Kevin Tanner, commissioner of the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, remembers that when the historic Mental Health Parity Act was passed in 2022, the chief champion of the legislation, the late House Speaker David Ralston, stood at…
Alicia Arnold was just finishing her third year of medical school when she found…
We asked and you answered. This year, Georgia Trend is honoring people in the medical field as Healthcare Heroes based on nominations sent to us by readers. These individuals include doctors, nurses, health educators, innovators, clinic founders, first responders, medical support…
Dublin, Georgia teenager Lexi Lowman may be the last person you would think would be at risk for heart disease. A year ago, at just 18, the high school senior and former competitive cheerleader was preparing to add a job…
Hospital rankings can provide useful benchmark information; however, it is important to understand what factors may impact such rankings. Every year, Georgia Trend evaluates Georgia hospitals that participated in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Value-Based Purchasing…
If you think of research as something that happens in an ivory tower in Athens (or Augusta, or on Atlanta’s North Avenue…
With apologies to Dickens, these are the best of times, and these are the worst of times for healthcare in Georgia. It just depends on where you live. Advocating Change: Monty Veazey, president and CEO of…
Patients in Atlanta can choose to receive primary care in their home or in one of seven senior primary care centers in Metro Atlanta. CenterWell Senior Primary Care Grove Park recently celebrated a grand opening Aug.…
Of all the occupations affected by the pandemic, perhaps none was affected more or in more ways than nursing – which was already suffering before the first COVID patients started arriving at Georgia hospitals in March of 2020. [caption id="attachment_53640"…
Timothy Ratliff had no idea he had lung cancer, and neither did the doctor who did his hernia surgery in 2017. A complication after surgery – a blood clot in his leg – led the retired Navy veteran to the…
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