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COMMUNITY

To Our Community:

             e are pleased to report on the    close to home, with no need of traveling       continue to push ourselves towards new
                                               to Macon for minor tests. In a continued       standards of excellence in the coming year.
W continued success of Navicent                effort to navigate patients down the path to   Our focus has been and will continue to be
             Health throughout this past       health and wellness while allowing them to     on doing the right thing for our patients,
             fiscal year. This year has        remain close to home, we were also pleased     consistently keeping them at the center
presented us with a number of new              to partner with our long-time friend,          of all that we do as we assist them toward
opportunities for growth and expansion,        Tift Regional Hospital, and the Georgia        optimal health and wellness.
and we are charged with anticipation as we     Partnership for Telehealth to begin
watch these new opportunities unfold.          providing telemedicine services this year.     We will continue to work with our partners
                                               This program has had an enormous impact        in the coming year to ensure that high
What may be most evident to the members        on pediatric patients residing in rural areas  quality care is delivered with kindness to
of our community is the physical expansion     of south Georgia, and we look forward to       all those who seek treatment at Navicent
that has occurred at Navicent Health           expanding the program to other disciplines     Health. We appreciate your continued
within the past year. We were pleased to       this year.                                     support and look forward to serving you
celebrate the grand opening of the new                                                        and your family in the coming year.
Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Navicent        While these new endeavors are very
Health in November 2014 and a few short        exciting, expansion at Navicent Health has     With warm regards for a year of wellbeing,
months later, we began construction for the    not been limited to the construction of new
new Lofts at Navicent only a few blocks        facilities or opening of new service centers.  Dr. Ninfa M. Saunders,
up First Street. We eagerly look forward to    Along with our partner Mercer University,      President and CEO
the completion of this project in 2017. In     we announced the creation of the Center        Navicent Health
addition to these very noticeable projects,    for Disruption and Innovation in late 2015.
we were pleased to work with members of        Those involved with the Center have been
our community to found Autism Center,          tasked with improving healthcare delivery
Navicent Health this year. This new center     through innovations in healthcare delivery,
was officially launched in November 2015       technology and research. We cannot wait
and is already making great strides to assist  to see the impact that this new center will
families in our community affected by          have on healthcare, not only in central
Autism Spectrum Disorder.                      Georgia, but industry-wide.

As part of Navicent Health’s continued         Throughout this period of marked
commitment to rural healthcare, we             expansion, our existing services and centers
have expanded our diagnostic services to       have continued to provide the highest
include Diagnostics Monroe, Navicent           caliber of care for our patients and their
Health in Forsyth. This new diagnostics        loved ones. Navicent Health has continued
office will allow those living in Forsyth,     to receive numerous awards for its effective,
Monroe County and the surrounding areas        safe, high-quality care, and we will
to obtain outpatient diagnostic testing

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