. The Hospital Safety Score was compiled under the guidance of the nation's leading experts on patient safety and is designed to give the public information they can use to protect themselves and their families.

 

"We are proud that our quality and safety efforts have been recognized and scored at the highest possible level," said Keith Sandlin, president and CEO at Cartersville Medical Center. "Our team of physicians and healthcare professionals has developed a patients-first culture and safety is certainly one of our top priorities. We are especially honored to have received an "A" score two consecutive times since The Leapfrog Group began publishing The Hospital Safety Score."  The last scores were released in June of this year.

 

"Hospitals like this that earn an A have demonstrated their commitment to their patients and their community," said Leah Binder, president and CEO of The Leapfrog Group. "I congratulate Cartersville Medical Center for its safety excellence, and look forward to the day when all hospitals will match this standard."

 

To see Cartersville Medical Center's scores as they compare nationally and locally, visit the Hospital Safety Score website at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org, which also provides information on how the public can protect themselves and loved ones during a hospital stay. People can also check their local hospital's score on the free mobile app, available at www.hospitalsafetyscore.org.

 

Calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group's nine-member Blue Ribbon Expert Panel, the Hospital Safety Score uses 26 measures of publicly available hospital safety data to produce a single score representing a hospital's overall capacity to keep patients safe from infections, injuries, and medical and medication errors. The panel includes: John Birkmeyer (University of Michigan), Ashish Jha (Harvard University), Lucian Leape (Harvard University), Arnold Millstein (Stanford University), Peter Pronovost (Johns Hopkins University), Patrick Romano (University of California, Davis), Sara Singer (Harvard University), Tim Vogus (Vanderbilt University), and Robert Wachter (University of California, San Francisco). 

 

For more information about programs and services offered at Cartersville Medical Center, The Hope Center or Acworth Medical Plaza, call MedLine at (800) 242-5662 or visit www.cartersvillemedical.com.

Cartersville Medical no. 5 small hospital in the state. Century Bank goes mobile. Hurricanes chasing game of the week honors. Record-tying high on Monday; rain due tonight.

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Cartersville Medical Center among top five small hospitals in state, Georgia Trend reports.

 

Century Bank of Georgia goes mobile.

 

Cartersville in the running for Fox 5's game of the week.

 

Two of three Rome News' holdings sell at auction; $116,600 raised.

Big drop in reported layoffs in Georgia this year.

Updates on Blaine Williams' decision to leave Floyd County for Athens/Clarke County.

Cartersville ties record high of 73 Monday; Rome today? -Tuesday: 20 to 70% rain chance, high of 75, low of 52.
-Wednesday: 60% chance of rain, high of 68, low of 47.
-Thursday: 20% rain chance, high of 62, low of 42.

Monday's Public Health restaurant inspection scores for Floyd, Bartow counties.

Latest jail reports.

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 1470 AM, 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online

-Please join our guests  including:

-Blaine Williams, Floyd County manager, who's leaving to take the no. 2 spot in the Athens-Clarke County government.

-Cheryl Bishop, director of development at the YMCA, on Georgia Gives Day on Thursday.
-Rebekah Kinney of the award-winning middle school DarBOTs from Darlington.

Century Bank of Georgia introduces mobile banking features

Media release: Century Bank of Georgia is pleased to announce the addition of mobile banking to their line of products and services. This service will allow customers free, secure, real time access to their deposit and loan accounts including checking, savings, money market and certificate of deposit accounts. Whether checking account balances, paying bills or transferring funds, the service offers a simple, secure, user friendly system which allows the customer convenient access to their money wherever they are, twenty-four hours a day.

 

The mobile banking service is available to any customer with a smart phone and can also be accessed by going to the bank website, CenturyBanknet.com or scanning the Century Bank QR Code (attached).  Android phone users can search the application store on their phone and simply download the 'app'. "The 'app' for iPhones has been applied for and we are eagerly awaiting approval from Apple", said Rachel Harris, Assistant-Vice President for Operations and project manager for Century Bank Mobile Banking.

 

"The addition of mobile banking is another product we can offer our customers to stay abreast of the technological advances in the banking industry. At the same time we remain a community bank and treat our customers as individuals and know them by name. It is the best of both worlds to offer so many services but yet still retain personalized service. We are constantly striving to offer more products and services for our customers, said David Caswell, President and COO, Century Bank of Georgia.

 

The addition of mobile banking is being promoted through  a marketing plan in all three Century Bank locations, including banners, billboards, advertisements and long sleeve T-shirts to the first 100 customers who sign up for the service.

 

Competition heats up for Northwest Georgia's sweet tooth. NAIA teams set, Rome just about ready. John McClellan's high school playoff picks. Another day in the 70s

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The Buzz of Northwest Georgia.
-The battle for Northwest Georgia's collective sweet tooth escalated last month with the opening of Dunkin Donuts in Rome and Cartersville. But another newcomer will take the competition a step -- or is that wheel? --further with a "cupcakery truck" in 2013.
-NAIA teams set; downtown Rome is about to go prime time: With this year's national football showdown moved to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 13, Northwest Georgians get some Thursday night football with a national, prime time audience watching on CBS Sports Network.
-First bites: Magnolia's Sunday brunch. Here's a different spin on the post-church dining options in Northwest Georgia.
-Georgia Gives Day: Local non-profits are among those asking you to help on Thursday. Here's how.

Your hometown football report:
-John McClellan's high school playoff picks for Friday: Calhoun, Cartersville home for semi-finals Friday night; just one Northwest Georgia team will make it to the Dome
-Dec. 13: Marian (Indiana) will face Morningside College (Iowa) in the title game in Rome.

Weather:
Monday: Sunny, high of 76, low of 45.
Tuesday: 20% rain chance, high of 74, low of 52.
Wednesday: 60% rain chance, high of 66, low of 37.

Commissioner Clarence Brown to serve as Grand Marshal of Cartersville Exchange Club Christmas Parade

(Media Release) Commissioner Clarence Brown will serve as grand marshal for the 2012 Cartersville Bartow County Exchange Club. "We felt it was perfect timing to have Commissioner Brown serve as grand marshal as he is winding up his career as the Bartow County Commissioner", said Jennifer Wiggins Matthews, 2012 Parade Chair and Exchange Club member. "Commissioner Brown was very receptive and excited to serve as grand marshal, which confirmed we made the perfect choice", said Wiggins-Matthews.

 

The parade should be another great parade with more than seventy-five float and vehicle entries in the parade as of November 29^th. "We are eager to see all the very festive and creative floats that the community and businesses enter into the parade."

 

Santa will be at the beginning of the parade this year so he can visit with the children after he has finished the parade route. He will also be sporting a brand new sleigh that is currently being stored in a secret location somewhere in the outlying area of Bartow County. He will be joined by his lovely wife, Mrs. Claus to greet all the parade watchers, wish everyone a "Merry Christmas" and remind the children to be good.

 

The inaugural Jingle Jog to benefit Advocates for Children has approximately thirty runners at this time but will take applicants all the way up to the day of the parade. The Jingle Jog will take off at 5:45pm just before the beginning of the parade with runners jogging along the 1.4 mile parade route in their most festive holiday wear and to get the crowd ready for the main event. Whether a beginner jogger or an expert runner, all are encouraged to enter. For more information on the Jingle Jog and for an application, visit the Exchange Club website: CartersvilleExchange.com or Advocates website: Advochild.org

 

Parade watchers are encouraged to bring their change or a $1.00 bill for the Bucket Brigade which leads off the Parade and is made up of members of the Cartersville Exchange Club. All money raised thru registration and the Bucket Brigade benefit the children's charities of Bartow County.

 

"The Exchange Club would like to remind everyone involved with the parade whether you are riding on a float on watching the parade that safety is our number one priority. Nothing can be thrown from any float or vehicle in the parade in the interest of safety and to ensure a successful event. We also ask that all parade watchers stay on the sidewalks of the parade route as we have many large vehicles and trucks pulling floats and, due to the darkness, it is very difficult for drivers to see people on the street, especially small children" said Kevin McElwee, DVM, charter member of the Cartersville Exchange Club. "We want everyone to have a wonderful time kicking off the Christmas season and to do so safety has to be our top priority" said McElwee.

 

The Exchange Club is still accepting entries into the parade, but any applications received after November 24^th will need to pick up their parade identification entry from the downtown Region's Bank location at 200 West Main Street.

 

For more information about the parade, go to CartersvilleExchange.com or call 678-395-1133.

Coosa Valley Credit Union adding new office. McClellan's high school playoff picks. Arey on UGA-Bama: Long day for Dawg fans. Great weekend forecast

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Coosa Valley Credit Union adding sixth office with Rockmart location.

-Office to open after the first of the year off U.S. 278.

 

Jobs

-Friday: The Georgia Department of Labor's LaFayette Career Center will help Roper Corp. fill about 100 production jobs at its manufacturing facility in Walker County.

-Dec. 5: Job seekers in Northwest Georgia will connect with more than 60 area businesses looking to fill current or future openings during a Career Expo sponsored by the Georgia Department of Labor from 1-5 p.m. at .Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center at 2211 Dug Gap Battle Road in Dalton.

Hometown football report:

-Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: Just live with it: Alabama is too much for Georgia -- easily.

-John McClellan's high school playoff picks: Cartersville, Calhoun, Trion move to the next round of high school playoffs.

 

Thursday's public health restaurant scores: Busy day for inspectors in Floyd and Bartow counties.

 

Calhoun's Taylor Lamb wins Gatorade's Georgia football player of the year honors. Plus: Game predictions.

'Heat wave' to continue through Monday
-Friday: Mostly sunny with a high of 60, low of 41.
-Saturday: Partly sunny with a high of 65. low of 42.
-Sunday: Mostly sunny with a high of 66, low of 43.

Latest jail reports.

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 1470 AM, 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online

-Please join our guests including:

-Pepperell High Phil Ray (Alabama) and Berry's Rick Woodall (Georgia)on Saturday's SEC Championship Game.

-Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable with Kevin Karel and Andrew Carter.

Coosa Valley Credit Union adding new office. McClellan's high school playoff picks. Arey on UGA-Bama: Long day for Dawg fans. Great weekend forecast

For these and today's latest updates, please see www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Coosa Valley Credit Union adding sixth office with Rockmart location.

-Office to open after the first of the year off U.S. 278.

 

Jobs

-Friday: The Georgia Department of Labor's LaFayette Career Center will help Roper Corp. fill about 100 production jobs at its manufacturing facility in Walker County.

-Dec. 5: Job seekers in Northwest Georgia will connect with more than 60 area businesses looking to fill current or future openings during a Career Expo sponsored by the Georgia Department of Labor from 1-5 p.m. at .Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center at 2211 Dug Gap Battle Road in Dalton.

Hometown football report:

-Norman Arey's Norman's No-Nos: Just live with it: Alabama is too much for Georgia -- easily.

-John McClellan's high school playoff picks: Cartersville, Calhoun, Trion move to the next round of high school playoffs.

 

Thursday's public health restaurant scores: Busy day for inspectors in Floyd and Bartow counties.

 

Calhoun's Taylor Lamb wins Gatorade's Georgia football player of the year honors. Plus: Game predictions.

'Heat wave' to continue through Monday
-Friday: Mostly sunny with a high of 60, low of 41.
-Saturday: Partly sunny with a high of 65. low of 42.
-Sunday: Mostly sunny with a high of 66, low of 43.

Latest jail reports.

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 1470 AM, 7-9 a.m. weekdays. Listen live online

-Please join our guests including:

-Pepperell High Phil Ray (Alabama) and Berry's Rick Woodall (Georgia)on Saturday's SEC Championship Game.

-Hometown Headlines/WRGA News Roundtable with Kevin Karel and Andrew Carter.