PruittHealth Announces New Home Health Agency in Craven County

NEW BERN, N.C., Oct. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- PruittHealth Home Health, a member of the PruittHealth family of providers, has begun to offer quality care programs to patients and families in Craven County and surrounding counties through the acquisition of an existing home health agency. The location delivers high-quality services in the comfort of a patient's home in the beautiful and historic area of coastal North Carolina.

PruittHealth Home Health is a dedicated, licensed provider committed to offering exceptional home health services to the community. The highly skilled team of caring professionals has begun working closely with referring hospitals and physicians in the region to deliver services, such as skilled nursing and physical, occupational, and speech therapies.

"We are extremely pleased to serve the home health needs of coastal North Carolina, providing the complete continuum of quality care with the addition of a PruittHealth Home Health location in the New Bern area," said Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., Chairman & C.E.O. of PruittHealth. "I am thrilled to welcome the caregivers from this agency into our family of dedicated partners and trust that together we can serve current and future home health patients with the quality care they need and deserve."

PruittHealth professionals understand what patients and families are going through and can create a plan of care that is uniquely designed for the individual's needs and requests. For more information about how PruittHealth Home Health can help you or your loved one, visit www.pruitthealth.com.

About PruittHealth
Since 1969, PruittHealth has been a family-owned organization committed to the care of patients in our communities. We provide a seamless network of post-acute care services and resources, offering skilled nursing care, home health care, end-of-life hospice care, rehabilitation, and pharmacy/infusion services across the Southeast. Our organization is well known for its holistic model of care, as well as its proactive performance improvement programs, and its continuous commitment to caring and to quality. We serve communities across more than 170 provider locations throughout Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and one center in Florida. The PruittHealth seamless care network ensures that on any given day, our 24,000 patients are cared for by PruittHealth's 16,000 employed partners. Our highly-trained staff and commitment to providing each patient and their family with the level of care and dignity we would expect for our own loved ones are why PruittHealth has remained a leader in healthcare for more than 45 years. For more information please visit: www.PruittHealth.com.

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