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MEDICAL STAFF
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The
Central
State Hospital Medical Staff is dedicated to the health and well being of
the clients we serve and is committed to excellence in all of our care and
all of our services.
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The
Central State Hospital Medical Staff
is comprised of a highly trained and
competent 41-member physician team with specialties in:
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 Psychiatry
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Dentistry
Anesthesiology
Pediatrics
Radiology
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The Medical Staff
also incorporates
doctoral-level psychologists, clinical nurse specialists and nurse
practitioners. |
The Medical Staff: |
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Provides comprehensive and integrated medical care
services which span the life cycle and which are planned and carried out to
meet the client's individual needs as indicated by habilitative needs,
clinical severity, psychiatric issues, and medical comorbidities.
Provides therapeutic services built on a foundation of
careful, in-depth, ongoing assessment and evaluation; comprehensive,
interdisciplinary planning; aggressive, cutting-edge interventions; and
commitment to a continuum of care designed to foster the client's highest
level of independent functioning.
Serves as a center of excellence introducing and implementing
new clinical guidelines and treatment algorithms.
Is
involved in performance improvement initiatives resulting in
accomplishments such as: |
Becoming the first public mental health facility to
implement PORT (Patient Outcome Research Team) guidelines.
Dramatic reduction in the rate of seclusion and restraint.
Decreased use of emergency-dose medications.
Rate of pressure ulcers that is well below the state, regional, and
national averages.
Enhancement of the services provided to those clients who have been
diagnosed as terminally ill and approaching the end of life.
Dramatic increase in the number of clients treated with and benefiting
from the use of new generation anti-psychotics.
Implementation of comprehensive performance indicators with which we
compare ourselves to other hospitals/facilities on a local, statewide, and
national level.
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We welcome
your inquiries regarding opportunities for employment and
association. Call the Office of the Chief Medical Officer at 478-445-5381.
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Contact Information
Vivian Pierce, Administrative Assistant
VPierce@dhr.state.ga.us
Telephone: 478-445-5381
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