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CVMC Among Nation's Top Performing Hospitals For Treatment Of Heart Attacks
HICKORY – Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum...
Jul 14, 20192 min read


CVHS Faith Community Partnership Seeks To Improve Health
Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) this month is launching FaithHealth Catawba, a dynamic partnership between the faith community,...
Jul 4, 20192 min read


CVMC One Of 22 Nationally To Receive Excellence In Patient Safety Award
HICKORY – Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) in June received the Premier Excellence in Patient Safety Award, joining an elite group of...
Jun 20, 20192 min read


Seth Hawkins - ER Doc Gone Wild
While Dr. Seth Hawkins saves lives in CVMC’s Emergency Department, his passion for emergency medicine far exceeds any hospital’s walls....
Jun 12, 20192 min read


An Advanced Care Team Model Means Better Care for You
For Catawba Valley Medical Group (CVMG), the top priority of our providers and staff is helping you and your loved ones prevent illness...
Jun 10, 20193 min read


New Nurse Manager for Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbarics
HICKORY, NC – Christina Bolin BSN, RN-CWCA, has been named Nurse Manager of the Catawba Valley Center for Wound Healing & Hyperbarics....
Jun 6, 20191 min read


What's All the Talk About Gut Health?
You’ve probably noticed “gut health” is getting a lot of attention lately as it’s become a trending topic in social and mainstream media....
Jun 6, 20192 min read


Scott Brittain's 5-Star Review Following Gallbladder Surgery
Scott Brittain, 40, began having occasional abdomen pain that he said would “come and go” in the months leading up to late April when his...
Jun 6, 20192 min read
CVMC Earns Only 'A' Grade in the Region for Patient Safety in Spring 2019
HICKORY, NC – Catawba Valley Medical Center (CVMC) was awarded an ‘A’ from The Leapfrog Group’s Spring 2019 Hospital Safety Grade. The...
May 29, 20192 min read


CVHS Celebrates 2019 National Emergency Medical Services Week
The 45th annual National EMS Week is May 19-25and Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) is actively thanking area EMS personnel all week...
May 19, 20192 min read


Four From CVHS Achieve Advanced Neonatal Certification
Four from Catawba Valley Health System (CVHS) recently completed their Neonatal Touch and Massage Certification (NTMC), which places them...
Apr 15, 20191 min read


Salute to Nursing
Each year since 1993, we celebrate National Nurses Week from May 6 through May 12. Why not a standard week, Sunday through Saturday, you...
Apr 11, 20192 min read


Roneisha Hackett's Natural Hospital Birth
As a second-time mom, Roneisha Hackett, 29, knew she wanted a more fulfilling and empowering birth experience than she had with her first...
Apr 11, 20193 min read


Stay-Healthy Travel Tips
Do your summer plans include traveling outside of the country? Don’t forget to make an appointment with a travel medicine specialist...
Apr 8, 20192 min read


Stroke Prevention: Knowledge is Power
Every 40 seconds, someone in America has a stroke. While they are the fifth-leading cause of death in the United States, strokes are both...
Apr 8, 20192 min read


Personal Journeys Shape Care For Cancer Patients on Their Own Journeys
As cancer survivors themselves, surgical nurse Christie Isenhour, BSN, RN-BC, Patient Care Manager, and Lisa Nealen, RT(R)(M),...
Feb 15, 20192 min read


RD Weighs in on Intermittent Fasting
Curious about intermittent fasting for weight loss? We asked our Wellness Dietitian, Renee Greene, RD, LDN, to weigh in on this popular...
Feb 14, 20193 min read


Urgent Care vs ER vs Primary Care: Where to Go When Your Child is Sick
Whether your child is a newborn or a college student, when he or she gets sick, you will want to know where to turn for medical care. Dr....
Feb 14, 20193 min read


Taking a lead role in heart failure
Sara Paul, DNP, FNP-C, has a passion for helping heart failure patients improve their quality of life, and that passion has led to a...
Dec 11, 20183 min read


Kellie Kirby: I wanted to live life
In 2013, Kellie Kirby was a wife, a mother of two, and had a job she had always enjoyed. But a somewhat rare condition took away the...
Dec 10, 20182 min read
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