The Medical Center Inc

STATE MATERNAL HEALTH INNOVATION PROGRAM - THE MEDICAL FOUNDATION, INC. DBA NORTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH SYSTEM (NGHS) FOUNDATION IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEM DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA. NGHS IS ANCHORED BY NORTHEAST GEORGIA MEDICAL CENTER (NGMC)’S FOUR HOSPITAL CAMPUSES – NGMC GAINESVILLE, NGMC BRASELTON, NGMC BARROW AND NGMC LUMPKIN – WITH A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 700 BEDS AND MORE THAN 1,200 MEDICAL STAFF MEMBERS REPRESENTING MORE THAN 50 SPECIALTIES. NGMC AIMS TO LEAD THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE MATERNAL HEALTH INNOVATION & DATA CAPACITY GRANT FOR THE STATE OF GEORGIA. THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL IMPACT OVER 2.1 MILLION WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (CVD) HAS EMERGED AS THE LEADING CAUSE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN GEORGIA AND OTHER STATES THROUGH THE NATION. IN PARTICULAR, PREGNANCY-RELATED DEATH ENCOMPASSES A SPECTRUM OF CARDIAC CONDITIONS WITH A PREPONDERANCE OF CARDIOMYOPATHY. ACCORDING TO THE COMMONWEALTH FUND’S REPORT IN DECEMBER OF 2020, GEORGIA HAS THE SECOND HIGHEST RATE OF MATERNAL MORTALITY IN THE UNITED STATES OF 48.4 PER 100,000 LIVE BIRTHS. IN A 2017 REPORT BY GEORGIA’S MATERNAL MORTALITY REVIEW, THE AREAS OF HIGHEST CONCERN ARE INADEQUATE SCREENING AND FOLLOW-UP CARE OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYMPTOMS IN PREGNANT WOMEN, AND INADEQUATE RECOGNITION AND RESPONSE TO SEVERE HYPERTENSION AND HEMORRHAGES. NGMC WILL DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE MATERNAL CARDIAC PROGRAM (MCP) WITH THE PURPOSE OF DECREASING BY 10% THE MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY RATES OF PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM PATIENTS UP TO 1 YEAR AFTER DELIVERY. NGMC WILL ADOPT THE FOUR (4) CORE FUNCTIONS OUTLINED IN THE MHI GRANT REQUIREMENTS. 1. ESTABLISH A STATE-FOCUSED MATERNAL HEALTH TASK FORCE. 2. IDENTIFY AND COLLABORATE WITH THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY STATE-FOCUSED TASKFORCE TO COLLECT, ANALYZE, AND REPORT DATA ON PREGNANCY-RELATED MORTALITY, SEVERE MATERNAL MORBIDITY (SMM), AND/OR OTHER INDICATORS OF MATERNAL TO E VALUATE PREVENTABILITY, IDENTIFY ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IMPROVE SYSTEMS OF PRENATAL AND MATERNITY CARE SERVICES. 3. IMPROVE THE COLLECTION, REPORTING, AND ANALYSIS OF THE ALLIANCE FOR INNOVATION ON MATERNAL HEALTH (AIM) DATA. 4. PROMOTE AND EXECUTE INNOVATIVE EVIDENCE-INFORMED INTERVENTIONS IN MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY AT NGMC TO ADDRESS CRITICAL GAPS IN PRENATAL AND MATERNITY CARE SERVICES. NGHS WILL SERVE AS A PILOT SITE TO EVALUATE EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE REPLICATED THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND NATIONWIDE.

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION

DLT GRANTS - SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER - MEDICAL

RESIDENCY TRAINING IN PRIMARY CARE

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT (AHN) IS THE LEADING PROVIDER OF HEALTH CARE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH GEORGIA AND IS COMMITTED TO ITS MISSION OF ELEVATING HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH COMPASSIONATE CARE. AHN IS PART OF ADVOCATE HEALTH, WHICH IS HEADQUARTERED IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, AND IS THE THIRD-LARGEST NONPROFIT HEALTH SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES, CREATED FROM THE COMBINATION OF ATRIUM HEALTH AND ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH. AHN IS LOCATED IN MACON, BIBB COUNTY, GEORGIA AND OPERATES HOSPITALS IN MILLEDGEVILLE, BALDWIN COUNTY, GEORGIA AND BYRON, PEACH COUNTY, GEORGIA. AHN ALSO OPERATES THEIR OWN ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT’S EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (AHN EMS) UNIT. ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT’S EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (AHN EMS) WILL UTILIZE THE HRSA CDS FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $558,000 TO DECOMMISSION FOUR (4) EXISTING AMBULANCES WITH MILEAGE IN EXCESS OF 300,000 MILES AND REPLACE THEM WITH FOUR (4) NEW 2024 FORD HIGH TOP T350 AMBULANCES EQUIPPED WITH STRYKER POWER LOADING SYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE SAFE AUTOMATED LOADING AND UNLOADING OF PATIENTS. AHN EMS IS A PREMIER AMBULANCE SERVICE AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO RURAL COMMUNITIES VIA 911 EMERGENCY AND NON-EMERGENCY TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS PROVIDES SUPPORT WITHIN A 5-COUNTY RURAL REGION COMPRISED OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES: BIBB, BALDWIN, JONES, TREUTLEN AND TWIGGS. IN 2023, THEY PROVIDED 29,781 9-1-1 TRANSPORTS AND 6,970 NON-EMERGENT TRANSPORTS, AND FOR 2024 THEY ARE PROJECTING TO SURPASS THEIR PREVIOUS YEARS NUMBERS.