FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 15, 2011
MEDIA ADVISORY:
Joint Replacement Patients Party with New Hips, Knees
WHAT: More than 60
former patients who chose to have a
hip or
knee replacement at DeKalb Medical's Joint Solutions Center (
JSC) will gather to celebrate the holiday season -- and the
return of their active lifestyles.
Former patients will provide the evening's entertainment, including a line dance troupe (Hubert Jackson and the Beulah Boys Line Dancers
http://beulahboys.vpweb.com/About-Us.html) and
musicians (Martha Bishop and Andre O'Neill of New Trinity Baroque
http://www.newtrinitybaroque.org/).
WHEN: Thursday, December 15, 2011, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: DeKalb Medical
2701 North Decatur Road
Dr. Bobbie Bailey Tower Auditorium, First Floor
Decatur, GA 30033
***From North Decatur Road entrance, make a right into the first parking lot, retrieve a parking ticket, and get that validated for free parking***
BACKGROUND: The Joint Solutions Center (JSC) is a one-of-a-kind joint replacement center that opened in Atlanta in 2009. A destination center for superior performance, patients who have joint replacement surgery here are returning to a life of little to no pain within six months or less following surgery.
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The JSC is a Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for hip and knee replacement
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The JSC patient satisfaction rate is 100 percent (
Marshall | Steele Outcome Data Sept. 2011)
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The JSC is 5-Star rated for Overall Orthopedics and Spine Surgery (2011, 2012) by
HealthGrades™.
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The JSC is dedicated inpatient unit just for joint replacement patients and all staff (rehab, nursing, doctors) have received special training in the care of joint replacement patients
VISUALS: There will be very compelling video and photo opportunities -- dancing, performing -- demonstrating how hip and knee replacements restore patients' active lifestyles. Interviews will be available with the local patients and clinical staff of award-winning Joint Solutions Center, a Marshall | Steele center of excellence.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN COVERING THIS EVENT, PLEASE RSVP TO DEKALB MEDICAL CENTER MEDIA RELATIONS, 404-501-2885 OR tori.vogt@dekalbmedical.org.
Media Contact:
Tori Vogt MBA, Media Relations Coordinator
DeKalb Medical
tori.vogt@dekalbmedical.org
404.501.2885/404.582.5806