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• Mission Health gets two pianos in its lobbies for patient care

  

  NEWS

  Caitlin Byrd | 07/18/2012

  With a baby grand piano set up in the Memorial lobby and another set of ivories on its way to the St. Joseph's lobby, it's not the same old song and dance for patient experience at Mission Health anymore. (photo by Bill Rhodes)

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• Ron Paulus on health care reform: "This is the beginning of a story, not the end"

  

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  Caitlin Byrd | 06/28/2012

  Hours after the Supreme Court announced its landmark ruling on health care, Mission Health CEO and President Ron Paulus made his own statement about what the 5-4 ruling means on the local level. His verdict? The ripple effect of health care reform remains to be seen. Above, Paulus reads his statement about the ruling. (Photo by Caitlin Byrd)

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• Clean vehicles coalition celebrate improved CNG filling station

  

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  Bill Rhodes | 06/27/2012

  Land-of-Sky Regional Council, Asheville City and Mission Health officials re-dedicated an improved compressed-natural-gas filling station on McCormick Place today, June 27. (Ronald Paulus, MD, CEO and President of Mission Health at the re-vamped CNG filling station on McCormick Place; photo by Bill Rhodes)

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• Not kidding around

  

  FEATURES

  Caitlin Byrd | 06/26/2012

  Pediatrics puts children first

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• Mission Health opens new children's radiology center

  

  NEWS

  Caitlin Byrd | 06/14/2012

  At 8 a.m. on Monday morning, Mission Health's new imaging center, Mission Children's Radiology, opened its doors and began seeing patients. According to Dr. Bret Sleight of Asheville Radiology and Mission Children's Radiology, the approximately 6,000 square-feet center has been quietly in the works for the last 4-5 years. (photo by Caitlin Byrd)

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• Photos: Asheville Tourists hit a home run with kids during visit to Mission Children's Hospital

  

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  Caitlin Byrd | 05/29/2012

  Six Asheville Tourists baseball players and Ted E. Tourist took a break from the diamond to visit kids at Mission Children's Hospital on May 29. They played board games, built Lego houses and, of course, played a modified game of catch. (Photos by Caitlin Byrd)

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• Mission makes new case for Fletcher endoscopy center, but public opposition remains

  

  NEWS

  Caitlin Byrd | 05/16/2012

  Less than one year after the state rejected their first request to relocate an endoscopy center from Asheville to Fletcher, Mission Health and Pardee Hospital are trying again. But during an almost 3-hour long public hearing held in Mills River today, not everyone understood why these health systems are applying again, or what has changed. More than 100 people attended the meeting, and about 50 people spoke during the public comment. (photo by Caitlin Byrd)

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• Local therapy dog nominated for national award

  

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  Caitlin Byrd | 05/03/2012

  Though she spends most of her time helping others at Mission and McDowell Hospitals, a local therapy dog may have her day soon. Chessie, a blind four-year-old Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen, has been nominated for a 2012 American Humane Association Hero Dog Award in the therapy dog category.

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• Health disparities and race: presentation explores case studies and solutions

  

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  Caitlin Byrd | 04/30/2012

  Sharon West reads from one of many case studies about health disparities and race in the United States. On Friday, April 27, she gave a presentation about health disparities as it related to race. The event was part of YWCA's Stand Against Racism. (Photo by Caitlin Byrd)

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• President of MedWest-Harris, MedWest-Swain says they do not need to combine with Mission

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  Caitlin Byrd | 04/23/2012

  After a group of doctors declared their discontent about the recent merger with Carolinas Health at the April 16 Jackson County Commissioners meeting, President of MedWest-Harris and MedWest-Swain Steve Heatherly released a statement in response. The doctors also said during the commissioners meeting that the only suitable merger would have been with Mission Hospital. Today, there was a media briefing on the matter at MedWest-Harris. The full statement from Heatherly is listed here.

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