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Know where to go to get the care you need
July 09, 2020By: Tammy Dills, Director of Care Management Knowing where to go to get the care you need can be confusing – especially now. Efforts to slow the spread of COVID-19 have resulted in many new practices for hospitals, outpatient centers and medical offices. As we move forward, life – and healthcare – will look different, but our commitment to providing a…
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Harris Pain Center Opens in Sylva and Franklin
July 02, 2020Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital are pleased to provide comprehensive pain services across western North Carolina in Jackson, Macon, and Swain counties. Harris Pain Center, with locations in Sylva and Franklin, is now open and scheduling appointments. Swain Comprehensive Pain Services has served patients in Bryson City for more than a…
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Harris Regional Hospital eases visitor restrictions
June 05, 2020Harris Regional Hospital eases visitor restrictions Limited visitation now available for most patients as elective and non-urgent procedures gradually resume Harris Regional Hospital announced Monday that it is transitioning from a zero-visitor protocol to limited visitor restrictions as the hospital gradually resumes elective and non-urgent cases and services at its…
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Maintaining Your Health, Ensuring Your Safety
June 03, 2020By Casey Prenger, MD; Harris Regional Hospital As healthcare providers, patient wellbeing is our chief concern every day of the year. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, part of how we kept our community safe was limiting elective and non-urgent procedures at Harris Regional Hospital As our community to starts to re-open, Harris Regional Hospital is…
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Harris Regional Hospital welcomes breast and general surgeon Dr. Allison Palumbo
June 03, 2020Harris Regional Hospital welcomes breast and general surgeon Dr. Allison Palumbo Harris Regional Hospital is pleased to welcome board certified general surgeon Allison Palumbo, MD to Harris Surgical Associates. Dr. Palumbo joins Joshua Pratt, DO and Eric Reitz, MD in providing general surgery services to Jackson, Swain, Graham, and Macon counties and the surrounding…
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Childbirth and COVID-19: Keeping Expecting Mothers and Newborns Safe at Harris Regional Hospital
May 21, 2020By: Autumn Neesam, MSN, RN, NE-BC, CPPS, Senior Director, Inpatient Nursing Services Pregnancy always comes with its share of anxiety and fear, but the COVID-19 pandemic has added a new layer of concerns for expecting families. If you will be delivering a baby during the pandemic, you likely have many questions about how delivery in the hospital may be different…
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Harris Regional Hospital welcomes Dr. Ja’Pel Sumpter
May 17, 2020Harris Regional Hospital is pleased to welcome Ja’Pel Sumpter, MD to Harris Women’s Care. Dr. Sumpter joins Sabine Kelischek, MD, Alvin Strasburger, MD, Sally Inglesby-Schaefer, CNM, Judy Layton, CNM, Anne Karner, CNM, Darci Walker, CNM and Kathy Walsh, NP in providing obstetrics and gynecology services to women in Jackson, Swain, Graham, and Macon counties…
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Harris Regional and Swain Community Hospitals Mark National Hospital Week and Nurses Week, Honors Healthcare Heroes
May 12, 2020Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital is proud to join the American Hospital Association and healthcare organizations around the country in celebrating National Hospital Week, which is observed May 10-15. Each May, National Hospital Week provides an opportunity to pause and honor the millions of healthcare professionals who dedicate their lives to taking…
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Harris Regional Hospital Marks National Nurses Month, Celebrates the Year of the Nurse
May 07, 2020Harris Regional Hospital is proud to join the American Nurses Association (ANA) in celebrating National Nurses Month this May, in an expanded recognition of the positive impact our nurses have on the health and well-being of our community. National Nurses Week – observed annually May 6-12 – honors the men and women around the country who have dedicated their…
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HARRIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO RESUME ELECTIVE AND NON-URGENT SURGERIES AND PROCEDURES
May 06, 2020Harris Regional Hospital announced today that it is taking the appropriate steps to safely resume some elective and non-urgent surgeries and procedures that were previously rescheduled out of an abundance of caution amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The decision to reschedule procedures when clinically appropriate was made in accordance with federal and…
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Minutes Matter: Don’t Put Your Heart Health On Hold During COVID-19
April 23, 2020By Stephen Plemmons, MSN, RN, NE-BC, Senior Director of Special Care Services When a heart attack strikes, every minute matters. In fact, the first few minutes are critical in determining the short-term and long-term outcome for the patient. While the world continues to focus on the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, cardiovascular disease, or heart disease, is…
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Harris Medical Group Launches Telemedicine Services
April 08, 2020The Harris Medical Group announced today that it has added telemedicine to patients at Harris Family Care – Franklin, Harris Medical Associates, Harris Women’s Care, Harris Pulmonary and Sleep Center and Harris Pediatric Care. The announcement comes on the heels of the Trump administration’s unprecedented expansion of telehealth services. “We are…
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Supporting Efforts to Keep Our Community Healthy
March 24, 2020By Steve Heatherly, Chief Executive Officer of Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital Our community – along with communities around the world – is navigating unprecedented challenges as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread. The cycle of our lives and neighborhoods has been altered, and we are all working to accommodate an…
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COVID-19: What Harris Regional Hospital is Doing and What You Can Do
March 23, 2020It probably feels as if coronavirus – or as it is officially known, COVID-19 – is all anyone is talking about these days. As COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses like the seasonal flu continue to spread across the U.S., you also may feel a certain level of concern over how this disease could affect you or your loved ones, or if your local healthcare…
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Harris Regional Hospital EMS offers community health fair; introduces new Community Paramedic Program.
March 10, 2020Harris Regional Hospital EMS is sponsoring a free health fair at the Savannah Volunteer Fire Department on Wednesday, March 11 from 2 to 7 pm. The health fair is designed to provide information and medical screenings to the members of Jackson County. Presented by Harris Regional Hospital EMS and the Community Paramedic Program, the event will include blood pressure…
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In the Mix: Why it might be time to add routine colonoscopies to your health journey
March 09, 2020It’s a scene many of us can recall. You arrive home from school, rush to your bedroom and tune your boombox to your favorite radio station. You pop in a blank cassette tape, or one you’ve recorded over so many times before, to capture the songs you love – or the songs you hope someone else will love, too. If that scene of adding favorite songs to your…
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Healthy Sleep
January 13, 2020Happy New Year! Have you made any resolutions yet? As the calendar turns to a fresh page, many of us make a fresh resolve to eat better, do better and be better. Have you ever thought about making a resolution to sleep better? It’s one you may want to consider. “Many people don’t connect the dots between the quality of their sleep and the quality of…
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Harris Regional Hospital and Swain Community Hospital are celebrating several milestones in making communities healthier as a new year begins.
January 13, 2020In 2019, more than a dozen new physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners began practicing in Jackson, Swain, and Macon counties. Specialties include pulmonology and sleep medicine, cardiology, orthopaedics, pediatrics, primary care, and wound care. Eight additional physicians and providers are scheduled to start in 2020. Specialties include cardiology,…
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Harris Regional Hospital Limits Visitation Due to Seasonal Flu Outbreak
January 02, 2020Due to high levels of respiratory viruses in the community, Harris Regional Hospital has implemented seasonal influenza precautions. Visitation restrictions will be in place during peak flu season, which generally lasts through the first of April, and the hospitals kindly asks that the following individuals do not visit during this time: Children under 12 years of…
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Jackson County Improves in Health Factors
December 16, 2019Harris Regional Hospital alongside Jackson County Department of Public Health and other key community organizations are happy to report improvements in health factors from 2016. In 2019, Jackson County is ranked 35th in health factors measured against the 100 counties in North Carolina, which is a significant improvement, moving the county up almost 30 spots in health…
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