PruittHealth Named IMPACT Regional Business Award Winner

Celebrating premier organizations that drive economic development and job creation

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May 13, 2015, 04:26 ET

NORCROSS, Ga., May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- PruittHealth was named today the 2015 IMPACT Regional Business Award winner by the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce. The organization was the overall winner of the prestigious award, and it also won first place in the healthcare award division.

Presented by BB&T and hosted by the Gwinnett Chamber, the IMPACT Regional Business Awards honored and celebrated exemplary organizations from the community at a luncheon ceremony today at the Gwinnett Center.

"We are very pleased to have been named the overall winner and healthcare center winner for the 2015 IMPACT Regional Business Awards. PruittHealth is proud to be a best-in-class organization that strives for excellence and high-quality service each and every day for our patients and families," said Neil L. Pruitt, Jr., Chairman & C.E.O. of PruittHealth. "We are honored to have been recognized amongst so many other superior organizations, and we look forward to the continued growth and prosperity of the healthcare profession."

Designed to be reflective and unique to Gwinnett and across the metro Atlanta area, the IMPACT Regional Business Awards recognizes best-in-class organizations in the following areas:

Builder
Education
Entrepreneur (Established and Pre-Venture)
Healthcare
Hospitality
Information Technology
International
Nonprofit
Service industry
Small business

"The IMPACT Regional Business Awards celebrate premier organizations in critical industries that are driving economic development and job creation, while enhancing our quality of life," said Dr. Dan Kaufman, President & C.E.O. of the Gwinnett Chamber. "They represent the creativity, determination, and engagement of our business community and are examples of the enormous contributions of Gwinnett businesses and their employees."

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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