Jasper Memorial Hospital

At Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH), our Emergency Department is available to you and your family 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Our providers are staffed by Rural Physicians Group (RPG). They come with an abundance of experience in providing healthcare in a rural setting to all ages.

Here at Jasper Memorial Hospital (JMH), we want to partner with you and your primary care provider to assist with any outpatient services you need.  These services include, but are not limited to, CT scans, X-Rays, Mammograms, lab work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietary education and IV treatments (replacement fluids, antibiotics, medications, blood products).
 
JMH offers acute care stays (avg 2 to 5 days) for those patients who require more treatment and/or management of their condition beyond that provided during emergency or outpatient services.  Part of your care during your acute stay might include management involving  cardiac monitoring, follow-up lab work, respiratory treatments, wound care/dressing changes, and IV supplementations or medications.

Jasper Memorial’s Laboratory offers a wide range of testing services to the Jasper County community. Rather than having to travel to a larger facility in another community for your lab tests, almost all the same tests are available locally. Licensed by the Georgia Department of Human Resources, the lab has a local physician, Dr. Shannon Barton, as medical director and a consulting pathology group who are board certified in clinical pathology.

We have available routine health screenings (CBC, Basic and Comprehensive Metabolic Profiles), therapeutic drug monitoring (Theophylline, Coumadin, anti-epileptic drugs), and more esoteric testing (thyroid and lipid panels). For tests we are not able to perform on site, we are associated with a regional reference laboratory in Milledgeville and can get these test results within 24 hours.

For employers, we offer a complete line of employee drug screen testing. We serve as a collection point for Quest, Labcorp, and most major DOT and non-DOT laboratories.

For more information, please call: 706-468-4541

Full Dietary services are provided on-site. A Registered Dietitian is available for clinical consultation with both inpatients and outpatients. The Dietary Department works closely with nursing services, medical staff, and other personnel and departments to ensure all patients receive appropriate nutritional support. The Dietitian works closely with nursing and physicians to review, maintain and evaluate the effectiveness of the departments’ efforts to provide sound nutritional care to our patients.

Nutritional services will follow and adhere to federal and state laws and regulations. The department is inspected annually by the Local Health Department; inspection scores are displayed in the cafeteria. The Department of Human Resources Long Term Care Division inspects the department annually. Results are posted in the Family Room and Day Room as part of the survey findings. The department functions under Jasper Memorial Hospital policies and procedures, OSHA Guidelines, American Dietetic Association Guidelines, and other applicable regulations and standards.

Physical, occupational, and speech therapy services are available onsite for inpatients, swingbed patients, and out-patients.

The Physical Therapy Department provides evaluation and treatment for a wide variety of disabilities including but not limited to:

• orthopedics
• workers compensation
• generalized weakness
• neurological and vestibular disorders
• pediatrics
• acute and chronic pain problems
• wound care

The PT Department also performs functional capacity evaluations (FCE) and measurements for customized compression garments.

The Speech Therapy Department provides services for dysfunction to include:

• oral motor exercises
• deep pharyngeal nerve stimulation (DPNS)
• electrical stimulation
• language stimulation
• oral stimulation
• reading/written language comprehension retraining
• aural rehab for children, adults and geriatric patients

The Speech Therapy Department provides assessment for the patient’s communication and swallowing function including modified barium swallow studies (MBS).

The Occupational Therapy Department provides services for rehabilitation. The overall goal of therapy is to deliver comprehensive services to individuals with physical dysfunction secondary to disability, disease, or injury in order to restore, improve, or maintain the patient’s optimal level of functioning, self care, self responsibility, independence, and quality of life in accordance with professional standards of practice, departmental policies and procedures, and hospital policies.

The major clinical functions of the Therapy Department include the prevention of loss of function and maintenance and restoration to a level of maximum functional ability.

For more information, please call: (706) 468-4581

Radiology procedures such as 3D mammography, bone density, X-Ray, ultrasound and CT scans are available at Jasper Memorial Hospital.

Case Managers are readily available to assist you and your support system during your stay (Observation, Acute or Swingbed) and will meet with you regularly. They are involved from admission to discharge and often beyond. At Jasper Memorial Hospital, our Case Managers review referrals for admissions, assist with follow-up appointments, discharge plans, home health service needs, equipment needs, and so much more.
 
Our Case Management Team can be reached by phone at (706) 468-4582 or (706) 468-4529.
 
Referrals for consideration can be faxed to (706) 468-4579.

Our Swing Bed program is a short-stay program designed to serve individuals who are in a transition phase of illness or recovery and no longer require acute care services. Swing Bed is your transition from the hospital to your prior setting. Our goal is to assist each patient on the road to recovery by offering physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, antibiotic therapy, wound care/dressing changes, and more! Our program makes it possible for you to remain in a hospital setting for these services. We, at Jasper Memorial Hospital, will work closely with you and your support system to arrange a safe discharge when the time comes.

Our Case Management Team can be reached by phone at (706) 468-4582 or (706) 468-4529.
 
Referrals for consideration can be faxed to (706) 468-4579