10 Things to Know About Athens Regional Medical Center

Athens (Ga.) Regional Medical Center is an acute-care community hospital.

Here are 10 things to know about Athens Regional Medical Center.                   

1. James G. Thaw serves as CEO.         

2. Wendy Cook serves as vice president of finance.

3. The hospital has 315 beds. 

4. The hospital has 2,626 total employees.  

5. In 2011, the hospital performed 5,000 inpatient surgeries, 12,800 outpatient surgeries and 2,200 births, and had 90,400 outpatient visits, 24,800 non-admitted emergency department visits and 13,000 admitted emergency department visits, according to the American Hospital Directory. 

6. In 2011, the hospital recorded $1.1 billion in gross charges and $15.2 million in net income, according to the American Hospital Directory. 

7. In 2013, the hospital received a Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence from Healthgrades.

8. The hospital was founded in 1919, and purchased by the citizens of Clarke County, Ga., in 1924.

9. The hospital had the first critical care unit in the state of Georgia.   

10. A major expansion of the emergency department and maternity ward was completed in 2009.


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