Sarah Raney Named 2023 Mercy Award Winner

Trousdale Medical Center recently announced that Sarah Raney has been recognized as the facility’s 2023 Mercy Award winner. The Mercy Award recognizes one employee from each of Lifepoint Health’s facilities who profoundly touches the lives of others and best represents the spirit and values on which the company was founded.

The Mercy Award is an annual recognition program that honors the life and contributions of Scott Mercy, Lifepoint’s founding chairman and chief executive officer. The award is considered the highest honor a Lifepoint employee can receive.

“At Trousdale Medical Center, we share Lifepoint’s commitment to making communities healthier, and we recognize this is supported by the good work and service of our employees on and off the job,” said Carolyn Sparks, CEO of Trousdale Medical Center. “We are extremely proud to recognize Sarah Raney for her efforts on behalf of our patients and our community. She goes above and beyond each and every day to ensure that every person she encounters receives the highest level of care and compassion.”

Sarah Raney is a Patient Access Representative that has been diligently working at Trousdale Medical Center for two and a half years. She has shown commitment to her community and compassion to her fellow co-workers by staying multiple nights at Trousdale Medical Center so that her fellow co-workers did not have to brave the winter storms to come in. She has been a champion in patient safety, with the Director of Nursing, Kelly Anderson, stating “She exudes confidence when patients or families come in anxious, and she always insists on transporting patients herself via wheelchair if she senses a risk for falling.” Sarah Raney is a friendly face to those who need help. She welcomes every patient into the facility with her calming personality.

Most notably, Sarah Raney gave her car up to a fellow employee who is a single mom and lost access to her vehicle. This selfless act had a lasting impact on the Trousdale Medical Center community. Sarah Raney did not hesitate to help another in need and did not expect praise for this generous act of kindness. However, her unwavering commitment to help those around her has touched the lives of many and needs recognition through the Mercy Award.  

Each facility winner, including Sarah Raney, will be considered for Lifepoint’s 2023 companywide Mercy Award. The companywide winner will be announced this summer and honored during a ceremony in Nashville, Tenn., in August.