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The Center to Host its First Maternal Health Symposium to Advance the Dialogue on Maternal Health in Georgia
The Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center will be hosting its first Maternal Health Symposium on June 23-24, 2022 in the President’s Dining Room on the Mercer University Macon Campus. The two-day symposium will host healthcare professionals from medical schools, public health, and rural hospitals from across the state to advance the dialogue on maternal health…
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Georgia Public Health Association Annual Conference 2022
Pictured Above: (left) Chris Scoggins, MPH, Dr. Kimberly Carr, and Dr. Anne Montgomery (right) Dr. Kedrick Williams May 4-6, 2022, the Georgia Public Health Association held its annual conference at the Jekyll Island Convention Center. Several team members of the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center gave presentations and presented posters on programs…
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Mental Health First Aid Program: Spreading Mental Health Awareness to the Masses
On September 18, 2021 Dr. Kedrick Williams, Community Resource and Assessment Specialist, Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (The Center) and Dr. Sharon Jones, Certified Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Instructor, hosted the second virtual MHFA training session for Sumter County. This interactive course was attended by 14 participants comprised of Phoebe Sumter Medical Center team…
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Chris Scoggins, MPH, Speaker at Two Georgias Conference
On August 4, 2021, Chris Scoggins, MPH, Director of Special Projects, represented the Center as a panelist at the Two Georgias Initiative’s “Bridging to the Future” conference. The Two Georgias Initiative is a five year grant program funding 11 health partnerships across rural Georgia. The program was created, and is managed by, the Healthcare Georgia…
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MUSM, GRHIC Accepting Applicants for New Rural Healthcare Ethics Program
Dr. Brian Childs and Dr. Lauren Bunch, professors at Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM), hosted an informational webinar Aug. 11 on Rural Healthcare Ethics. This session, open to all clinicians and healthcare administrators in Georgia, covered a brief description of healthcare ethics in the rural space and the value it can add to patient…
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The Center Launches New Maternal Health Observership
The Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) in June began offering a new Summer Experience in Maternal Health Observership, open to M.D. students at all of Georgia’s publicly-funded medical schools, including Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM). Observership programs offer medical students an opportunity to observe the delivery of care firsthand. The GRHIC’s summer maternal…
Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
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