Constructs canned food sculpture to also donate In honor of its enduring partnership, and in light of the important role MANNA FoodBank plays in Western North Carolina disaster relief efforts, HCA Healthcare has selected MANNA […]
Last month in my first column outlining the strong state of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital (HCH) and the Eckerd Living Center (ELC), I discussed how HCA Healthcare’s continuing significant investment in healthcare for the Plateau sets us […]
At Highlands-Cashiers Hospital (HCH), outstanding care in an emergency department is about combining compassion and efficiency. With this in mind, hospital staff identified an opportunity to provide the hospital’s doctors with more timely results of […]
The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccine last Friday to battle the spread of COVID-19, and it’s widely expected to grant EUA to Moderna’s similar vaccine next […]
Mission Health’s Mountain Area Medical Airlift (MAMA) got a new helicopter earlier this month thanks to parent company HCA Healthcare. Pictured above is MAMA’s new helicopter landing and taking off from Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. MAMA provides […]
Despite pleas from Dr. Patti Wheeler, the Hehn family, and CEO/CNO of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital Tom Neal; commissioners recently voted 4 to 1 to deny water/sewer to HCA for proposed workforce housing on its property alongside the entrance […]
On Feb. 25, Attorney General Josh Stein penned a letter to the president of the NC division of HCA Healthcare, Greg Lowe about concerns raised during Independent Monitor’s recent community forums as well as the […]
Houston, no I mean, “Mission we have a problem.” It is not simply at the Highlands Cashiers Hospital, nor just at Angel Medical Center, it is the entire system that HCA now owns and operates […]
For as long as REACH of Macon County has been in operation, the agency has worked with Angel Medical Hospital whenever a client needs services such as a forensic exam, more commonly known as a […]
Representatives from Gibbons Advisors – the Independent Monitor of the HCA/Mission Health System – got an earful last week at public meetings in Cashiers, Highlands and Franklin. Citizens irate about decreasing or lack of services […]
This week’s article is a collection of informational items. I hope they are helpful. The recycle trailer is still operative at the Highlands Recreation Center. Some folks thought it had been removed when the garbage […]
The meeting room at the Cashiers Rec Park was jam packed with concerned citizens who lined the walls to hear from a group who are upset over the lack of doctors in the area on […]
Mission Health recently announced that Jackie Medland, PhD, RN, plans to step down as chief executive officer and chief nursing officer of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. Mission Health also announced that Timothy Layman, DNP, RN, will be […]
The 60-plus-year healthcare legacy that started humbly in Highlands and expanded to the Cashiers community is a rare gem that community members and providers alike cherish. We’re uniquely fortunate that the high caliber of care […]