HealthLinks - Coosa Valley Medical Center's quarterly community update

HealthLinks Spring 2007

News Releases

Auxiliary donates $50000 to CVMC
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
By Joseph Thornton SYLACAUGA — In celebration of National Hospital Volunteer Week and National Hospital Week, the Coosa Valley Medical Center Auxiliary ...

CVMC's budget increases by $1.4 million
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
By Samantha Corona SYLACAUGA — Coosa Valley Medical Center will be seeing a $1.4 million annual increase to its budget Oct. 1. The hospital was recently ...

CVMC to add geriatric unit to original hospital
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
... Planning and Development Agency for a renovation project that will add an additional 15 geriatric psychiatric beds at Coosa Valley Medical Center. ...

Couples, hospital working together to form 'Circle of Care'
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
Both couples are working with Coosa Valley Medical Center to bring this support circle to the community and those who need it. In a sketched out plan, ...

Sylacauga doctor honored with Foundation chair
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
Locally, he is involved with the Talladega County Medical Society, where he is a past president, and the Coosa Valley Medical Center (past chief of staff). ...

 

CVMC now capable of installing pacemakers
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
Gill worked with McBrayer at Shelby Medical in the heart cath lab prior to coming to Coosa Valley Medical Center. McBrayer said the hospital has an imaging ...

 

New hospital sees first patients
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
SYLACAUGA --As a member of the radiology staff at Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga, Danny Daniel knows what it is like from the other side of the bed ...

 

New hospital ready for patients
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
SYLACAUGA -- Final plans were under way Wednesday afternoon to begin moving patients safely into Coosa Valley Medical Center's new West Wing. ...

 

Hospital open house in four days
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
Coosa Valley Medical Center will host an open house Sunday from 2 to 4 pm for its new 120000-square-foot hospital with everything from the pillows to ...

 

Open house May 6 at new Sylacauga hospital
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
SYLACAUGA — It has been a long time in coming, but Sunday, May 6, Coosa Valley Medical Center will hold an open house for its new hospital. ...

 

Chamber honors outstanding citizens, businesses
Daily Home Online - Talladega, AL USA
...Childersburg Truck Service for Established Business of the Year (more than five years), Coosa Valley Medical Center for Industry of the Year, ...

 

Retired doctor a 'Health Care Hero'
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
The presentation of the award was made Thursday night by Glenn Sisk, president and CEO of Coosa Valley Medical Center, on behalf of the association. ...

 

2006 a year of growth, change
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL, USA
... Construction of Sylacauga’s new Coosa Valley Medical Center continued to progress at a rapid pace. The city held a topping out ...

 

Public invited to community Thanksgiving dinner
Daily Home Online - Talladega,AL,USA
... the meal. Coosa Valley Medical Center will prepare the food. A Carving Committee will slice hams and turkeys Wednesday, Nov. 22, starting ...

 

Chamber lauds outstanding community members

The Daily Home, Talladega, 10-20-2006

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Hospital board members and city officials got their first look at the new 120,000-square-foot Coosa Valley Medical Center “West Wing” project.

The Daily Home, Talladega, September 28, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2006/dh-sylacauga-0928-dsinclair-6i27v4359.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Coosa Valley Medical Center has received an outstanding review from a national health care accreditation organization from a survey of the hospital, home care and lab.

Daily Home, Talladega, August 10, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2006/dh-sylacauga-0810-dsinclair-6h09v3300.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Hoar Construction LLC is on track to meet an ambitious construction schedule on the $20 million medical facility that will replace the Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga, the general contractor announced.

Birmingham Business Journal, Birmingham, August 3, 2006

http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2006/07/31/daily26.html?jst=b_ln_hl

 

Opinion: Coosa Valley Medical Center: Hospital moves closer to reality.

Daily Home, Talladega, August 3, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/opinion/2006/dh-editorials-0803-0-6h02v4441.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Coosa Valley Medical Center marked another milestone on the West Wing expansion Tuesday as the final steel beam was placed atop the new structure.

Daily Home, Talladega, August 2, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2006/dh-sylacauga-0802-dsinclair-6h01v4634.htm

 

Opinion - Coosa Valley Medical Center: The construction of a new hospital isn’t the only good news for Sylacauga’s Coosa Valley Medical Center and the community.

Daily Home, Talladega, June 16, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/opinion/2006/dh-editorials-0616-0-6f15v3744.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Coosa Valley Medical Center is one of 26 hospitals nationwide to be recognized for excellence in critical care.

Daily Home, Talladega, June 14, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2006/dh-sylacauga-0614-dsinclair-6f13v3811.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Work is on schedule for the new Coosa Valley Medical Center hospital.

Daily Home, Talladega, April 14, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2006/dh-sylacauga-0414-dsinclair-6d13u2101.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Phase One of construction on the new facility at Coosa Valley Medical Center was completed Wednesday, and the first patient passed through the doors of the new ambulatory entrance at about 3 p.m., officially marking the beginning of operations there.

Daily Home, Talladega, February 16, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2006/dh-sylacauga-0216-gcarpenter-6b15v4241.htm

 

Coosa Valley Regional Cancer Center: Coosa Valley Regional Cancer Center offers state-of-the-art technology close to home

Daily Home, Talladega, January 4, 2006

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2006/dh-sylacauga-0104-dsinclair-6a03u5800.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Eighteen Sylacauga students participating in the first health care studies class in the state between the Sylacauga School System and Coosa Valley Medical Center graduated from the course.

Daily Home, Talladega, December 22, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-1222-dsinclair-5l21u4704.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Hospital construction under way and on time.

Daily Home, Talladega, December 15, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-1215-dsinclair-5l14v1351.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Small Coosa Valley Medical Center finds own way to get, stay functionally healthy.

The Birmingham News, Birmingham, October 31, 2005

http://www.al.com/healthfit/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/living/1130753754257520.xml&coll=2

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: A groundbreaking ceremony was held for a $28 million health care facility in Sylacauga.

Daily Home, Sylacauga, September 27, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0927-dsinclair-5i26v0209.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Glenn Sisk, president and chief executive officer of Coosa Valley Medical Center, said Thursday the Sylacauga Health Care Authority has obtained financing for the four-story medical facility.

Daily Home, Talladega, September 16, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0916-dsinclair-5i15v2109.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: While celebrating one year as Coosa Valley Medical Center, employees and the community learned groundbreaking for a new hospital is tentatively planned for Sept. 19.

Daily Home, Sylacauga, August 26, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0826-dsinclair-5h25v2218.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Coosa Valley Medical Center on schedule to begin construction of new hospital by end of year.

The Daily Home, Sylacauga, June 28, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0628-gcarpenter-5f27v5906.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Construction is expected to begin by December on the $25 million, 90-bed Coosa Valley Medical Center in Sylacauga.

The Birmingham News, Birmingham, June 12, 2005

http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1118567751326360.xml&coll=2

 

Citizens Baptist and Coosa Valley Medical Center: As discussions between Citizens Hospital Association and Baptist Health Systems begin, both parties plan to follow the recent reacquisition of Coosa Valley Medical Center as a model for the hospital’s transition.

Daily Home, Sylacauga, May 28, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-talladega-0528-acasciaro-5e27v5439.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Coosa Valley Medical Center volunteer honored for more than 20 years of service.

Daily Home, Sylacauga, May 13, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0513-ecasey-5e12u0700.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: A long awaited rehabilitation program, aimed at improving care of children with developmental delays and communications disorders, is now up and running at Coosa Valley Medical Center.

Daily Home, Sylacauga, Ala., April 28, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0428-ecasey-5d27w2254.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: In November, Coosa Valley Medical Center began utilizing an automated documentation system to move away from paper-based procedures, which hospital officials say will be the standard in medical facilities everywhere.

Daily Home, Sylacauga, Ala., March 18, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0318-ecasey-5c17v4557.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: A collaborative effort between the School System, Coosa Valley Medical Center and Central Alabama Community College is bringing a health care studies class to the high school.

Daily Home, Talladega, Ala., February 16, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0216-dsinclair-5b15v5424.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Instead of discarding computers no longer in use at Coosa Valley Medical Center, a group of doctors and nurses has worked to send almost 50 computers to a mission-sponsored school in the Dominican Republic.

Daily Home, Sylacauga, Ala., January 14, 2005

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2005/dh-sylacauga-0114-ecasey-5a13v2020.htm

 

Coosa Valley Medical Center: Twenty-three “angels of mercy,” most from Coosa Valley Medical Center and the Sylacauga area, were in the Dominican Republic Oct. 2-10 to provide medical treatment to those in need.

Daily Home, Talladega, Ala., November 21, 2004

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2004/dh-localnews-1121-dsinclair-4k20v2008.htm

 

Sylacauga Health Care Authority acquires medical center, other facilities from Baptist Health System

http://www.dailyhome.com/news/2004/dh-sylacauga-0803-dsinclair-4h02v3048.htm

Daily Home, Sylacauga, Ala.

August 3, 2004
Sylacauga Health Care Authority has reached a final agreement to reacquire the medical center and other facilities from Baptist Health System.

 

Baptist sheds Sylacauga hospital

http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1091524546300170.xml

The Birmingham News, Birmingham, Ala.

August 3, 2004
The Sylacauga Health Care Authority has bought back the city’s hospital and nursing home from Baptist Health System, ending a 10-year-old relationship that had been strained for more than a year.

 

Sylacauga takes over Coosa Valley Med Center

http://birmingham.bizjournals.com/birmingham/stories/2004/08/02/daily6.html

Birmingham Business Journal, Birmingham, Ala.

August 2, 2004
The Sylacauga Health Care Authority has re-acquired the Coosa Valley Medical Center from Baptist Health System, Inc., according to a joint announcement.