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Date Posted: Nov 5, 2018

Conemaugh Health System ceremoniously broke ground on a comprehensive outpatient center in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. Community leaders, elected officials, health care providers and hospital supporters gathered to watch the first dig marking the beginning of construction for the facility, which is made possible by a $22 million investment from Duke LifePoint Healthcare.

Date Posted: Oct 3, 2018

Maria Parham Health, part of Duke LifePoint Healthcare, hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration and open house today in advance of the grand opening of its new emergency room and geriatric behavioral health facility, called Maria Parham Franklin. Representatives from the hospital and Duke LifePoint joined community leaders, elected officials, health care providers and other supporters to ceremoniously cut the ribbon on the new facility.

Date Posted: Sep 24, 2018

LifePoint Health has named David Asherbraner from Frye Regional Medical Center the recipient of the 2018 companywide Mercy Award. Asherbraner, who serves as manager of asset management and transport, was recognized for his exemplary dedication to caring for others and for inspiring his fellow employees to join him in his humanitarian efforts.

Date Posted: Sep 5, 2018

LHC Group (NASDAQ: LHCG) and LifePoint Health® (NASDAQ: LPNT) have finalized the purchase of Wilson County Home Health. The two organizations will share ownership of the home health provider, serving patients and families in Wilson County and the surrounding region.

Date Posted: Aug 13, 2018

(WILSON, N.C. – August 10, 2018) – Wilson Medical Center today announced that Mark Holyoak has been named its chief executive officer (CEO), effective September 10.

Date Posted: Jul 27, 2018

Wilson Medical Center's collaboration with the Duke Cancer Network was recently in the spotlight for its benefit to local cancer patients.

Date Posted: Jul 27, 2018

Conemaugh Health System recently announced plans to build a new comprehensive outpatient center in Somerset County.

Date Posted: Jul 20, 2018

The LifePoint National Quality Program was featured in the July 2018 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety for its successful efforts to improve quality and patient safety and culture in community hospitals across the country.

Date Posted: Jun 12, 2018

Clinch Valley Medical Center, Meadowview Regional Medical Center, Mercy Regional Medical Center/Acadian Medical Center, Southern Tennessee Regional Health System-Pulaski and Wilson Medical Center were among the recipients of the 2018 Patient Safety Excellence Award™ from Healthgrades.

Date Posted: Jun 12, 2018

UP Health System-Marquette has become the first and only Michigan hospital – and just the fourth in the U.S. – to receive Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI recognition from the American College of Cardiology.

Date Posted: Jun 12, 2018

Haywood Regional Medical Center has added a new tele-intensivist program, which is being heralded for its benefit to critically ill patients.

Date Posted: May 31, 2018

UP Health System-Marquette has become the first and only Michigan hospital – and just the fourth in the U.S. – to receive Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI recognition from the American College of Cardiology.

Date Posted: May 31, 2018

Haywood Regional Medical Center's new tele-intensivist program is being heralded for its benefit to critically ill patients.

Date Posted: Feb 9, 2018

UP Health System-Marquette CEO Brian Sinotte adds regional leadership role, assumes oversight of Hancock and Ishpeming facilities and associated services.

Date Posted: Jan 8, 2018

Sixteen LifePoint hospitals commended for reducing the number of early elective deliveries to less than one percent.

Date Posted: Dec 14, 2017

Southern Tennessee Regional Health System-Pulaski (STRHS-Pulaski) today announced that it has been named a Duke LifePoint Quality Affiliate. This designation recognizes hospitals within the LifePoint Health system that have enrolled in the LifePoint National Quality Program and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.

Date Posted: Dec 13, 2017

LifePoint hospital CEOs Bert Beard (Maria Parham Health), William Haugh (Georgetown Community Hospital) and Rebecca Segal (Rutherford Regional Health System) have been named to the Becker's Hospital Review list of Rising Stars in healthcare.

Date Posted: Dec 13, 2017

Two reports released last week show the financial strength of Conemaugh Health System and its parent company, Duke LifePoint Healthcare. Leaders say the local health system's strong performance and additional resources provided by the national organization demonstrate the community benefits gained through the sale of the former nonprofit hospitals in 2014.

Date Posted: Dec 13, 2017

Sylva’s Harris Regional Hospital is about to open its new emergency department. It will treat patients in 15 private rooms, three times the number in its current emergency room.

Date Posted: Nov 28, 2017

Colorado Plains Medical Center (CPMC) today announced that it has been named a Duke LifePoint Quality Affiliate. This designation recognizes hospitals within the LifePoint Health system that have enrolled in the LifePoint National Quality Program and succeeded in transforming their culture of safety and achieving high standards of quality care, performance improvement and patient engagement.