The DeKalb County Health Department will join celebrations of National Health Center Week Aug. 7-13. The goal of this observance is to raise awareness about the mission and accomplishments of America’s health centers over the course of more than five decades. The theme for NHCW 2016 is Celebrating America’s Health Centers: Innovators in Community Health.
An Open House will be held at the DeKalb County Health Department on Tuesday, August 9 from 1-3 p.m. at 254 Tiger Drive, Smithville. Meet the team, take a tour of the facility, and enjoy refreshments.
The Upper Cumberland Primary Care Project provides services for more than 25,000 people in DeKalb County and across the Upper Cumberland Region annually and has been successful in:
*Reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and unnecessary visits to the emergency room
*Maintaining patient satisfaction levels of nearly 100 percent
*Reducing infant mortality rates
“For almost 30 years, community health centers in the Upper Cumberland have improved access to care,” said DeKalb County Health Director, Michael Railling. “Our health centers provide full service adult and pediatric primary care as well as preventive health services to anyone with private insurance, TennCare or Medicare, as well as those without insurance.
To learn more about the services of your local community health center, please call (615) 597-7599
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