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Pictured left to right are Kaine Brown, MD,Tift Regional Medical Center; Randy Sauls, CEO, South Georgia Medical Center; Doug Patten, MD, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital; Kim Megow, MD, South Georgia Medical Center; Perry Mustian, president and CEO, Archbold Medical Center; Pam Reynolds, executive director, Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center; Jim Lowry, chair South Georgia Medical Education and Research Consortium; Jessica Rivenbark, executive director, South Georgia Medical Education and Research Consortium; Jim Matney, president and CEO, Colquitt Regional Medical Center; James L. Story Jr., MD, Archbold president emeritus and chair of the GME Committee for the South Georgia Medical Education and Research Consortium. Submitted photo

August 8, 2012

Archbold partners to improve access to primary care

Staff report CNHI The Times Enterprise Wed Aug 08, 2012, 08:29 PM EDT

THOMASVILLE — Archbold CEO Perry Mustian and Archbold President Emeritus James Story, MD, recently joined healthcare leaders from Albany, Moultrie, Tifton and Valdosta to celebrate the official opening of The South Georgia Medical Education and Research Consortium’s (SGMERC) home office in Moultrie.

SGMERC is a partnership among Archbold Memorial Hospital and other hospitals to address the need for primary care physicians in the Southwest Georgia region by collaboratively engaging in the planning and implementation of new and expanded graduate medical education (GME) or residency programs locally. Other stakeholders include the Southwest Georgia Area Health Education Center (SOWEGA-AHEC), Community Health Centers and Georgia’s Health Sciences University Medical College of Georgia (GHSU-MCG).

The partnership is expected to improve access to healthcare and will also benefit the local economies, as statistics show physicians who go through medical training and then go into residencies usually stay within a 70 mile radius when establishing their medical practice.

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