ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. – On Dec. 16, Ballad Health celebrated a huge milestone in the history of Hawkins County Memorial Hospital – the facility’s 60th anniversary! In 1961, the hospital first opened its doors to the Rogersville community. For six decades, Hawkins County Memorial hospital has provided our friends, neighbors and families with high-quality care. The team members at Hawkins County Memorial Hospital give their all to ensure our patients receive the care they deserve. They take pride in their work by committing each day to providing safe, compassionate and consistent quality care. This is evidenced by the many recognitions the hospital has received. For three consecutive years, Hawkins County Memorial earned national recognition as an IBM Watson Health Top 100 Hospital and as a top 100 rural hospital by the Chartis Center for Rural Health, signifying that the care given at Hawkins County is some of the best in the nation. The hospital has also…

Do you know someone here at Ballad Health who routinely goes above and beyond the normal call of duty to help others? If so, please consider nominating them for the Scott and Nikki Niswonger Servant’s Heart Award. The nomination period is open for all Ballad Health team members through Friday, Dec. 31. That’s only three weeks away. Don’t wait to nominate someone who deserves some recognition! Click here for more information and to submit a nomination.   About the award Servant’s Heart Awards are given out in four categories: frontline team members, leadership, physicians and volunteers. This is a great way for us to celebrate the outstanding work being done every day by team members within our health system. A Servant’s Heart Award winner is someone who models the Ballad Health values on a daily basis and who always finds ways to help others, from co-workers to patients to visitors. Does this person give freely…

You can quickly and easily recognize a team member for their teamwork, excellence or innovation through our ACTS of Service Appreciation eCards or award nominations. Just look for ACTS of Service Appreciation under “Quick Links” on the Ballad Health intranet. Click here to view this flyer as a PDF.    

ABINGDON, Va. – Johnston Memorial Hospital has been serving the community for more than a century, and July 16 marked a special day in the hospital’s history. Ten years ago, the hospital opened the doors of a new, 350,000-square-foot facility off Lee Highway, next to I-81. Every feature of the campus was designed to impact patient care positively, and it looks as beautiful and modern today as the day it opened. To celebrate the 10th anniversary, hospital leaders delivered celebratory cookies to all of the departments as they joined their team members to share stories reminiscing about the move to the new campus. Here are some stories from Johnston Memorial team members who were part of the opening as they reflect on the facility and its decade of serving the community:   Kathy Tucker, RN Family Birth Center Pre-admissions and Diaper Program Coordinator Remembering 10 years ago: “On the actual day of the move, I was…

You can quickly and easily recognize a team member for their teamwork, excellence or innovation through our ACTS of Service Appreciation eCards or award nominations. Just look for ACTS of Service Appreciation under “Quick Links” on the Ballad Health intranet. Click here to see this flyer in PDF format    

As part of Women’s History Month, Ballad Health would like to highlight some incredible team members who make a positive impact in both our health system and our communities. While Women’s History Month was technically in March, we had several more women leaders in our organization we wanted to highlight, so we extended our recognition by an extra week. And while we were only able to highlight about dozen of our leaders, we know there are many, many more who are deserving, so this recognition and appreciation extends to all women who work at Ballad Health. Greta Morrison Greta Morrison is assistant vice president, administrator and chief nursing officer at Russell County Hospital. She knew as a youngster she wanted to become a nurse, and it came from a very personal experience. “While I was in elementary school, I helped provide care to my grandfather before he passed away. I was taught how to give…

Clockwise from top left: Chase Wilson, Dr. Brooklyn Nelson, Caroline Wright, KJ Gulson, Dr. Mihir Patel, Jo Pearce   The Business Journal of Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia released its 28th annual class of 40 Under Forty promising young leaders, and Ballad Health is well-represented, with six team members joining the class of 2020. The award honors the rising stars of the region’s business community and, as the Business Journal noted, the people who are the future of the region. Recipients must be younger than 40 years old, and they earn the accolade based on their professional accomplishments as well as community involvement. Here are our Ballad Health recipients for 2020: KJ Gulson – AVP, Ballad Health Medical Associates operations Brooklyn Nelson – Clinical pharmacist, Ballad Health, and clinical assistant professor at East Tennessee State University’s Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy Mihir Patel – Hospitalist, Johnson City Medical Center Jo Pearce – Executive recruiter/Employee Center supervisor, human resources…

Our new Ballad Health team member recognition program is open for participation, and all team members are encouraged to check it out! It’s a great way to recognize and say “thank you” to fellow team members who go above and beyond in their work. How to access the program To locate the program, go to the Ballad Health intranet page, click on “Human Resources” and you’ll see the button for “Team Member Recognition.” The link to sign in to the system, FAQs and more are located there. Try it out by sending an appreciation eCard to a co-worker! How the program works There are dozens of ways to say “great job” to your team members through our team member recognition program: You can send heartfelt, fun and creative eCards to team members to say how much you value what they do every day. Leaders can nominate team members who clearly go “above and beyond” for…