Magnolia Regional Medical Center

Project Name:  "Minutes for a Lifetime"

Type of Grant:  Screening

Grant Amount:  $16,356

Project Director: Jamie Rayburn

Address:
PO Box 629
101 Hospital Drive
Magnolia, AR 71754

Phone: (870) 235-3168

Email: jrayburn@magnoliarmc.org

Target Population:  Women age 40 and older

Counties Served: Columbia, Ouachita, Nevada

MAGNOLIA CITY HOSPITAL WILL MOVE INTO A NEW REPLACEMENT FACILITY AND BECOME MAGNOLIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (MRMC) IN FEBRUARY 2010. THE ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD OF GOVENORS FOR MAGNOLIA  CITY HOSPITAL WITH THE TAX BASED SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, WILL MOVE HEALTH IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS TO A HIGHER LEVEL. THE NEW FACILITY WILL INCLUDE ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS (EMR),  TELERADIOLOGY, MODERN NURSE CALL SYSTEM, AND INFANT ABDUCTION MONITOR, AND SEVERAL NEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT TO REPLACE CURRENT EQUIPMENT THAT IS IN NEED OF UPGRADE. ONE SUCH PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS THE HOLOGIC DIGITAL MAMMOGRAM UNIT THAT REPLACES THE CURRENT LORAD UNIT AND WILL BE THE ONLY DIGITAL UNIT IN A FIVE COUNTY AREA OF SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS. THE GOAL OF MRMC IS TO MARKET THIS UNIT TO COLUMBIA, LAFAYETTE, NEVADA, HEMPSTEAD, AND OUACHITA COUNTIES TO INCREASE AWARENESS FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY BREAST CANCER DETECTION, PROMOTE BREASTCARE, AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN IN NEED OF SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC MAMMOGRAMS. THE "MINUTES FOR A LIFETIME" PROJECT WILL EDUCATE WOMEN TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES FROM THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE TO HAVE A SCREENING MAMMOGRAM THAT WILL DETECT BREAST CANCER AT AN EARLY STAGE AND HELP TO INCREASE THEIR LIFESPAN.