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Page A8 Lake Oconee News Friday, May 5,2017 GREENE COUNTY St. Mary's recertified for knee, hip and spine care Mark Engel/Staff St. Mary's Hospital in Athens has again earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Certification for total hip replacement, total knee replacement and spine surgery St. Mary’s Health Care System recently announced that St. Mary’s Hospital in Athens has again earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Certification for total hip replacement, total knee re placement and spine surgery. Disease-specific certifi cation is for Joint Commis sion-accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers seeking to elevate the quality, consistency and safety of their services and patient care. St. Mary’s underwent a rigorous onsite review earlier this year. Joint Commission experts evaluated compli ance with advanced dis ease-specific care standards and requirements for total hip and knee replacements and spine surgery, including surgical consultation, and pre-operative, intraoperative and post-surgical follow-up care. Joint Commission certification is valid for two years. “Achieving certification in these three procedures recognizes St. Mary’s com mitment to provide care in a safe and efficient manner for patients,” said Patrick Phelan, executive director, Hospital Business Develop ment, The Joint Commis sion. “These certifications will help St. Mary’s better provide coordinated and comprehensive care to patients undergoing total hip replacement, total knee replacement or spine surgery.” “St. Mary’s is pleased to receive continuing certifica tion from The Joint Commis sion, the premier accrediting body in the nation for health care quality improvement,” said Don McKenna, presi dent and CEO of St. Mary’s Health Care System. “The standards they set and best practices they advocate are tremendous assets to our continuing process of im proving patient safety and quality of care. The trust and partnerships we have developed with our physi cians have significantly con tributed to our outstanding success.” St. Mary’s first earned certification in knee re placement in 2008, followed by spine surgery in 2011 and hip replacement in 2015. St. Mary’s maintains Joint Commission specialty certi fication in seven specialties: advanced primary stroke center, advanced inpatient diabetes, heart failure, COPD, total knee replace ment, total hip replacement and spine surgery. The Joint Commission developed knee, hip and spine certification programs in response to the growing number of patients under going these procedures, as well as the increased focus on clinical evidence-based patient care as it relates to pain management, quality of life issues, functional limitation in mobility and the return to normal daily activities. The Joint Commission: Founded in 1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for the public, in collaboration with other stakeholders, by evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to excel in providing safe and ef fective care of the highest quality and value. The Joint Commission accredits and certifies more than 21,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. An independent,non profit organization, The Joint Commission is the nation’s oldest and largest standards-setting and ac crediting body in health care. Learn more about The Joint Commission at www. jointcommission.org. St. Mary’s, a member of Trinity Health, is a faith- based, not-for-profit health care ministry whose mission is to be a compassionate and transforming healing presence in the communi ties it serves. Named one of America’s 100 Best Hospi tals in 2016 by Healthgrades, St. Mary’s puts special focus on neurosciences, cardiac care, orthopedics, general medicine, general surgery, women’s and children’s health and care for older adults. St. Mary’s is a certi fied chest pain center, a gold- plus hospital for stroke care, and was named Georgia’s Large Hospital of the Year in 2006, 2010 and 2015. For more information, visit St. Mary’s website at www.st- marysathens.org. Restore Putnam County Habitat For Humanity We need your donations! Call for more information about pickups. • Washers/Dryers • End Tables • Mirrors Sofas / Furniture • Chairs • Dishes Thursday and Friday 10:00am to 4:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am to 3:30 pm 1027 Lake Oconcc Pkwy., Eatonton, Georgia 31024 (across from Goodwill) 706-991-1600 Brakes Continued from A1 the light they try to save wear and tear on the wheel brakes by using engine or compression brakes which result in “excessive, loud, unusual or explosive noises.” Monday night, the 706-484-0999 646 Old Phoenix Road jVp* Eatonton, Ga - Mark Engel/Staff Highways 15,278 and 44 bring a large volume of logging trucks and tractor-trailers through downtown Greensboro. One resident counted 46 trucks passing by his home on Highway 15 in a nine hour period. Greensboro City Council approved the first reading of a so-called “Jake Braking” ordinance. It prohibits truck drivers from using hydraulic or mechanical ly operated devices that “produce a noise that is loud and excessive by the release of compressed air and/or exhaust within an engine cycle... for the purpose of slowing said vehicle and/or braking without the use of wheel brakes,” according to the proposed ordinance. The proposed ordinance does not include a penalty or fine and doesn’t address the question of who will enforce it. And, the ordinance has an exception that allows the braking technique if “used solely to affect an emergen cy stop of the motor vehicle.” That’s similar to a law passed in Delaware that is having little effect, accord ing to delawareonline.com. In April, a group of upset residents there were told by a state police officer, “here’s what happens when you go to court...all you have to say is ‘your honor (the traffic light) was yellow, I didn’t want to run a red light,’ so it was an emergency and (the ticket) gets dropped.” It has all sorts of nick names like “C-brake” and “Paccar brake” but Postell would suggest that you stand at the corner downtown and you’ll understand why they want to put the brakes on “Jake Brakes.” The proposed ordinance must pass a second vote at the next city council meeting before it is put into effect. Council also : • Approved $39,933.50 for a new playground struc ture to be located at the city park by the police station. • Approved a request from the Greensboro First United Methodist Church to add two cross walks near the downtown campus of the church. Appointed Caty DeLaigle to fill an opening on the Greensboro Historic Preservation Commission Received an update on the removal and repair of one pump and the in stallation of a new pump at the waste water treat ment plant. Call or visit Madison Monuments for i/our Mother's Day flowers and vases Office and Showroom 2496 Eatonton Road (706) 343-0089 Madison, GA 30650 (706) 474-9306 Tue-iday-friday 10AM4PM Saturday 10AM to 3PM
