MRMC Partners with UAMS for Safety Baby Showers

Magnolia Regional Medical Center is proud to be a host site for the UAMS Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Safety Baby Showers.

Held bi-monthly, the Safety Baby Showers provide education and resources to expectant moms.  The program covers child passenger seat safety, sleep safe practices, injury prevention, and many more useful topics for moms-to-be.

The Safety Baby Showers are funded by grants through State Farm Insurance and Blue & You.  The grants allow for attendees to not only receive valuable information, but also take home some great items.

According to Rebecka Wendling, Community Outreach Coordinator for AHEC South Arkansas, each participant receives a car seat, play yard, and a bag full of items to make your home a safer environment for your child.

Following the event, expectant moms make appointments to have their new car seats installed in their vehicles by a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician.

Safety Baby Showers are held bi-monthly at Magnolia Regional Medical Center free of charge to the attendees.  To sign up or receive more information, expectant moms should call Tiffany Ross at 870-881-4428, or Adriane Delaney at 870-235-3532.

Vincent Rogers named Employee of the Month

Vincent Rogers was named the September Employee of the Month in a ceremony this week.  Rogers has been with Magnolia Regional Medical Center for one year as Systems Administrator for the IT Department.

Rogers is a Magnolia native, a graduate of the AR School for Math and Sciences, and received his Bachelor in Business Administration from Southern Arkansas University.

Rogers was presented his certificate by CEO, Margaret West.

Study Shows MRMC as Area Economic Force

A new report shows Magnolia Regional Medical Center as an economic leader for Columbia County, directly and indirectly employing 243 people and generating $31,946,000 annually in economic activity, which percolates throughout communities and the entire area.

According to a new study, WHAT’S AT STAKE, released today by Magnolia Regional Medical Center and the Arkansas Hospital Association, the clout comes not just from the hospital’s role as an employer and major purchaser, but also from the “ripple” effect of related dollars as they move through local cities, towns and communities.

Magnolia Regional Medical Center directly employs 243 healthcare professionals, technicians and support workers in the area. They contributed payrolls in 2010 totaling $22,232,000. Those payrolls then served as an important economic catalyst, indirectly supporting another 230 jobs – and $22,232,000 in earnings – through hospital employees’ personal purchases of groceries, clothing, cars, appliances, houses and many other goods and services by hospital employees.

The hospital also spent about $9,714,000 in 2010 (the latest year for which this figure is available) on the supplies and services needed for the day-to-day necessities to provide healthcare—for example, liability and healthcare insurance, electricity for buildings, and bandages, food and other supplies for patients. 

Funds spent to buy the products and services flow to local vendors and businesses before rippling further through the economy, sparking another $2.25 billion in economic activity as these vendors pay their own employees and buy their own operational needs.