Reflections on the considerable gifts of 2021

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 […]

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 […]

At a special meeting this afternoon, the Town of Highlands Board of Commissioners passed an order reinstating the requirement to wear a mask in all business zones, in both inside and outdoor spaces. There are […]

Representatives of the new Blue Ridge Health primary clinic (including appearance by one of the new doctors); Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation; Highlands Cashiers Hospital; and, Mountain Area Health Education will be on hand at a community health and wellness forum from […]

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, […]

Last week’s town board meeting was a celebratory event in many ways. The Highlands Cashiers Health Foundation introduced the two new doctors that they brought to the plateau in conjunction with their funding and opening […]

By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal There may be no more beautiful time on the Plateau than spring and summer, and after over a year of pandemic stress and isolation, we are likely to see […]

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 […]

By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal We owe all frontline healthcare workers a huge debt of gratitude for their selfless devotion to their patients, willingness to risk contracting the COVID-19 virus themselves or bringing it […]

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 […]

By Highlands-Cashiers Hospital CEO Tom Neal Patient safety is a term you hear constantly in the healthcare industry, and though the two words are simple and easy to understand, the efforts to ensure that patients […]

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. […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]