Gwinnett Hospital System Inc

Programs: Gwinnett hospital system, inc. 's primary program service activity is the provision of patient care. The hospital provides acute care, outpatient services, orthopedic, cardiovascular, open heart surgery, neuroscience specialty; and it operates two emergency rooms. It offers well woman services, and a full continuum of wellness services. In addition, the hospital provides nursing care in the areas of medical, post-surgical, open heart, emergency care, critical and intermediate care to patients. The hospital now has an ever expanding graduate medical education program which services patients in clinical settings, training future physicians. The hospital provides several subsidized services to the public below costs, including: a care-a-van for mammography, diabetes and nutrition services, rehab and renal services, and a wound care clinic. The hospital provides orthopaedic trauma services through an agreement with hughston clinic, p. C.

the hospital system provides community health improvement services. The largest of these programs are the sports medicine support services. These services are offered through our schools, colleges and the gwinnett county parks and recreation department. The cancer institute, which is part of the community health improvement services, provides navigators, a dietitian and social worker to support patients with specific types of cancer. Another service the faith community nursing program, which is located in many of our faith based organizations and other community agencies, provides services to the underserved, low income and minority population as do many of these programs. The faith community nursing programs are conducted in the community through 11 faith-health organizations and 19 schools and many youth sports leagues.

the graduate medical education programs continue to increase the number of residents we have in our hospital system. The hospital system also provides health professional education services which focus on nursing, other allied health professionals and physician continuing education programs. Gwinnett hospital system is associated with more than 40 academic institutions for health professionals.