Emanuel Medical Center - GA

Thank you to all who attended todays ribbon cutting for Emanuel Medical PROMPT Care. We had another great turnout! Refreshments were served inside by Linda Jordan. Community members were able to tour the new clinic as well. The new clinic is located at 5 Medical Office Way. Across from Southeastern Technical College. Emanuel Medical PROMPT Care is open: Monday-Friday 8AM-6PM Saturday 10AM-6PM Sunday 1PM-6PM No appointment needed, walk-ins all day, and seeing patients of all ages.

Thank you to all who attended the Emanuel Family Medical Clinic ribbon-cutting this morning. It was a great turnout! Following the ribbon cutting, refreshments were served by Linda Jordan inside the office, allowing guests to tour and see the updated facility. Community members were also able to converse and meet our new provider, Dr. Sydney McRae. EFMC, formerly known as Swainsboro Healthcare, is located at 305 Kite Rd. We are excited to welcome Emanuel Family Medical Center to our community and to the Emanuel Medical family!

Congratulations to our very own Mary Radford, CNO and Brandy Bolton, Director of Physician Services for graduating the Executive Leadership Development Program with HomeTown Health! We are so proud of you! Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to Emanuel Medical Center!

Opening October 1st! Emanuel Family Medical Clinic: Sydney McRae, MD Jo Greenway, FNP Gabrielle Story, PA Michael Edenfield, FNP 478-237-9928 HOURS: Monday - Thursday 8:30 am -5:00 pm CLOSED 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm for lunch Friday 8:30 am -12:00 pm

Emanuel Medical Center held a groundbreaking ceremony last Friday to mark the beginning of construction for its much-anticipated Emergency Department expansion. The event brought together a large crowd, including community members, hospital employees, local elected officials, and representatives from the Emanuel County Hospital Authority and the Emanuel Medical Center Foundation. Also in attendance were representatives from RW Allen Construction, the general contractor overseeing the project, and architect Kevin Palmer. The expansion aims to enhance patient care and reduce wait times by adding more treatment rooms, a “fast-track” lower-acuity treatment area, dedicated rooms for behavioral health patients, and a redesigned layout for improved efficiency. CEO Damien Scott noted that while Emanuel Medical Center is a Level IV Trauma Center with consistently outstanding quality ratings, staff recognized opportunities to further enhance patient care, which this project aims to address. Along with the physical upgrades to the Emergency Department, staff are also introducing process improvements to elevate care delivery. Emanuel County Hospital Authority member and Chair of the group’s Building & Grounds Committee, Smith Edenfield, thanked EMC employees for their dedication, noting the great strides that the hospital has made since the pandemic just a few years ago. Edenfield also thanked participants of the Georgia HEART program, adding, “This project will serve our community for generations, and those who have contributed to our hospital through Georgia HEART will be able to look at this and say, ‘I had a hand in that.’” After remarks by Scott, Edenfield, and Emergency Department Manager and Trauma Program Manager Brooke Marsh, Hospital Authority member Rusty Simmons offered a prayer of blessing for the project. Construction is expected to last through Spring 2025. During this time of construction, Emergency Department services have been moved to the hospital’s ICU. The Emergency Department entrance can now be found at the rear of the hospital, and ICU patients have been relocated to the second floor. Though their locations have changed, the Emergency Department and ICU will remain fully functional during this period. The Emergency Department expansion project is being funded through a Rural Hospital Stabilization Grant and a Rural Hospital Support Dual Track Grant, both through the State Office of Rural Health, and by a State Economic Infrastructure Development Grant through the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission. Additional support comes from funds received through the Georgia HEART program, which allows Georgia taxpayers to direct their state income tax dollars to qualifying rural hospitals, such as EMC.

Meet one of our new providers Dr. Sydney McRae!!! Dr. McRae joins our team at our Emanuel Family Medical Clinic. Dr. Sydney McRae was born in Savannah, Georgia and is a graduate of Mercer University where she obtained dual degrees in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology and Latin Studies. She attended medical school at Mercer University where she participated in the Accelerated Track Program for Family Medicine and graduated with Distinction in Service to the Community. At that time she was also elected to join the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She subsequently completed her Family Medicine residency at HCA/Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. She has keen interests in caring for the full family unit - to include pediatrics, obstetrics, postpartum care, women’s health, adult, and geriatric medicine. She is particularly passionate about healthcare advocacy, patient-centered, and rural care. Professionally, she is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, and a member of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians. She resides in Swainsboro, GA and enjoys volunteering and hiking with her husband and their two pups.

Meet one of our new providers, Dr. Caroline Musa!!! Dr. Musa joins our team at our Swainsboro Internal Medicine clinic. Dr. Musa is an Internal Medicine physician who received her medical degree from Washington University of Health and Science in Belize. She trained in Internal Medicine at the Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership Internal Medicine Residency Program in Athens Georgia. Dr. Musa really enjoys practicing medicine and is uniquely able to bond with her patients to positively affect their health outcomes. She specializes in the comprehensive medical care of adults, encompassing preventive care, diagnostic evaluations, treatment of acute illness, and management of chronic disease. Dr. Musa is looking forward to serving the community and helping her patients be active, involved, and informed participants in their own healthcare. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, and an active lifestyle including yoga, hiking, and spending time with her family and friends.

In the coming weeks, Emanuel Medical Center will break ground on its Emergency Department expansion and redesign. During this construction period, patients and visitors will experience changes in the locations of the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Emergency Department. Despite the temporary relocations, both ICU and the Emergency Department will remain fully functional throughout construction.

We had a fantastic time at our annual rural health meeting, discussing key issues that impact our communities. A heartfelt thank you to our incredible speakers and attendees for their valuable insights and contributions. We're deeply grateful for the dedication of our rural hospital members, who remain trusted pillars of care for everyone in their communities. And congratulations to Union General Hospital for being recognized by the American Hospital Association for being an AHA member for 50 years! Georgia Department of Community Health, Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, Atrium Health Navicent Peach, Emanuel Medical Center - GA

Emanuel Medical Center had the honor of welcoming Representative Rick Allen today to discuss key issues in rural healthcare and share our recent accomplishments and upcoming developments.