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Volunteering at HCH and ELC brings joy to everyone involved

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 31 Mar 2022
  • COVID-19

By Tom Neal, CEO of Highlands-Cashiers Hospital I am anticipating the arrival of spring even more than usual this year. Of course, I’m looking forward to the milder temperatures and the explosion of green on […]

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Reflections on the considerable gifts of 2021

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 6 Jan 2022
  • News

By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal As 2021 comes to a close, I think most of us are not just reflecting on the past year, but the nearly two years that have elapsed since the […]

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Covid-19 testing and vaccination options in Highlands and Cashiers

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 9 Dec 2021
  • News

With the new Omicron strain and the anticipation of a post-holiday surge, it’s expected there will be a need for Covid-19 testing and vaccination services into the new year. Therefore, Optum will continue to provide Covid-19 testing […]

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Pneumatic tube system installed at HCH to enhance patient care

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 9 Dec 2021
  • News

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 […]

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Capital investment in Highlands-Cashiers Hospital in excess of $8M

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 29 Aug 2021
  • COVID-19

By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal At least once or twice a year, I believe it helps our community to get an overview of what’s happening at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital (HCH), because we’re far from a […]

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Healthcare options are expanding for Highlands and Cashiers

  • by Brittney Lofthouse
  • Posted on 5 Aug 20215 Aug 2021
  • News

Despite its geographical isolation, the Highlands and Cashiers area is seeing growth in the healthcare options available to local residents. There are now two healthcare options with a third on its way. The three are […]

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HCH to debut new operating rooms and welcomes new surgeons

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 5 Aug 2021
  • News

By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal As Highlands-Cashiers Hospital continues to evolve, I realize that growth doesn’t just happen as a result of expanding a facility’s square footage, recruiting new physicians and staff, enhancing services, […]

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3D mammography now available at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 20 Jun 2021
  • News

3D mammography (tomosynthesis), available at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, is a tool that helps find more cancers and find those cancers earlier. With traditional mammography, the image is flat. During a 3D mammogram, multiple images are obtained […]

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HCH CEO Tom Neal urges community to get vaccinated

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 29 Apr 2021
  • COVID-19

Neal said one step people can take to reverse the toll of COVID-19 on the Plateau is get vaccinated From a public health perspective, there is no more important step that the residents of the […]

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Mission Health relaxes visitation restrictions

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 11 Mar 2021
  • COVID-19

Beginning March 2, Mission Health hospitals relaxed visitor restrictions from the previous level two. We continue to evaluate the current COVID-19 cases in our region to find the best balance for our patients and caregivers. […]

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HCH President’s Column

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 28 Jan 2021
  • COVID-19

Brush up on your knowledge of radon’s risks and Highlands-Cashiers Hospital’s capability to provide advanced lung cancer screening Most people think of tobacco use when they think of lung cancer, but did you know that […]

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COVID-19 vaccinations begin at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 24 Dec 2020
  • COVID-19

The first shipment of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived and was administered at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital on Saturday, Dec. 19. A total of 202 people received the vaccine during the four-hour clinic. This included 47 residents of Eckerd Living Center, […]

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New Year’s resolutions may be more important than ever before

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 23 Dec 2020
  • COVID-19

By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal The end of 2020 — a year none of us are likely to forget any time soon — is fast approaching, and for a while now, we’ve known that […]

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Town denies HCA water/sewer request

  • by Kim Lewicki
  • Posted on 29 Oct 2020
  • News

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 […]

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Over 100 pounds of opioids collected during Crush the Crisis

  • by Plateau Daily News
  • Posted on 29 Oct 2020
  • News

Mission Hospital and its sister hospitals in the region collected 129.31 pounds of opioid medications during its “Crush the Crisis” opioid take-back day on Saturday to help combat the nation’s opioid crisis. Community members participated […]

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