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Oakhurst Medical Centers, Inc.
Stone Mountain, Georgia

"Healing Our Community One Home At A Time"

Center Highlights:

Oakhurst Medical Centers, Inc. is a community based, governed and operated 501 © (3) Georgia, non-profit corporation which has been providing a full range of quality, affordable and accessible primary health care services to the medically underserved citizens of DeKalb County and surrounding communities since 1981. Oakhurst Medical Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO). DeKalb County is home to over half of the refugees and immigrants who settle in the State of Georgia. This is reflected by over 30% of our patients who are members of these ethnically diverse communities.

Oakhurst Medicals Centers, (OMC) has recently been designated by the Department of Health and Human Services, as a National Community Center of Excellence in Women's Health (CCOE). Oakhurst Medical Centers CCOE's primary goal will be to develop a comprehensive and coordinated focus on the healthcare needs of eligible medically underserved, indigent, refugee and immigrant women within DeKalb and other surrounding counties in the state of Georgia.

Our goal is to provide a comprehensive women's health center that will address the healthcare needs of the ethnically and culturally diverse women within our community. We further plan to provide educational opportunities for women to pursue healthcare careers by providing linkages with community organizations that will assist with accessing affordable opportunities. Oakhurst's CCOE will offer mentoring/career development opportunities for women in the healthcare arena, to become better parents, leaders and advocates for change within their communities. We plan to launch an educational program that will provide information about opportunities in the health service arena, with the goal of upgrading and increasing the number of women health professionals, from "at risk" and indigent communities. We plan to increase our outreach efforts in the diverse communities, provide health education to women of all ages, engage them to be proactive about their healthcare and become advocates for their families, friends, and their communities.

Oakhurst Medical Centers, Inc.
Timothy McMeil, RN, MPH
770 Village Square Drive
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Phone: (404) 298-7362
Fax: (404) 298-7658

Current as of May 2005