2024 - Phoebe Worth Medical Center

Phoebe Worth has touched all aspects of its community with efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of its patients and community members. From addressing food insecurities to bolstering the state’s adult health and family planning programs to ensuring access to prescription drugs and behavioral health resources, Phoebe Worth has gone above and beyond in identifying health challenges and finding solutions.

Phoebe Worth partnered with the Village Community Garden to establish monthly Health and Wellness workshops, which provide food and education for the whole community while addressing food insecurity.

To help educate and ensure the best outcomes for patients who are diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes, Phoebe Worth donates and helps fund the state’s adult health program. Through this program, the health department works with the patients’ providers to help patients receive lab work and medication to help manage their condition. Additionally, the hospital manages the prescription drug assistance program for eligible patients to ensure access to important medications, even for those who may struggle financially.

To address the local and national opioid crisis and help save lives, last year, Phoebe Worth purchased Naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication, and donated 50 doses each to the Worth County Sherriff’s office and the Sylvester Police Department.

Phoebe Worth is also helping the community make great strides in the area of behavioral health. The hospital contracts with Aspire Behavioral Health and provides office space for patients who need behavioral health services.

Through all of these efforts and more, Phoebe Worth is making an important impact on the community’s health and vitality.

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Past Community Leadership Award Winners

2024 - Atrium Health Navicent

2020 - Effingham Health System

2019 - Augusta University Health

2018 - Floyd Medical Center

2017 - Archbold Medical Center

2016 - Cartersville Medical Center and Rockdale Medical Center

2015 - South Georgia Medical Center

2014 - Houston Healthcare and Tanner Health System

2013 - Gwinnett Medical Center - Duluth

2012 - St. Francis Hospital

2011 - Habersham Medical Center

2010 - Tanner Health System

2009 - Archbold Medical Center and South Georgia Medical Center

2008 - Memorial Hospital and Manor and Southeast Georgia Health System

2007 - Colquitt Regional Medical Center and Memorial Health

2006 - Houston Healthcare and Community Health Works

2005 - Floyd Medical Center and Grady Health System

2004 - St. Joseph's/Candler

2003 - DeKalb Medical

2002 - Clearview Regional Medical Center

2001 - Brooks County Hospital

2000 - Columbus Regional Health

1999 - Union Mission, Inc. - Savannah

1998 - Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital and Callaway Foundation & Fuller E. Callaway Foundation