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New OB-GYN joins Saline Health System
September 12, 2023On Monday, Sept. 11, Saline Women’s Clinic welcomed a new women’s health provider. Dr. Ralynn Brann specializes in gynecology, prenatal care, labor and delivery, contraception, well woman visits and menopause care. Brann said she is passionate about women’s health because she gets to meet diverse needs. “I love being able to care for patients through not only difficult times, but happy times, like childbirth, too,” Brann said. “I hope to provide a safe and compassionate space for women in this community to discuss whatever concerns they have, big and small.
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Suicide Prevention Month
September 08, 2023Eric Higgins was one of those energetic kids who loved entertaining people. As a child, he would make other customers laugh while standing in the checkout line of a store by reading the National Enquirer’s headlines out loud in his most dramatic voice. As he got older, he learned to play guitar and loved playing 1970s rock music, especially “Stairway to Heaven.” He was also very smart. He would take apart anything he could get his hands on, even appliances, and then put them back together, so he could get a better understanding of how they worked. Cathy Celestin remembers all of these wonderful things about her son: his humor, his intelligence, his love of music. She will also never forget the grief and emptiness she felt when he took his own life at the age of 15. “This was a moment that completely affected my character and who I am,” Celestin said. “It taught me to value every minute because you might not have another one.”
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Welcome, Dr. Gandhi!
September 06, 2023New physician joins primary care clinic at Saline Health System
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Saline Health System employees receive patient care awards
August 16, 2023After reviewing nominations submitted by patients, co-workers and other community members, Saline Health System leaders recently recognized two employees for providing exceptional patient care. Lizz Garbett, a registered nurse, received the Diseases Attacking the Immune System (DAISY) Award for Extraordinary Nurses, and Jane Bain, laboratory information systems (LIS) coordinator, received the Be Exceptional Every Day (BEE) Award.
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Minimally invasive technique helps patient recover faster and limits the need for a colostomy bag
August 08, 2023Sherrie McAdow retired from her career in education one year ago and has devoted her free time to her biggest passion: teaching ballet and tap at a local dance studio. By this spring, she was looking forward to spending the summer dancing, swimming and visiting the library with her five active grandchildren. Living with a colostomy bag would not have fit into those plans. So, when she learned that she had rectal cancer, she was devastated. Her mother had dealt with a colostomy bag while battling metastatic ovarian cancer, and she didn’t want to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Thanks to a procedure that Dr. Jean Salem just introduced to Saline Health System, she didn’t have to.
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Saline Health System names Mercy Award winner for 2023
June 27, 2023Saline Memorial Hospital recently announced that Jeannie Otts, cath lab director, has been recognized as the hospital’s 2023 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of Lifepoint Health’s hospitals who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was founded: compassion, dedication and a merciful spirit.
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Saline Health System hosts baby fair
June 06, 2023Saline Health System is hosting the Beautiful Beginnings Baby Fair in the Haynes Education Building at Saline Memorial Hospital from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 24, to give families who are expecting or who recently had a child an opportunity to learn from experts and connect with local shops and services.
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Hospitalist gets first-hand experience in stroke care
May 01, 2023It happened not too long after his 44th birthday. Dr. Michael Pafford, an internal medicine doctor working as a hospitalist at Saline Memorial Hospital, wasn’t scheduled to work that morning. As he was getting up to go make coffee, Pafford started feeling nauseous and experienced vertigo. Then, when he spoke, he noticed his voice sounded different. At that point, he knew he had to go to the hospital — not as a doctor, but as the patient. When Pafford arrived at Saline Memorial, he was taken back to get a CT scan. The emergency department activated the AR Saves program, which is now known as Institute for Digital Health & Innovation (IDHI) Stroke Program. The IDHI Stroke Program is a network that connects neurologists with emergency departments across Arkansas to help diagnose and treat stroke patients via telemedicine.
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Stay Stress-free This Spring
April 04, 2023Spring is here. Along with warming weather, blooming flowers and chirping birds, Spring also signals National Stress Awareness Month, which is observed every April. Why is Stress Awareness Month so important? Stress can cause depression or anxiety, increased blood pressure and weight gain, and can even lead to heart disease, among other detriments to your health. And while some level of stress is inevitable and can even be positive, it’s essential that we learn how to manage stress to maintain our physical and mental health, and protect our overall well-being.
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Saline Health System names new chief financial officer
April 04, 2023Saline Memorial Hospital recently welcomed Timothy Donahue as the hospital’s new chief financial officer. Donahue has more than 20 years of experience working in health care finance, including serving as chief financial officer in medical facilities and medical equipment companies in Kentucky.
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Saline Health System names new chief nursing officer
March 15, 2023Saline Memorial Hospital announced recently that Char Boulch has been named as the hospital’s chief nursing officer.
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March is designated as Colon Cancer Awareness Month
March 03, 2023March is designated as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, a time to raise public awareness about the importance of early detection and screening for colorectal cancer.
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Saline Health System’s Acute Rehab receives top CARF accreditation
January 12, 2023Saline Memorial Hospital recently earned a three-year accreditation from CARF International for its acute inpatient rehabilitation program. The accreditation signifies that Saline’s acute inpatient rehab has committed to meeting standards for high quality care as defined by CARF, to focusing on the unique needs of each patient and to monitoring the results of its services.
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‘Tis the Season to be Healthy: Maintaining Your Physical and Mental Well-Being During the Holidays
December 06, 2022The holiday season is finally here, ringing with the joy of visiting family and friends, attending festive parties, exchanging gifts, sharing delicious meals and giving back to charitable causes. It’s “the most wonderful time of the year” as they say. Unfortunately, though – for many of us – this time of year often means more stress and anxiety than usual, balancing a social calendar jam-packed with invitations and commitments, shopping ’til you drop for the perfect gifts or perhaps struggling with a recent loss or the anniversary of the death of a loved one.
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Saline Health System begins offering robotic-assisted hip surgery
December 05, 2022Saline Health System recently upgraded its robotic surgery assistant so that it could be used for hip surgeries, and the first robotic-assisted hip surgery was performed Nov. 21.
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Bosom Buddies Bash
September 29, 2022In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Saline Memorial Hospital is hosting Bosom Buddies Bash in the atrium in the hospital’s education building from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022.
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Saline County students win Name the Robot competition
August 08, 2022Saline Health System announced on Thursday, Aug. 4 that its robotic surgery assistant has been named Nicki the Knee Fixer after the winning robot in the Name the Robot competition held this summer with Boys & Girls Clubs of Saline County and the Boys and Girls Club of Bryant.
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Gregory's Grilling Again: An Acute Rehab Success Story
August 05, 2022Today Gregory Hathcote has plans to go swimming in his pool. He talks excitedly about barbecuing chicken in his smoker. At some point soon, he knows he needs get back on his tractor to do some bushhogging. These plans would not seem all that uncommon in Arkansas, except that it was only about five months ago that debilitating knee pain kept Hathcote from being able to stand long enough to grill. He couldn’t do the things that he loved, much less the work that needed to be done.
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Summertime Safety: How to Keep Cool and Healthy All Summer Long
July 01, 2022Summer is officially here! As the days grow longer and brighter, many of us will be taking full advantage of summer, whether its enjoying backyard barbeques, lazy days by the pool or even the occasional fireworks display. No matter how you choose to enjoy your summer, it’s important to stay alert and protect yourself and your family from potential threats to your health and safety.
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Saline Memorial Hospital receives recognition for heart attack care
June 02, 2022Saline Memorial Hospital has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2022. Saline Memorial Hospital is one of only 85 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. It recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that it has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.
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