In the year since Atrium Health combined with Advocate Aurora Health to form Advocate Health, the new organization has more than 1,900 initiatives in the works as part of its three-year integration plan and has achieved nearly triple its $60 million goal in synergies in 2023. 

That announcement is how Advocate Health Southeast Region President Kenneth Haynes started his presentation to the Atrium Health Board of Commissioners at its final meeting of the year on December 5. 

– Kenneth Haynes

Haynes told the board that the new Atrium Health Floyd freestanding emergency department in Chattooga County, Georgia, is the first freestanding emergency department to use a modular construction method, which enabled the facility to be designed, built and opened in about 12 months. In just the first two months of operation, the facility has exceeded projected targets, but most importantly, is making a true impact on the people who live there. 

“The new facility is especially important in this rural community,” Haynes explained. “Before it opened, anyone experiencing a medical emergency in this area faced significant travel times due to a mountainous landscape and rural roads. This is going to save lives.”