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THINGS TO KNOW
TAKE TIME
TO CHILL
Stress can take
its toll on people
with diabetes. It
can quickly cause
blood sugar to spike
or fall. It also can
overwhelm and derail
wellness plans, which
can affect blood
sugar too. If you
have diabetes, it’s
important to make
managing stress a
part of your overall
goals.
American Diabetes Association
Regional Medical Center (RMC), in con-
junction with Jacksonville State Univer-
sity (JSU), recently received approval
from the Alabama Commission for
Higher Education to award a bach-
elor of science degree for students
in respiratory therapy. According to
RMC’s Respiratory Services Director Ed
Goodwin, the final step is completion of
an accreditation process for the Com-
mission of Accreditation in Respiratory
Care.
“We are so proud that RMC will serve
as the primary clinical site for many of
the students,” Goodwin says. “Not only
will this be a tremendous benefit for
future respiratory therapists in our area,
but we look forward to bringing many of
them on staff to assist our patients.”
The program will be based in the
Brookstone Building at RMC Jackson-
ville, sharing space with the clinical
simulation lab where nursing students
receive important training.
Regional Medical Center (RMC) is
pleased to announce that a new
specialty clinic will soon be coming to
Oxford. The two-story, 24,000-square-
foot multi-specialty RMC Oxford
MediPlex will house internal medicine
and specialty physicians, a complete
urgent care center, full-service
radiology, and occupational health
and rehabilitation services. Located
on Highway Drive in Oxford, the RMC
Oxford MediPlex is scheduled to open
its doors in Fall 2016.
Joe Weaver, CEO of RMC Jacksonville
and COO of the Regional Medical Center
System, says the new RMC Oxford
MediPlex will improve access to health
care services to residents in Oxford and
surrounding communities and
will complement the extended
internal medicine and primary
care services RMC provides to
residents throughout Calhoun
County.
“As the communities in
our service area continue
to expand, we felt it was an
essential next step for us to
Take a deep breath—respiratory program approved
Bringing health care services closer to you
bring convenient, accessible health
care to fit the growing and diverse
medical needs of area residents,”
Weaver says. “This new medical
specialty clinic will offer key health
care services to residents of Oxford,
including primary care, radiology, urgent
care, rehabilitation and occupational
medicine, and bring new RMC primary
care and specialty physicians to care
for the medical needs of patients in a
conveniently located, state-of-the-art
facility.”
The new RMC Oxford MediPlex broke
ground in October 2015.
For additional information,
please visit
www.rmccares.org/
oxfordmediplex
.
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