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4 - The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, July 15, 2009
HEALTH AND COMMUNITY NEWS
Governor Appoints Mental Health
Ombudsman
Governor Sonny
Perdue announced that he
has appointed Jewel
Norman as the State
Disability Services
Ombudsman. Norman will
assume the position on July
16.
“Along with creating a
stand alone agency for
developmental disabilities,
the appointment of Jewel
Norman as the mental
health ombudsman is anoth
er step in improving the
state’s care and delivery of
services to the mental health
community,” said Governor
Perdue. “Ms. Norman has a
wealth of public and private
experience managing
human services.”
The mental health
ombudsman is a five year
appointment.
In January, the
Governor organized a com
mittee to nominate candi
dates for ombudsman.
Members of the committee
included Mary Bums, Nora
Haynes, Tommy Hills,
Vernon Keenan, Sharon
McDaniel, Don Meek and
Gwen Skinner.
“I look forward to
working with the advocacy
and provider community to
promote system-wide
improvements in mental
health, developmental dis
abilities and addictive dis
ease,” said Norman.
The ombudsman will
investigate and make rec
ommendations to the
department and other agen
cies, establish a uniform
state-wide complaint
process, collect and record
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data relating to complaints
with regard to service
providers, recommend law
and policy changes, and
make a biennial written
report documenting types of
complaints reported by con
sumers.
“This is a great day for
people with mental illness
and co-occurring disorders
and their families,” said
Nora Haynes, President of
the Georgia chapter of the
National Alliance on Mental
Illness.
Jewel Norman has
served as Chief Operating
Officer and Chief Executive
Officer of a large private for
profit residential treatment
facility.
She has also served as
a regional vice president of a
psychiatric hospital corpora
tion and served as interim
CEO for a number of larger
comprehensive psychiatric
hospitals.
Norman received her
undergraduate degree from
the University of Mary
Washington and master’s
degree from the University
of Virginia.
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Kaiser Permanente of Georgia
Receives Recognition from Medical
Association of Georgia
The Southeast
Permanente Medical
Group of Georgia, Inc.
(TSPMG) has been hon
ored with the highest pos
sible accreditation status
by the Medical
Association of Georgia.
TSPMG, which
exclusively treats Kaiser
Permanente patients in
Georgia, was honored
with “accreditation with
commendation” for a 6-
year term.
In garnering the
honor, the TSPMG Office
of Continuing Medical
Education (CME) demon
strated excellence in all
15 basic criteria areas
plus the seven optional
criteria required for
accreditation with com
mendation.
Kaiser Permanente is
the first in the state to
receive accreditation with
commendation for a 6-
year term under new,
more stringent criteria.
MAG is granted authority
to accredit intrastate
CME providers by the
Accreditation Council for
Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME).
Nearly 50 Georgia health
care organizations apply
for accreditation.
“The Office of CME
strives to offer quality
continuing medical edu
cation activities and con
siders it an honor to be
recognized as one of the
best in the state of
Georgia”, said Sandra
Gauthier, manager of
Continuing Medical
Education for TSPMG.
“We feel it is not enough
to only have excellent
CME activities, but also
to be able to measure
whether or not they make
a difference in patient
care,” she added.
“The participation of
CME Committee mem
bers, medical group lead
ership and the support
and hard work of our ded
icated staff made this
recognition possible.”
Kaiser Permanente
of Georgia is the state’s
largest nonprofit health
plan, serving the health
care needs of Atlanta
metro area residents since
1985.
The health plan cur
rently provides compre
hensive health care serv
ices to its members
through 17 medical facil
ities in a 28-county serv
ice area and a network of
affiliated hospitals and
physicians.
For more informa
tion, visit www.kp.org.
Georgia Releases Report on
Men’s Health
The Georgia
Commission on Men’s
Health is pleased to
announce the release of their
2009 Men’s Health Report:
A Comprehensive Look at
the Status of Men’s Health in
Georgia.
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This report highlights
the incidences of disease,
injury and death affecting
Georgia’s men.
According to the report,
the leading causes of death
for men in Georgia are heart
disease, stroke and cancer,
which accounts for more
than 50 percent of all male
deaths.
Motor vehicle crashes,
homicide and suicide
injuries are the primary caus
es of death in younger men.
Although the life
expectancy of men has
improved, men are still
dying of chronic diseases at
younger ages, engage in
unhealthy behavior, and are
less likely to follow preven
tive health measures.
“Our vision is that
there will be evidence of
substantial changes in the
health and well being of men
so that Georgia will serve as
a model for other states to
replicate,” said Commission
Chairman Dr. Waldo Floyd.
“We are challenging
Georgians, to work with the
Commission and its partners
to engage communities in
dialogue, while motivating
them to seek solutions that
address health issues and
challenges faced by
Georgia’s men.”
The Commission on
Men’s Health was created in
March 2000 to address the
ongoing, increasing and pre
dominantly silent crisis in
the health and well-being of
not only Georgia’s men but
all men.
To view the full report
please visit: http://dch.geor-
gia.gov/menshealth .
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St. John 'Baptist Church family
Celebrate 124 th Church Anniversary
Thursday. Inly 16.2009 through Sunday, luly 19,2009
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Thursday. July II, 2009,7 u,m.
Opening Anniversary Ptaice
and Worship Service
Rev. Joseph W Hose. Pastor of
ZJo| Hill Baptist Church
will deliver Ihe message
Friday. July 17.20UB r 7 ji.m.
Praise And Worship Musical
featuring the Youth and Young
Adult of 'The Mighty Fortress.'
flev. Anthony L. Johnson of
Brooklyn, New York will deliver (he
message.
UPCOMING EVENT
Vacation Bible School (VBS) £009 wiil be held from Monday, duly 27 2009
through Friday. July 31. 2009 fi p m. until 8 pm. nightly at St. John
Baptist Church ‘The Mighty Fortress.’ Extreme excitement ts circulating
as we celebrate this year's theme "Extreme Spiritual Makeover'
Jesus - the Master Builder '
Sunday. July IB. 2009
Culnunalmg Services.The public i£
invited to join us at our Sam and
10:45 a.m morning worship
services celebrating 124 years of
serving God and mankind. Flev.
Matthew Southall Brown. Sr
Pastor Emeritus of St John Bapist
Church Will deliver the B a.m.
message and flev Charles W
Quann of Bethlehem Baptist
Church Spring House Pennsylva
nia will deliver the 10:45 a.m.
flev hr. Geerge P, Lee