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Office of Rural Health

Charles F. Owens - Executive Director
502 Seventh St. South
Cordele, GA 31015-1443
Telephone: (229) 401-3090
General Office Fax: (229) 401-3077
Administrative Office Fax: (229) 401-3084

The Office of Rural Health Services works to improve access to health care in rural and underserved areas and to reduce health status disparities.

Objectives

Facts

To begin to address these issues, approximately $4.3 million was invested in 18 regional rural health networks in the state.

Rural Health Systems Development Program networks are:

Network Counties Served
Albany Area Primary Health Care, Inc. Baker, Calhoun, Dougherty, Lee, Terrell
Coastal Rural Health Services, Inc. Bacon, Candler, Coffee, Effingham, Evans, Liberty, Screven
Coffee County Board of Health Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Coffee, Jeff Davis
East Georgia Health Cooperative, Inc. Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington
Greene-Morgan-Putnam Health Care Council, Inc. Greene, Morgan, Putnam
Monroe County Hospital (Community Health Works)  Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Monroe, Peach, Twiggs
John D. Archbold Memorial Hospital Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas
Liberty Regional Medical Center Bryan, Liberty, Long, McIntosh
Peach Regional Medical Center Crawford, Peach, Taylor
Taylor Regional Hospital Bleckley, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Pulaski, Schley, Taylor, Telfair, Twiggs
Tri-county Health Systems, Inc. Glascock, Hancock, Taliaferro, Warren

Access Georgia networks are:

Network Counties Served
Coastal Medical Access Project Camden, Glynn, McIntosh
East Georgia Health Cooperative, Inc. Emanuel, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington
Fannin-Pickens-Gilmer Health Alliance Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens
Greene-Morgan-Putnam Health Care Council, Inc. Greene, Morgan, Putnam
Community Health Works Bibb, Crawford, Jones, Houston, Monroe, Peach, Twiggs
Northwest Georgia Healthcare Partnership Murray, Whitfield
South Georgia Access Network Appling, Candler, Evans, Tattnall, Toombs
Tanner Health System Carroll, Haralson, Heard