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Tracy Gray
CH I E F I NFORMAT I ON
OFF I CER OF THE Y E AR
TRACY GRAY,
chief information officer
at Archbold Medical Center, was named
2014 chief information officer of the year by
HomeTown Health, LLC. Gray was chosen for
his proven track record of providing excep-
tional leadership in health information tech-
nology, specific technology-based requirements hospitals and his commitment to
education and information technology best practices.
Crystal Ramm
GR ADY GENER AL HOSP I TAL
ADM I N I S T R ATOR
CRYSTAL RAMM
was recently pro-
moted to admin-
istrator of Grady
General Hospital
(GGH).
Ramm began
her career with
Archbold in 1996.
She has since
served in many
leadership roles,
including her most recent position as
director of nursing at GGH. “Crystal’s
experience in health care leadership,
combined with her knowledge of the
Archbold system, will be valuable as she
leads Grady General Hospital in providing
outstanding health care for our commu-
nity,” said LaDon Toole, vice president of
system hospitals and long-term care at
Archbold.
Tops again!
FOR THE
fourth consecutive year,
Georgia Trend
magazine has named
Archbold Memorial Hospital a Top
Georgia Hospital, and in 2014, the
highest-ranked medium-sized hospital
in Southwest Georgia.
The information used to compile
the rankings was based on publicly
reported data acquired from the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services (CMS), which administers
the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid
programs.
The data analyzed specifically relates
to quality of care, patient satisfaction,
mortality, readmission statistics and
data on hospital-acquired infections
and conditions.
“We understand patients put a lot
of trust in us, and they expect us to
provide the right care at the right
time, every time,” said Amy Griffin, vice
president of patient care at Archbold. “I
think we’ve been so successful because
we proactively look for ways we can
improve care.”
That sustained focus on quality
earned Archbold not only recent state-
wide recognition as a Top Hospital, but
also national attention in 2014.
Earlier this year, Archbold’s ventilator-
associated pneumonia (VAP) protocols
were named the only evidence-based
national blueprint for how to avoid
the condition in hospitals. Simply
put, methods developed at Archbold
to avoid VAP were named a Leading
Practice Blueprint®, an endorsed
model hospitals across the country
are encouraged to adopt. Also in 2014,
Archbold was named to the Georgia
Hospital Association’s (GHA) Quality
Honor Roll, a designation also based on
clinical data provided by CMS.
“Our community can be confident
that Archbold’s number one prior-
ity remains to provide our patients
high-quality, patient-focused health
care,” said Perry Mustian, Archbold
president and CEO. “I’m very proud
of our team and what we’ve accom-
plished. It’s very rewarding for our
staff to be recognized for continuously
taking initiative to provide the best care
possible for our patients and to again
be named a Top Hospital in the state.”
Jamie Womack
M I TCHE L L COUNT Y HOSP I TAL
ADM I N I S T R ATOR
JAMIE WOMACK
was recently pro-
moted to admin-
istrator of Mitchell
County Hospital.
Womack began
his career with
Archbold in 2011
and has served in
many leadership
roles.
“Jamie is very
well-respected in the Mitchell County
community,” said LaDon Toole, vice
president of system hospitals and
long-term care at Archbold. “He is
committed to ensuring the patients of
Mitchell County receive the very best
care, and I’m confident that he will
be a great leader for Mitchell County
Hospital.”
Crystal Ramm
Administrator
Grady General Hospital
Jamie Womack
Administrator
Mitchell County Hospital