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General Medical Clinic
Although New Patients Are First Treated at the Wednesday Evening Clinic, Follow-up Appointments Are Scheduled
Monday through Friday.
Paula Basso talks with patient Gloria Robinson in the Wednesday evening clinic.
Patients are seen daily in the Medical Clinic by appointment. New patients applying
for medical services must prequalify for the clinic. A new patient is eligible for medical services if they are uninsured
and ineligible for Medicaid, Medicare, or Veterans medical benefits and have a household income at or below 150% of the Federal
Poverty Level. To become a new patient at Tileston Health Clinic, call our administrative office at 910-343-8736.
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Cardiology Clinic
Patients
with Disorders of the Heart and Blood Vessels
Are Treated in the Cardiology Clinic.
Dr Richard Tamisiea is Director of
the Cardiology Clinic.
Cardiac Patients are seen every other Tuesday by appointment
only. Patients are seen by referrals from the Medical Clinic. Our cardiologist provides Stress Test on the first
and third Tuesday and Cardiac Evaluations on the first and third Thursday of every month.
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Dental Clinic
Although Dental Patients Are Seen by Appointment, our Dentists Can Often Treat a Limited
Number of Emergency Dental Patients.
Sharon White prepares to take a Dental X-Ray.
The Dental Clinic treats approximately
ten to twelve patients at selected times on each Wednesday. The Clinic sees patients for extractions only.
About thirty professionals—Dentists, Dental Assistants, and Nurses—volunteer in the clinic on a rotating basis. In
addition, the Dental Clinic has a separate administrative support team.
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Diabetic Clinic
Diabetic Care Includes Instructional Counseling by a Nurse Educator and Nutritional Counseling by a
Dietician.
Maureen Drake, Sally Freas and Nancy
Manock are Certified Diabetic Educators.
The Diabetic
Clinic is open on the second Tuesday of every month to provide medical care, monitoring, and counseling for diabetic patients.
A nurse educator makes available information
about the disease, instructing patients on how nutrition, exercise, and medications affect the outcome for controlling the
disease. Podiatry screening, blood work-ups, and other diagnostic tests are also provided.
The
Diabetic Clinic has its own staff of volunteers, including six endocrinologists, twenty other medical professionals and six
administrative staff. In addition, the pharmaceutical companies supply a large
portion of the medications for the patients, either by donations or through the Indigent Care Drug Programs.
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Mental Health Clinic
The Mental Health
Seeks is to Improve Access to Mental Health Care for the Indigent
and Uninsured, Particularly the Growing Spanish-Speaking Population.
Dr Jennifer Askew and Dr Antonio Puente
Co-Directors of the Mental Health Clinic
The Mental
Health Clinic is open on the first and third Wednesday nights of each month and uses the same intake process as the other
clinics. Each patient is first seen by the intake staff to determine eligibility for the service.
Patient referrals from the other divisions of the Tileston Clinic are also offered. In 2008, the
active patient roster for the clinic included approximately 95 patients who were seen by the psychologist/pharmacist team
for a total of approximately 100 visits. The clinic also has approximately 15 other staff members who provide
the administrative functions and additional mental health counseling services for the Wednesday night clinics with services
available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. These volunteers have enhanced the counseling appointment
availability at the clinic and have added exponentially to the available appointment times for the clinic. On
any given clinic night, the staff sees about 35 patients for evaluation, assessment, counseling, and/or treatment.
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Podiatry
Podiatry Patients Are Often Diabetic Patients.
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Because many diabetic patients have problems with their
feet, the Podiatry Clinic is scheduled on the second Tuesday of every month, the same evening as the Diabetic Clinic. The
Podiatry Clinic, however, is not limited to diabetic patients. Clinic starts around 5:30 PM, and the doctor treats about
four-five patients. Patients must first be seen in either the Medical Clinic or in the Diabetic Clinic before service
is provided.
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Retinopathy Clinic
The Retinopathy Screening Clinic Focuses on the Prevention of Blindness, Especially among Diabetic
Patients
Dr Stewart Gordon tests the vision of Jose Marcias.
The Retinopathy Clinic or
Eye Clinic is held on the fourth Thursday of every month. Most patients, at this time, are diabetic patients whom doctors
are monitoring for the onset of blindness. Patients receive treatment for diseases and vision screening.
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Women's Health Clinic
Women are treated in the Women's Health
Clinic on the first and third Mondays of the month. GYN/PAP exams are available.
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Pharmacy
Over
25,000 Prescriptions Were Dispensed Here Last Year.
Pharmaceutical Services are provided to all our patients
as prescribed by our doctors. In 2008, we dispensed more than 18,344 prescriptions to our patients. The retail
value of those drugs was more than $1,686,210. Many of our medicines are donated, either by community physicians or
by the pharmaceutical companies. A small percentage of our medications are bought through the New Hanover Regional Medical
Center. Again, through our partnership, the hospital sells us these medications at their costs.
Pharmacy
Hours:
Pharmacy Hours are on a flexible schedule. Please call the Pharmacy at 910-343-9993 for specific
hours of operation.
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