
East Georgia Healthcare Center (EGHC) is a non-profit community-owned Federally Qualified Health Center, governed by a local board of directors, the majority of whom are active patients.
The health center鈥檚 Mission is 鈥淭o help all people live healthy lives by providing quality, primary and preventive health services鈥�. Beginning in 1994 with a site in Swainsboro, Georgia, which now houses its corporate office, EGHC now serves the 14 counties of Emanuel, Bulloch, Treutlen, Toombs, Tattnall, Jenkins, Candler, Appling, Wayne, Montgomery, Jenkins, Jefferson, Screven & Evans.
The clinical services provided by EGHC include Adult and Pediatric Medicine, Dental, Behavioral Health, Pharmacy, Optometry, Telehealth, PRN, Acupuncture, and Chiropractic care. Six mobile healthcare units are employed to expand access to services outside of EGHC鈥檚 clinical offices to provide 鈥淗ealth Checks鈥� for populations not normally reached because of logistical or other challenges. EGHC is supported by an interprofessional team of providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, dentists, chiropractors, pharmacists, optometrists, and licensed clinical social workers.
This FQHC also provides support for school-based clinics and the Georgia Farmworker Health Program. EGHC is a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) that promotes high-quality care standards that emphasize the use of systematic, patient-centered, coordinated, team-based care that supports access, quality assessment and improvement, and patient involvement. EGHC is a participant in a project, along with several other Georgia FQHCs, to develop a collaborative Teaching Health Center-sponsored Family Medicine Residency Program, which will engage area hospital health system partners.鈥疎GHC currently partners with other FQHCs to operate a Nurse Practitioner Residency Program.
EGHC clinical platforms provide elective learning opportunities for students as a Medical College of Georgia (MCG) Educational Affiliate. These learning opportunities are supervised by members of the EGHC鈥檚 physicians who also are MCG Community Clinical Faculty members and are facilitated by other members of the health center鈥檚 interprofessional team of providers.

Jennie Wren Denmark

Martin Sheldon, MD