Habersham County Med Center

Description

About Us
Northeast Georgia residents are fortunate to have an awardwinning medical facility to serve their healthcare needs Conveniently located in Demorest just 80 miles north of Atlanta Habersham Medical Center is a 53bed notforprofit acute care facility providing health care to more than 80000 residents of Habersham and adjoining counties

At the heart of Habersham Medical Center is the desire to offer access to a broad range of quality services along with the goal of not only meeting patient expectations but also exceeding them every day

Habersham Medical Center has met that goal by being awarded AVATAR Internationals National Customer Service Award for Exceeding Patient Expectations And Habersham Medical Center has won five Quality and Patient Safety Awards from the Georgia Hospital Associations Partnership for Health and Accountability and is recognized as a Certified Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission

As one of the largest employers in the area Habersham Medical Center employs more than 600 has an annual operating budget of 42 million and has a more than 75 million local economic impact More than 35 physicians serve on the Medical Staff representing many specialties including orthopedics obstetrics urology ophthalmology and sports medicine These specialties enhance and complement physicians in the family practice internal medicine and general surgery areas

Like most hospitals Habersham Medical Center is committed to ensuring easy access to 247 emergency care critical care and surgical services but Habersham Medical Center offers the community much more than inpatient care As a medical center Habersham Medical Center also offers a continuum of care from labor and delivery to home health and longterm care

As the area prepares for inevitable growth Habersham Medical Center underwent a 386 million expansion and renovation project opening a new emergency department and a 24bed outpatient surgery center in the fall of 2008

Mission
As a notforprofit community health care facility Habersham Medical Centers mission is to provide quality and safe patient care in a compassionate professional and economical manner to all persons in Habersham and surrounding counties including

emergency and acute inpatient and outpatient care to its community

an integrated program of longterm care for aged and chronically ill persons

cooperating with physicians employers and various agencies to provide a
coordinated program of health care to meet community needs and

programs to prevent illness and injury and to promote health

Vision
Habersham Medical Center will develop an organizational culture in which systems fulfill and support its mission as evidenced by

Remaining clearly recognized as a provider of high quality and compassionate
individualized patient care for the citizens of Habersham and surrounding
counties

Remaining cognizant of the evolving status of healthcare changes and
maintaining a proactive response

Measuring assessing and improving patient satisfaction

Using information management effectively and advancing the integration of
hospital services with physician practices and other identified partners in
healthcare management

Providing accessible inpatient and outpatient healthcare services including
preventive inpatient outpatient home health rehabilitation and longterm
care and maintaining status as a leader in providing and coordinating
healthcare services across the continuum of care within the organization and
with other healthcare providers

Distinguishing Habersham Medical Center as the highest quality medical center
of its size in the State

Maintaining constant vigilance of corporate compliance by indepth monitoring
and education of the Habersham Medical Center Compliance Program

Developing systems to proactively identify and manage potential risks to
patient safety by promoting an environment of reporting and prevention

Remaining financially viable and monitoring cost effectiveness

Providing an adequate number of primary care and specialty physicians in its
primary service area in order to aid access to healthcare services

Adopting new and innovative methods of healthcare delivery consistent with
the identified needs of its service area