Garrett Regional Medical Center welcomes Clarice Tannebaum, Certified Nurse Practitioner, to Garrett Family Medicine. As a certified nurse practitioner, Tannebaum provides advanced level care, including diagnosis, treatment, health promotion, health prevention and disease management. NPs are trained to assess patient needs, order and interpret diagnostic and laboratory tests, diagnose disease, and formulate and prescribe treatment plans. […]
Garrett County Commissioners approve GRMC Letter of Intent with WVU Medicine
On Tuesday July, 6th, the Garrett County Commissioners voted unanimously to execute a Letter of intent (LOI) on behalf of Garrett Regional Medical Center (GRMC) that will allow the local, independent hospital to complete a due-diligence process needed to become a full member hospital of the West Virginia University Health System (WVUHS). The non-binding LOI stipulates how a future agreement between GRMC and the WVU Health System would be structured. […]
GRMC will continue to require masks at the hospital and all off-site facilities
In accordance to CDC and OSHA guidelines, GRMC will continue to follow the masking mandate for anyone in a healthcare facility after July 1st, when the State of Emergency in Maryland is lifted. As a healthcare facility, GRMC treats the most vulnerable as well as the most critically ill people in the community. In order to protect both patients and staff, the hospitals administration has decided to follow federal health guidelines by continuing to require masks of everyone entering the hospital and any off-site facilities. […]
Betty Pritt celebrates 50 years as a volunteer at Garrett Regional Medical Center
Betty Pritt recently celebrated 50 years as a volunteer at Garrett Regional Medical Center in Oakland, having begun her career as a volunteer at the acute care hospital in 1971. […]
GRMC Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
Garett Regional Medical Center (GRMC) received its third consecutive “A” grade in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Gradea national distinction recognizing GRMC’s achievements protecting patients from errors, injuries, accidents, and infections. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. […]
GRMC named a top maternity hospital
Becker’s Hospital Review, the leading national publication on hospital business news and analysis, recentlyrecognized Garrett Regional Medical Center (GRMC) as a top maternity hospital on both the state and national levels. The list of 217 top maternity hospitals in the United States was compiled by Newsweek magazine in partnership with The Leapfrog Group, a national nonprofit organization that reports on the safety and performance of U.S. health care facilities. […]
GRMC rated as Top 20 rural hospital in United States
Garrett Regional Medical Center was recognized as one of the Top 20 Rural and Community Hospitals in the United States in the annual ranking of rural hospitals compiled by the National Rural Health Association and the Chartis Center for Rural Health. Achieving the Top 20 ranking puts GRMC in the top 1% of hospitals designated as rural in the United States. The US has a total of 6,090 hospitals, with 30% of those serving rural communities. […]
Integrative Pain Management Center opens at GRMC
Garrett Regional Medical Center held a ribbon cutting recently in celebration of the opening of an Integrative Pain Management Center at the hospital. The new center will provide a variety of non-opioid treatment options for people suffering from chronic pain. Attended by hospital staff and two of the Garrett County Commissioners, the ribbon cutting marked the opening of a much needed clinical service that will prevent patients from having to travel to see a pain specialist.
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Garrett Regional Medical Center Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ in the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade
GRMC has again been awarded an ‘A’ by the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Gradea national distinction recognizing Garrett Regional Medical Center’s achievements in protecting patients from harm and providing safe health care. This marks the second consecutive A that the regional medical center has received from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. […]
Rep. David Trone continues to fight for rural health care initiatives
Congressman David Trone, who serves Maryland’s Sixth District in the United States House of Representatives, recently voiced his support for the 340B Drug Pricing Program that lowers drug costs for rural health care providers and noted the fate of the program was just one of the challenges facing rural health care in the time of COVID. […]