Category: Health Equity

Health Equity

Wellstar Healthy Start Program Gets Under Way in West Georgia

As printed in the Lagrange Daily News on 10/30/2024 Khristen Flennoy is on a mission. As the new director of […] Read More
Health Equity

Wellstar Announces Redevelopment Vision for Former Atlanta Medical Center Site

ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 17, 2024 – Wellstar Health System announced today that redevelopment of the former Atlanta Medical Center campus is […] Read More
Behavioral Health

Wellstar Foundation highlights impact of giving in new report

Wellstar Foundation just released its fiscal year 2024 Impact Report detailing the impact of your giving. Thanks to the unwavering […] Read More
Health Equity

Wellstar leading the charge to improve women’s healthcare

Today, Georgia ranks 43rd in the nation for maternal deaths, yet 89% of these deaths are preventable. Our communities are […] Read More
Health Equity

Wellstar receives $5.5M Healthy Start grant to support maternal health in West Georgia

If it’s true that women’s health is community health, then it will take a community approach to overcome the biggest […] Read More
Health Equity

A mother’s choice inspires her son to help women get access to care

Tariq Farid’s mother instilled two valuable lessons into her children – ‘Do what you can’ and ‘As long as you […] Read More
Health Equity

Live to the Beat. Powered by Wellstar. Connects community members with heart health resources

Live to the Beat. Powered by Wellstar. is an initiative of the Wellstar Center for Health Equity and Wellstar Center for Cardiovascular Care, […] Read More
Health Equity

Wellstar Health System Provides Second Highest Charity Care Percentage Among Large U.S. Health Systems

According to a Modern Healthcare analysis of data from 255 health systems, Wellstar Health System provides the second-highest percentage of […] Read More
Health Equity

Paulding County Residents Get their Passport to Health

Wellstar Community Health recently partnered with Goodr and Paulding County Schools to host a food distribution event combined with education […] Read More
Behavioral Health

Wellstar Receives $50,000 Grant for Maternal & Behavioral Healthcare

Thanks to a $50,000 grant award to the Wellstar Foundation from the MolinaCares Accord (MolinaCares), Wellstar will be able to […] Read More