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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2009
THE JACKSON HERALD
PAGE 9C
BJC announces additions to staff IBJC offers remote pharmacist services
BJC MEDICAL Center
has announced the arrival of
a new physician. Dr. Lionel
Meadows.
Dr. Meadows is a gynecolo
gic and cosmetic surgeon who
has been practicing in Northeast
Georgia for the past decade.
Starting in June, he will be see
ing patients on the BJC campus
at 641 Hospital Road, Suite 4,
Commerce.
His permanent practice.
Meadows Surgical Arts, will
be completed this August at the
site of the old Regions Bank in
front of Wal-Mart.
Dr. Meadows comes from
Toccoa with a medical back
ground and is a Board Certified
GYN. He is skilled in modem
women's care including
incontinence treatment, ferti
lity options, bio-identical hor
mones and minimally invasive
surgical techniques. He is also
completing a yearlong surgi
cal fellowship in Litde Rock,
Arkansas, where he has been
studying cosmetic surgery and
is receiving Board Certification
in Cosmetic Surgery.
“I am excited to serve the
Banks/Jackson county area
and look forward to meeting
the needs of my current and
new patients,” says Meadows.
‘‘Meadows Surgical Arts will be
the combination of patient and
women’s care that will offer a
new experience in healthcare.”
To contact Dr. Meadows and
his office staff or set up an appo
intment, call 706-335-3555.
NEW SURGICAL
DIRECTOR
BJC Medical Center also has
a new surgical services director,
Phil Meyer.
As a healthcare professional
with over 20 years experience
in clinical and executive mana
gement environments, Meyer
possesses extensive expertise
in hospital management and
operations. He has held many
positions throughout his nur
sing career from supervisor to
executive management levels,
including Director of Surgical
Services, Chief Nursing Officer,
Republicans
plan ‘meet and
great’ for Sat.
THE MADISON County
Republican Party, in conjunction
with Banks, Clarke, Elberton,
Franklin, Hart, Jackson,
Oconee and Oglethorpe County
Republican Parties, will be host
ing a meet and greet on Saturday,
June 20, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
at the Madison County Boutier
Winery, 4506 Hudson River
Church Road, DanielsviUe, six
miles north of downtown Ha.
Guests will be 2010Republican
candidates, to include Insurance
Commissioner John W.
Oxendine, former Senator Brian
Kemp, Gerry Purcell, and U.S.
Congressman Paul Broun.
Invitations have been extended
to other 2010 candidates. All
GOP county residents are wel
come to attend.
For more information, con
tact Bruce Azevedo at 706-296-
3834.
Founder’s
Corner
by
Buhl Cummings
COME VISIT US...Even though
school is out for the summer,
ACS is a busy place. We have a
number of athletic and
cheerleading camps for training
younger students for the future.
We praise the Lord for the
excellent facilities and the highly
qualified coaches to direct these
activities.
We sometimes call ACS “the
school of opportunities”. At ACS
your children will receive a quality
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atmosphere and also have the
opportunity to participate in
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You are invited to come and
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DR. MEADOWS
and EVP of Clinical Services.
He started his career and
training in the US Air Force.
He obtained his nursing degree
from Armstrong Atlantic
State University in Savannah
and attended the University
of Phoenix where his field of
study was Master of Science
in Nursing (MSN) & Master
in Healthcare Administration
(MHA). Meyer was also deplo
yed to the Middle East during
Desert Shield / Desert Storm
(1990-91) as an operating room
nurse in a surgical field hos
pital.
Clinically, Meyer has exten-
DR. MEYER
sive knowledge of hospital and
surgical environments, inclu
ding procedures, instrumen
tation, and medical products.
“Phil has proven to be a genui
ne asset to his clients due to his
ability to maximize efficiencies
in various hospital departments
through his knowledge, credi
bility, and change management
philosophy,” hospital officials
report. “In addition, Phil has
combined his hands-on talents
with the ability to work with
hospital management and all
levels of employees in identi
fying short and long-term ini
tiatives.”
BANKS-Jackson-Commerce Medical
Center is now offering a new service to
“enhance medication management and patient
safety at its hospital.” In addition to full phar
macist access during the day, the new service
provides prospective pharmacist oversight ser
vices after hours for hospital patients.
Working with the Georgia Rural Remote
Pharmacist Network in sharing pharmacist
resources, BJC Medical Center is able to
provide real-time access to dosing, formulary,
medication management, and a host of other
critical functions at a fraction of the cost of
a full-time or part-time pharmacist, driving
down costs and most importantly, improving
the safety for patients, officials report.
The Remote Pharmacist Initiative is led by
Paul Moore, Doctor of Pharmacy. Dr. Moore
is involved in leadership in medication admin
istration safety and regulations at the local,
state and national level.
“The Remote Pharmacist Initiative is mod
eled after experience in Oklahoma and Texas
and provides a unique opportunity for our
team of Georgia pharmacists to provide a
higher level of service in the absence of tra
ditional onsite pharmacists for a fraction of
the cost,” explained Moore. “We have been
very pleased with the results our interventions
bring about for nurses, doctors and patients.”
Current data indicate significant improve
ment in medication management compared
with retrospective pharmacist interventions, he
added. Over five percent of the time, a phar
macist is intervening in the process to make
a change, to suggest a formulary alternative,
to check for therapeutic overlap or to provide
education to both nurses and physicians.
As mentioned, other state’s hospitals also
benefit from the service. “The Remote
Pharmacist Service has been beneficial to
the nursing staff in identifying drug interac
tions and medication errors, mainly due to
transcription error, before these errors occur,”
reported Sandra Easley, RN, Director of
Nursing Services at Atoka Memorial Hospital
in Oklahoma. “The Remote Pharmacist
Service has served as a quality check for
nursing also, by reminding us that certain
medications require lab monitoring, dosing
adjustments, route preferences and required
patient monitoring and assessments. This ser
vice has given the nurses a new awareness
towards medications and the administration of
these drugs.”
Small hospital CEOs and CFOs across the
country are now becoming aware of the posi
tive financial and safety impact this service
can have at their facilities.
“This is a perfect example of ‘an ounce of
prevention is better than a pound of cure’,”
reported Alden Vandeveer, CEO of Emanuel
Medical Center in Swainsboro. “At less than
one-third of the cost of a traditional onsite
pharmacist we have the ability to improve our
patient safety and medication utilization.”
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