Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital was among a select group of hospitals from across the nation recognized for promoting enrollment in state organ, eye and tissue donor registries in the Workplace Partnership for Life (WPFL) Hospital Campaign, a national initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Piedmont Athens Regional conducted awareness and registration campaigns to educate staff, patients, visitors and their communities about the critical need for organ, eye and tissue donors and, by doing so, increased the number of potential donors on Georgia’s Organ and Tissue Donor Registry. Participating hospitals earned points for each activity implemented between October 2018 and April 2019 and, depending on the amount of points accumulated, hospitals were recognized with platinum, gold, silver or bronze awards. Piedmont Athens Regional was awarded Platinum recognition for their efforts during this year’s Workplace Partnership for Life Hospital Campaign.

Throughout the country, nearly 1,500 hospitals and transplant centers participated in the campaign, and 638 platinum, 226 gold, 378 silver and 228 bronze awards were achieved. Of those, 78 are Georgia hospitals. Georgia ranked fourth among other participating states with only California, Florida and Maine acquiring more awards.
 
“Piedmont Athens Regional is a great champion for organ, eye, and tissue donation. We are proud of this accomplishment and applaud Piedmont Athens Regional for making a difference in the lives of the more than 5,000 Georgians that are currently waiting for transplant,” says Chuck Gammill, Hospital Development Liaison with LifeLink of Georgia, “It is because of these professionals unyielding dedication to saving lives that we applaud their achievements.”