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  • Sumner Regional Medical Center Honored with Milestone Award for Safe Sleep Initiatives

    April 05, 2021

    Sumner Regional Medical Center has been awarded a Milestone Award by Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care (TIPQC) for its progress in the Safe to Sleep Project.  This milestone award is based on participation, monthly data collection including crib audits, and noted improvements in their safe sleep practices. 

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  • Sumner Regional Medical Center Mission Moment

    March 24, 2021

    Sumner Regional was honored to give COVID-19 vaccinations, coordinated by SRMC Assistant Administrator Hollie McIntosh, to more than 80 of our Friends of Sumner Regional Medical Center volunteers.

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  • Sumner Regional Medical Center Achieves Renewed Status as Accredited Chest Pain Center

    March 04, 2021

    SRMC provides emergency, lifesaving medical care in partnership with local first responders.

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  • Sumner Regional Medical Center Nationally Recognized as a Best Maternity Care Hospital by Newsweek

    March 03, 2021

    Sumner Regional Medical Center has been named to Newsweek’s 2021 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have provided exceptional care to mothers, newborns and their families, as verified by the 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Survey

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  • Limited Visitation Policy Update effective February 10

    February 10, 2021

    At Sumner Regional Medical Center, our top priority is safeguarding the health and wellbeing of our patients, providers, employees and community. We continue to closely monitor the prevalence of coronavirus (COVID-19) in our community and follow state and federal guidelines as we adapt our operations to safely care for and support our patients. Due to the current…

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  • Sumner Regional Medical Center Welcomes First Baby of 2021

    January 08, 2021

    Sumner Regional Medical Center is ringing in 2021 with the year’s first bundle of joy. Weighing 6 pounds and 6.6 ounces, Ryder was born to Carissa, Friday, Jan. 1, at 2:58 am.

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  • Donate Plasma to Help COVID-19 Patients

    January 06, 2021

    COVID-19 patients are in need of plasma donors. If you have had a positive COVID-19 test result, recovered, and would like to help sick COVID-19 patients in need, please consider donating plasma...

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  • Limited Visitation Policy effective December 9

    December 08, 2020

    At Sumner Regional Medical Center, our top priority is safeguarding the health and wellbeing of our patients, providers, employees and community. We continue to closely monitor the prevalence of coronavirus (COVID-19) in our community and follow state and federal guidelines as we adapt our operations to safely care for and support our patients. Due to the current…

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  • Patient Testimony: My COVID-19 Thanksgiving

    November 25, 2020

    Editor's Note: This testimony was submitted by Mr. Phillips to our hospital administration. We are sharing this story at his request and with his permission.  By George Phillips Attorney at Bone McAllester Norton PLLC, Hendersonville, Tennessee  I thought I had a touch of bronchitis on Thursday, November 12. My wife, Patricia,…

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  • An Open Letter to All Tennesseans

    November 24, 2020

    We write today with an appeal to all Tennesseans. The deadly COVID-19 pandemic is surging once again in our state. Daily new cases, transmission rates and hospitalizations have surpassed the July levels, making this second wave bigger and more deadly than the first. Medical experts and elected officials across our nation are sounding a warning about the rising numbers,…

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  • Visitation Policy: November 23, 2020

    November 23, 2020

    For the safety of our patients, staff, visitors and community; all visitors will be screened before entry. All visitors must provide their own mask and wear it at all times. Effective Monday, November 23, 2020: •    No visitors for patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19•    One visitor per day for all other patients,…

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  • Celebrating Safely: How to keep you, your family and your community healthy this holiday season

    November 18, 2020

    By Isabelle Garibaldi, RN, DNP, Chief Nursing OfficerGeoff Lifferth, MD, Chief Medical Officer Sumner Regional Medical Center  The final two months of the year are traditionally filled with a number of opportunities to celebrate with family, friends and co-workers. Of course, 2020 has been anything but a traditional year, thanks in no…

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  • Statement on Community Spread of Covid-19 in Middle Tennessee

    November 17, 2020

    We call upon every community member in Sumner County and Middle Tennessee to lead by example — wear a mask over your nose and mouth, wash your hands frequently, practice social distancing and avoid group gatherings. Sumner Regional Medical Center’s (SRMC) top priority continues to be protecting the health and safety of our patients, providers, employees and…

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  • Sumner’s Susan Peach awarded CEO of Distinction

    November 13, 2020

    Susan Peach, recipient of the CEO of Distinction Award, with a small group of socially distanced and masked hospital leaders at Sumner Regional Medical Center. Susan wanted to be photographed with all the staff at Sumner Regional, whom she says are the real heroes. Sumner Regional Medical Center CEO Susan Peach,…

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  • HighPoint Health System Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer

    November 05, 2020

    HighPoint Health System has hired John Doyle as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for all HighPoint Health System facilities, including the flagship hospital, Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin. Doyle arrives in Gallatin with a wealth of healthcare finance leadership, most recently as the Market CFO for Providence Health in Columbia, South Carolina, a sister LifePoint…

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  • Election Day for the hospitalized

    November 03, 2020

    Two Sumner Regional Medical Center (SRMC) clinical leaders are going beyond their normal job descriptions for Election Day 2020. Shatika Taylor, FNP, MSN, MBA, and Ryan McFarland, RN, BSN, MBA, are volunteering to help patients at Sumner Regional exercise their right to vote. Ryan reached out to the Sumner County Election Commission to ask how our staff could help…

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  • HighPoint Health Statement on COVID-19 in Middle Tennessee

    October 22, 2020

    HighPoint Health System affirms and echoes the recent statement from our fellow healthcare providers in Nashville on the concerning trend of COVID-19 in our local communities. The number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise rapidly across the country, and the same is true here at home in Middle Tennessee. In fact, COVID-19-related hospitalizations have reached an all-time…

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  • Sumner Regional Medical Center Earns Multiple Stroke Care Quality Recognitions

    September 16, 2020

    Sumner Regional Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the…

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  • Sumner Wound Care Recognized with National Award for Clinical Excellence

    September 04, 2020

    Sumner Regional Medical Center’s (SRMC) Wound Care Center has again been presented with the Center of Distinction award from Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. Sumer Wound Care achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including patient satisfaction…

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  • Visitation Policy: September 4, 2020

    September 04, 2020

    For the safety of our patients, staff, visitors and community; all visitors will be screened before entry. All visitors must provide their own mask and wear it at all times. Effective Friday, September 4, 2020, visitation is limited to: One visitor per patient at a time, up to 2 per day. Visiting hours are 10 am- 7 pm daily. One visitor for those having…

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