Section: News - posted in 2016
Posted on Dec 23, 2016
By Joe Kellerman - GRMC Marketing
December 23, 2016 – Healthcare is one of the most challenging industries in the nation, with many hospitals both big and small struggling to succeed; Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) is no different. The nursing department at GRMC is responding ...
Posted on Dec 20, 2016
By Joe Kellerman - GRMC Marketing
December 20, 2016 – Today at Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) the GRMC Auxiliary volunteers recognized the hospital's housekeeping team for achieving a 5-Star Quality rating by gifting them turkeys for the holidays. Gila Regional has earned an ...
Posted on Dec 5, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
December 5, 2016 – Today at a special meeting of the Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) Board of Trustees, the Board voted to accept the resignation of CEO Brian Cunningham. Cunningham will be continuing to serve the hospital over the next 60 days ...
Posted on Nov 30, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
This past Monday (11/28/16), Brian Cunningham, CEO of Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) submitted his notice of resignation to GRMC's Chairman of the Board, Jeremiah Garcia. "There is no way that I could adequately express my thankfulness for the ...
Posted on Aug 19, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
A few years ago, Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) was facing some serious financial challenges, with a $9 million negative "bottom line" in 2013. Since then, State Medicaid Supplemental Funding to GRMC has been cut from $15 Million to $4 Million ...
Posted on Aug 16, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
The Medicare Hospital Compare program compares hospitals all over the nation in many important patient care categories such as patient experience, appropriate use of imaging services such as X-rays and CT scans and timeliness and effectiveness of ...
Posted on Jul 29, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
The Lab at Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) will be using the BioFire Film Array system to detect life threatening pathogens on the DNA level, such as Meningitis or Septicemia (Sepsis), one of the leading causes of death in both infants and adults ...
Posted on Jul 22, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
The Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) will be implementing the Medicare Outpatient Observation Notice (MOON) program nationwide. This will impact Medicare patients placed in "observation status" in a hospital for more than 24-hours. During ...
Posted on Jun 27, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
June 24, 2016 – on Friday, June 24, 2016, at the Gila Regional Medical Center monthly Board of Trustees meeting, Chair Charles Kelly stepped down after 5 dedicated years on the board. The hospital and the board honored him with many heartfelt ...
Posted on Jun 24, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
National Hospital/Nurses week falls in early May and has been a national tradition since 1921. Every year Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) observes this tradition by honoring all the caregivers that serve our community at the Hospital. This year ...
Posted on Jun 17, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
June 17, 2016 – When people think of a hospital, they usually think of nurses and doctors, but there are so many people behind the scenes that make it possible for the medical staff to give quality patient care. A patient comes in to Gila Regional ...
Posted on Apr 20, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
April 20, 2016 – When someone goes to the doctor for a broken bone or diabetes, no one thinks anything is out of the ordinary, but when that disease is a mental illness, such as depression or a drug addiction, society attaches a stigma to these very ...
Posted on Apr 20, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
April 20, 2016—Gila Regional Medical Center Multi-Specialty Clinic Network (GMSN) is growing, and as a result, we are adding locations. "Due to the increasing demand from the wonderful community we serve, the Gila Family Medicine practice will be ...
Posted on Apr 7, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
April 7, 2016 – The Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) Emergency Medical Services (EMS), a hospital based EMS Service, recently received a refresher training in the use of extrication tools. It had been 15 years since their last training, so ...
Posted on Apr 6, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
April 6, 2016 – After thoughtful consideration, Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) recently chose Liana Ryan as their Assistant Vice President of Administration (AVPA). Mrs. Ryan was the hospital's Director of Quality and Safety prior to accepting ...
Posted on Mar 8, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
As the healthcare environment continues to become even more challenging, a group of local physicians, medical practitioners, healthcare advocates and representatives from Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) have been meeting and collaborating over ...
Posted on Jan 22, 2016
By Christine Jepson - First Born
On January 16th - Gila Regional Medical Center's Maternal Child Department and First Born Program hosted its bi-monthly Breastfeeding Success Brunch. There were 13 people in attendance with siblings and fathers joining in the celebration! There were ...
Posted on Jan 18, 2016
By GRMC Marketing
January 14, 2016 – To kick off the New Year, the Gila Regional Medical Center (GRMC) Foundation donated $5,869.83 to purchase a new, much needed, Octane XL-One Elliptical Hiker for the Billy Casper Wellness Center. "This is a state-of-the-art ...