EMORY HEALTHCARE new name for Emory's health care delivery system.ATLANTA--(BW HealthWire)--April 4, 1997--EMORY HEALTHCARE, the long-awaited new name for Emory's health care delivery system, has been approved by Emory health sciences leadership and by the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Board. As of April 1, it replaces the Emory University Emory University (ĕm`ərē), near Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; United Methodist; chartered as Emory College 1836, opened 1837 at Oxford. It became Emory Univ. in 1915 and in 1919 moved to Atlanta. System of Health Care name. EMORY HEALTHCARE reflects two very important things Emory's health care delivery system wants to say about itself, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Michael M.E. Johns, M.D., executive vice president for Health Affairs. "It focuses on Emory's passionate commitment to health care across the spectrum of life, a dedication that has been trusted for generations throughout Georgia and the nation and that is renewed with every patient every day. "The name also reminds us that our services are shaped by being part of Emory University. As the health care service component of The Robert W. Woodruff Robert Winship Woodruff (December 6, 1889 – March 7, 1985) was the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1954. With his enormous Coke fortune, he was also a major philanthropist, and many educational and cultural landmarks in the U.S. Health Sciences Center, EMORY HEALTHCARE can offer patients, practitioners and the community the newest knowledge and the most advanced technologies and innovations in health care, many of which result from Emory's own widely-regarded discovery research." Michael Bernardino, M.D., director for Managed Care, has been overseeing the review of how the Emory system is identified for the past year. The next step, he says, is the creation of a consistent look for use of the EMORY HEALTHCARE name, from signage to stationery, and how individual components of the system will be identified. He expects this process to be complete by June. EMORY HEALTHCARE is the health care delivery system through which Emory physicians and other health care providers offer high-value, service-oriented patient care services to individuals, health insurers, managed care organizations and employers. EMORY HEALTHCARE consists of -- The Emory Clinic, the nonprofit group practice of more than 800 physicians who are faculty members of the School of Medicine, and 15 Emory Clinic health centers located throughout greater metropolitan Atlanta; Emory Hospitals, which include -- Emory University Hospital, a 587-bed adult, tertiary care tertiary care Managed care The most specialized health care, administered to Pts with complex diseases who may require high-risk pharmacologic regimens, surgical procedures, or high-cost high-tech resources; TC is provided in 'tertiary care centers', often facility on the Emory campus, and -- Crawford Long Crawford Williamson Long (November 1, 1815 – June 16, 1878) was an American physician and pharmacist. He was born in Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia. He received his M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1839. Hospital, a 583-bed community-based, tertiary care center tertiary care center Hospital care A hospital or medical center for Pts often referred from secondary care centers, which provides subspecialty expertise Tertiary care center Surgery in Atlanta's midtown; -- Emory-Adventist Hospital, a facility in Cobb County with 88 acute care bed and 12 skilled nursing beds; and -- Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital (a 100-bed hospital near the Emory campus) and -- Egleston Children's Hospital (a 235-bed hospital located in the heart of Emory's main clinical campus), long-time Emory affiliates for patient care, teaching and research; other physician practice plans of Emory medical school physicians through which Emory physicians offer care at Grady Memorial Hospital Grady Memorial Hospital, frequently referred to as Grady Hospital or simply Grady, is the largest hospital in the state of Georgia, and is the public hospital for the city of Atlanta. and Egleston Children's Hospital of Emory University. (Emory physicians also practice at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.) In addition, -- 49 community hospitals throughout Georgia and in Alabama, North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. , South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15. and Delaware comprise a network representing more than 60 community hospitals designed to support a community-based health care system. CONTACT: EMORY HEALTHCARE Sarah Goodwin, 404/727-3366 sgoodwi@emory.edu http://www.emory.edu/WHSC/ |
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