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It Does That? Fun Facts About Your Hard-Working Heart
February 19, 2022Your heart is one hard-working muscle – a fascinating, giant pump that’s working every second of every minute of every day. It’s working hard for you, so let these fun facts about your heart inspire you to work a little harder to keep it healthy.
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How to Have a Heart-to-Heart about Health
February 18, 2022Understanding the risk factors, signs and symptoms of heart disease can have a big impact on the likelihood of a positive outcome and a strong recovery when issues arise.
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Haywood Regional Medical Center Announces February Sunshine Award Winner
February 17, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center’s (HRMC) Sunshine Award is a recognition program for hospital employees who provide non-nursing ancillary care, support services personnel, and volunteers. We are pleased to announce our February winner: Kim Jackson, Executive Assistant.
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How Weight Weighs on Your Heart
February 17, 2022Many of us have made New Years resolutions to lose weight, eat healthier and exercise. When we don’t always follow through, it’s not because we don’t want to be healthier.
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Haywood Regional Medical Center Names Susan Wynne, RN, Recipient of The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award
February 16, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC) recently presented The DAISY Lifetime Achievement Award for Extraordinary Nurses ® to Susan Wynne, RN. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation's mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing care they provide patients and families every day.
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Maegan Weeks, PA-C Joins Haywood Regional Medical Center
February 14, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC) welcomes Maegan Weeks, PA-C to its staff. She will be offering services in orthopaedics to patients throughout Haywood County and beyond. Her specialties include: general orthopaedics, fractures, sprains and strains, arthritis, and sports medicine.
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HRMC Hosts Open House for RNs and New Grads
February 10, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center is hosting two Open House events for RNs and new grads this March. Attendees may choose between Tuesday, March 1 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm and Wednesday, March 2 from 3:00 – 5:00 pm.
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First Robotic Revision Knee Replacement Performed at HRMC
February 01, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center introduced a new robotic surgery system in late 2021. Now, in addition to knee replacements, a Haywood surgeon has performed the first robotic revision knee replacement at the hospital.
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How Healthy is Your Heart?
February 01, 2022Do you know how healthy your heart is? This American Heart Month, refresh yourself on a few key indicators that can give insight into your heart’s current health state and point to any specific steps you may need to take for its care.
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Haywood Regional Medical Center Joins Campaign to Register Organ, Eye and Tissue Donors
January 31, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC) has joined other area hospitals, healthcare organizations, and LifeShare Carolinas to create a donation-friendly community through the Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign for organ donation.
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Haywood Regional Medical Center Welcomes First Baby of 2022
January 06, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center is ringing in 2022 with the year’s first #HayBaby! Weighing 8 pounds and 7 ounces and measuring 21 inches, Maxwell was born, Tuesday, Jan. 4.
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Ashley Pennington-Tripp, MSN, CNM, Joins Haywood Regional Medical Center
January 03, 2022Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC) welcomes Ashley Pennington-Tripp, MSN, CNM to its staff. She will be offering family nurse midwife care to patients throughout Haywood County and beyond. Her specialties include: general gynecological care, obstetrical care, postpartum care, childbirth, contraceptive counseling, pregnancy, menopause management, and more.
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Celebrating the Holidays Safely
December 14, 2021And this holiday season is looking to be a brighter one than last year. In terms of the pandemic, we are in a much better place this year than we were in 2020. Thanks in large part to COVID-19 vaccines, many of us are feeling safer and more confident and comfortable with gathering again this year and enjoying some of the time-honored traditions we missed last year.
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Haywood Regional Medical Center Names Megan Gillespie, RN, and Shelly Sneed, RN, as Recipients of The DAISY Award
December 06, 2021– Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC) recently presented The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses ® for November and December. The DAISY Award recipients for this round of nominations is Megan Gillespie, RN Care Coordinator, and Shelly Sneed, Staff RN.
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Haywood Regional Medical Center Announces November and December Sunshine Award Winners
December 06, 2021Haywood Regional Medical Center’s (HRMC) Sunshine Award is a recognition program for hospital employees who provide non-nursing ancillary care, support services personnel, and volunteers. We are pleased to announce our November winner, Joey Lowe, in Security and December winner Felicia Royster, Patient Care Partner (PCP).
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Getting the Most Out of Your Health Insurance
November 19, 2021Have you been putting off your annual doctor’s visit? Or perhaps even a needed screening or procedure? If you’ve been putting off care – whether it’s a recommended surgery, screening or simply your annual check-up – now’s the time to do it. Your health means everything.
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Haywood Regional Medical Center Announces teleNeurology and telePsychiatry Services
November 18, 2021Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC) is now offering teleNeurology and telepsychiatry services in partnership with SOC Telemed. The partnership enables HRMC to access time-sensitive neurological and acute psychiatric expertise whenever and wherever it is needed.
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Dr. Elena Messina Joins Haywood Regional Medical Center
November 15, 2021Haywood Regional Medical Center (HRMC) welcomes Elena Messina, MD, to its staff. Dr. Messina will be offering family medicine care to patients throughout Haywood County and beyond. Her specialties include: annual, school and sports physicals, hypertension, chronic and acute illnesses, immunizations and vaccines, minor conditions and injuries, diabetes, well woman care, and preventative and mental health.
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Have You Checked Your Blood Sugar Recently?
November 10, 2021Our blood sugar level is one of those individual health numbers that it’s important for us to know when it comes to staying on top of our health. It measures the amount of sugar, or glucose, present in our blood at any given time. Why is this such an important fact to know? Because too little sugar in our blood can lead to cognitive difficulties and too much can cause unwanted health complications and be a sign of an underlying condition like diabetes.
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Diabetes Awareness Month: Kelby's Story
November 05, 2021“Since COVID started, all I could look forward to was eating. When I went and got my bloodwork done, it was up to a 7.1 A1C. I panicked,” Kelby Noland shares. “The doctor gave me advice and I signed up for diabetes classes at the Fitness Center.”
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