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Wythe County Community Hospital Names Plant Operations Director
July 31, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital (WCCH) is pleased to announce that John Ganley, an accomplished professional with over 35 years of experience has accepted the position of Plant Operations Director.
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WCCH Celebrates Community Spirit at the 2024 Downtown Wytheville 4th of July Celebration & Festival
July 09, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital (WCCH) proudly participated in the 2024 Downtown Wytheville 4th of July Celebration & Festival, the largest single-day event in Wythe County and one of the biggest Independence Day celebrations in Southwest Virginia.
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Wythe County Community Hospital Congratulates Infection Preventionist Erica Bobbitt on CIC Certification
June 24, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital is proud to announce its Infection Preventionist, Erica Bobbitt, BSN, RN, CIC recently passed the Certification in Infection Prevention and Control (CIC) board exam.
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Wythe County Community Hospital Receives Environmental Excellence Award
June 13, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital is proud to announce it has received the Environmental Excellence Award from Stryker’s Sustainability Solutions. This designation is reserved for select hospitals that demonstrate outstanding leadership in healthcare sustainability and overall hospital quality through single-use device (SUD) reprocessing.
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Wythe County Community Hospital Team Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Chautauqua Festival in Wytheville
June 12, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital celebrated the 40th Chautauqua Festival with other community patrons and sponsors at the Loretto Historic Mansion in Wytheville, Virginia. The Chautauqua Festival is an eight-day family-oriented music and arts festival presented each year by the Wythe Arts Council in Wytheville. The festival it has become an event anticipated all year long by a growing throng of fans locally and across the region. Wythe Arts Council’s mission is to provide entertainment and extend cultural opportunities to a largely rural area and beyond. What really makes this festival unique is the nightly entertainment is provided to the public, free of charge.
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Wythe County Community Hospital Marketing Director Receives Change Begins Wythe Me Award
June 07, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital's Marketing and Communications Director Sarah Bailey has been named Change Begins Wythe Me Award recipient for the first quarter of 2024.
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Haley Shinault Honored with DAISY Award at Wythe County Community Hospital
June 05, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital proudly awarded Haley Shinault, RN, Med Surg Charge Nurse, with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses during the National Nurses Week celebrations. This prestigious award is part of the DAISY Foundation's initiative to acknowledge the exceptional efforts nurses perform daily, recognizing their dedication and compassion in providing patient care.
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Wythe County Community Hospital Names 2024 Mercy Award Winner
May 23, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital recently announced that Elizabeth Gravely has been recognized as the facility’s 2024 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of Lifepoint Health’s facilities who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was founded.
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Wythe County Community Hospital's CEO Vicki Parks Expresses Appreciation for Healthcare Team
May 06, 2024During the month of May, we celebrate three important national observances that recognize the hard work and dedication of our nurses, hospital teams, and EMS professionals. May 12th marks the birthday of Florence Nightingale – a caregiver during the Crimean war, whose bravery and leadership helped create the nursing profession as we know it today. Each May, we set aside these observance weeks to highlight the bravery of our own caregivers. Over the past few years, the world of healthcare has faced many challenges. Through it all, our caregivers and hospital team have shown incredible courage, working night and day to provide essential services to our community.
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Stroke Awareness Month: Neurologist Jill Cramer, M.D. Talks Importance of BE FAST
May 05, 2024May is National Stroke Awareness Month. We recognize this month each year because for many people, stroke awareness can be truly life-saving – someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, and for these patients, timely treatment can mean the difference between successful recovery and long-term disability. The most common type of stroke is an ischemic stroke, which occurs when a blood clot blocks the flow of nutrients to the brain, causing brain cells to die rapidly. The good news is that with knowledge and preparation, your chances of a deadly stroke become much lower.
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Wythe County Community Hospital HOPE Packs Project
May 03, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital team members gathered and packed over 900 Helping Overcome Poverty's Existence (HOPE) packs this week. WCCH staff proudly volunteers to help with HOPE Packs each month. HOPE Packs provides weekly supplemental food to any student within Wythe and the surrounding counties of Bland, Carroll, Grayson, Smyth, and the City of Galax. Way to go,…
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Wythe County Community Hospital CNO Sits Down with WDBJ7 to Talk New Nurse Residency Program
May 02, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital's Chief Nursing Officer Theresa Dix sat down with WDBJ7's Sophia Borrelli to discuss WCCH"s Nurse Residency Program along with WCCH's Clinical Educator On-Site Coordinator Kayla Helewski. Check out their interview here https://www.wdbj7.com/.../hometown-jobs-residency.../
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Prioritize Personal and Community Health By Safely Managing Medications
April 26, 2024Most of us have taken medicine to help heal from illness or injury at some point in our lives. In fact, according to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, nearly half of American adults used a prescription drug within the past 30 days. That's why it’s so important to establish and maintain safe medication habits.
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Wythe County Community Hospital CEO Receives Rotary Award
April 25, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital's Chief Executive Office Vicki Parks was presented the Paul Harris Award at Wytheville Rotary Club.
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Wythe County Community Hospital's CNO's Interview on Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association Podcast
April 23, 2024This episode of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association's Patients Come First podcast features Theresa Dix, Chief Nursing Officer at Wythe County Community Hospital, a Lifepoint Health facility. She joins the VHHA for a conversation about her career, Wythe County Community Hospital’s National Quality Leader Designation, workforce development, and more.
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Wythe County Community Hospital Welcomes New Providers to Enhance Urologic Care in Wytheville
March 26, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital announced that Urologists Nathan Goldin, MD, FACS, Alan Kaplan, MD, MBA, Joe Pazona, MD and Family Nurse Practitioner Katherine Morris have joined its medical staff to provide urologic care to Wytheville and the surrounding areas.
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Wythe County Community Hospital Publishes 2023 Community Benefit Report
March 25, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital published its community benefit report for the 2023 calendar year. This annual report outlines the various ways the hospital is working to support the health and economic vitality of Wythe County as part of its mission of making communities healthier®.
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WYTHE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL NAMED LIFEPOINT HEALTH NATIONAL QUALITY LEADER
March 21, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital (WCCH) today announced that it has been named a Lifepoint Health National Quality Leader. This prestigious designation recognizes hospitals within the Lifepoint Health system that have enrolled in the Lifepoint National Quality Program and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement. The hospital celebrated the notable accomplishment on Wednesday, March 20, at an event onsite at the hospital surrounded by employees, physicians, community dignitaries and Lifepoint Health leaders.
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Wythe County Community Hospital Welcomes Leap Day Baby 2024
March 01, 2024Wythe County Community Hospital (WCCH) is celebrating our Leap Day Baby 2024. “Unique in every way and born on 2024’s Leap Day” weighing 7 pounds and 13 ounces, baby girl, Vivien, “leaped into the world” born to mom Caitlin, on Thursday, February 29, at 4:46 am.
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Dr. William Hood Talks Colonoscopies
March 01, 2024Have you had your colonoscopy? If you’re 45 or older, you’ve probably heard this question from someone you know – a doctor, a family member, or a health-conscious friend. More than 50,000 people die from colon cancer each year in the United States, and the disease may not have early symptoms. That’s why most people should talk with their provider about a colonoscopy once they reach the age of 45.
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