Sumner Regional Medical Center Welcomes First Baby of 2021
Sumner Regional Medical Center is ringing in 2021 with the year's first bundle of joy. Weighing 6 pounds and 6.6 ounces, Ryder was born to Carissa, Friday, Jan. 1, at 2:58 am.
Donate Plasma to Help COVID-19 Patients
COVID-19 patients are in need of plasma donors. If you have had a positive COVID-19 test result, recovered, and would like to help sick COVID-19 patients in need, please consider donating plasma...
Limited Visitation Policy effective December 9
At Sumner Regional Medical Center, our top priority is safeguarding the health and wellbeing of our patients, providers, employees and community. We continue to closely monitor the prevalence of coronavirus (COVID-19) in our community and follow state and federal guidelines as we adapt our operations to safely care for and...
Patient Testimony: My COVID-19 Thanksgiving
Editor's Note: This testimony was submitted by Mr. Phillips to our hospital administration. We are sharing this story at his request and with his permission. By George Phillips Attorney at Bone McAllester Norton PLLC, Hendersonville, Tennessee I thought I had a touch of bronchitis on Thursday, November 12. My wife, Patricia, gave me some horseradish to smell on Friday, and I...
An Open Letter to All Tennesseans
We write today with an appeal to all Tennesseans. The deadly COVID-19 pandemic is surging once again in our state. Daily new cases, transmission rates and hospitalizations have surpassed the July levels, making this second wave bigger and more deadly than the first. Medical experts and elected officials across our nation...
Visitation Policy: November 23, 2020
For the safety of our patients, staff, visitors and community; all visitors will be screened before entry. All visitors must provide their own mask and wear it at all times. Effective Monday, November 23, 2020: • No visitors for patients with confirmed or suspected Covid-19• One visitor per day for all other patients,...
Celebrating Safely: How to keep you, your family and your community healthy this holiday season
By Isabelle Garibaldi, RN, DNP, Chief Nursing OfficerGeoff Lifferth, MD, Chief Medical Officer Sumner Regional Medical Center The final two months of the year are traditionally filled with a number of opportunities to celebrate with family, friends and co-workers. Of course, 2020 has been anything but a traditional year, thanks in no small part to the ongoing...
Statement on Community Spread of Covid-19 in Middle Tennessee
We call upon every community member in Sumner County and Middle Tennessee to lead by example — wear a mask over your nose and mouth, wash your hands frequently, practice social distancing and avoid group gatherings. Sumner Regional Medical Center's (SRMC) top priority continues to be protecting the health and safety...
Sumner's Susan Peach awarded CEO of Distinction
Susan Peach, recipient of the CEO of Distinction Award, with a small group of socially distanced and masked hospital leaders at Sumner Regional Medical Center. Susan wanted to be photographed with all the staff at Sumner Regional, whom she says are the real heroes. Sumner Regional Medical Center CEO Susan Peach, RN, BSN, MBA, has been named the 2020 CEO of Distinction by the Tennessee Hospital...
HighPoint Health System Welcomes New Chief Financial Officer
HighPoint Health System has hired John Doyle as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for all HighPoint Health System facilities, including the flagship hospital, Sumner Regional Medical Center in Gallatin. Doyle arrives in Gallatin with a wealth of healthcare finance leadership, most recently as the Market CFO for Providence Health in Columbia,...