Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) is a non-profit, 500-bed
health careHealth care , is the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmaceutical, clinical laboratory sciences , nursing, and allied health professions...
network located in
Gwinnett County, GeorgiaGwinnett County is a suburban county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 15, 1818. As of the 2000 census, the population was 588,448. The 2009 Census Estimate placed the population at 800,080, the second most populous county in Georgia. It is estimated to be the 9th...
, northeast of
Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States....
. It comprises two hospitals and several supporting medical facilities, with more than 4,300 employees and more than 800 affiliated physicians. GMC provided care to more than 400,000 patients in 2007.
Gwinnett Medical Center's flagship campus is a 175-bed facility in
LawrencevilleLawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the United States. The 2000 census recorded the city's population as 22,397. The Census Bureau estimates the 2008 population at 29,258...
. GMC is a high-tech and high-quality inpatient, outpatient and emergency/trauma care facility.
Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) is a non-profit, 500-bed
health careHealth care , is the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the medical, dental, complementary and alternative medicine, pharmaceutical, clinical laboratory sciences , nursing, and allied health professions...
network located in
Gwinnett County, GeorgiaGwinnett County is a suburban county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created on December 15, 1818. As of the 2000 census, the population was 588,448. The 2009 Census Estimate placed the population at 800,080, the second most populous county in Georgia. It is estimated to be the 9th...
, northeast of
Atlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia, as well as the urban core of one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States....
. It comprises two hospitals and several supporting medical facilities, with more than 4,300 employees and more than 800 affiliated physicians. GMC provided care to more than 400,000 patients in 2007.
Campuses
Gwinnett Medical Center's flagship campus is a 175-bed facility in
LawrencevilleLawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the United States. The 2000 census recorded the city's population as 22,397. The Census Bureau estimates the 2008 population at 29,258...
. GMC is a high-tech and high-quality inpatient, outpatient and emergency/trauma care facility. It is also the site of the Children's Emergency Center, Gwinnett DaySurgery and a sports medicine and rehabilitation center. Its 24-hour emergency services include a Level II trauma center and children’s emergency center. Outpatient services at GMC include:
- Gwinnett DaySurgery
- Outpatient Treatment Center
- Center for Sleep Disorder
A sleep disorder is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning...
s
- Center for Gastrointestinal & Pulmonary Endoscopy
Endoscopy means looking inside and typically refers to looking inside the body for medical reasons using an instrument called an endoscope...
- Wound Treatment Center (100 Medical Office Building)
- Pain Management Center (575 Professional Building)
- Gwinnett SportsRehab (500 Medical Office Building)
- 575 Outpatient Imaging Center (575 Professional Building)
GMC also has an 81-bed hospital campus in
DuluthDuluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and an increasingly more affluent and developed suburb of Atlanta. Unincorporated portions of Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is outside city limits. A portion of the City of Johns Creek Duluth is a city in...
. Gwinnett Medical Center – Duluth (GMC-D) includes the latest state-of-the-art technology. It is the first all-digital hospital in the north
metro AtlantaAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia, is the eighth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States and consists of 28 counties in Georgia. Atlanta is the capital and the largest city in the state of Georgia with a population of 537,545. Its metropolitan statistical area has a...
area. GMC-D features:
- expanded critical-care capacity
- expanded surgical services with larger operating rooms, recovery and pre-op areas
- specialty care, including the Center for Orthopedics
- wireless Internet access for patients, families and visitors
- open and closed magnetic resonance imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging , or nuclear magnetic resonance imaging , is primarily a medical imaging technique most commonly used in radiology to visualize the internal structure and function of the body...
(MRI) units
- state-of-the-art X-ray
X-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0.01 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays...
, computed tomographyComputed tomography is a medical imaging method employing tomography created by computer processing. Digital geometry processing is used to generate a three-dimensional image of the inside of an object from a large series of two-dimensional X-ray images taken around a single axis of rotation.CT...
(CT), ultrasoundUltrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is approximately 20 kilohertz in healthy, young adults and thus, 20 kHz serves as a useful lower limit in describing ultrasound...
and mammographyMammography is the process of using low-dose amplitude-X-rays to examine the human breast and is used as a diagnostic as well as a screening tool. The goal of mammography is the early detection of breast cancer, typically through detection of characteristic masses and/or microcalcifications....
equipment
- room service with extensive restaurant-style menu
Other GMC campuses/facilities include:
- Glancy Campus
- GMC Imaging Center - Hamilton Mill
- Gwinnett Women's Pavilion
- Gwinnett Extended Care Center
Project PATH
In 2007, Gwinnett Medical Center launched Project PATH — an initiative to Plan to meet the future health care needs of Gwinnett; to Advance the clinical quality of health care; and to Transform facilities and capacity. Project PATH began with the opening of Gwinnett Medical Center-Duluth. Most recently, Project PATH has seen the construction of a new eight-story tower, scheduled to open in 2009. GMC is also opening new imaging center opening in Hamilton Mill in September 2008.
Open Heart Program
Gwinnett County is the most populated county in the nation without
open heart surgeryOpen Heart Surgery was released on August 8, 2000 by rock band Virginwool. The band signed to Breaking/Atlantic Records after initially beginning signed to Universal Records. The album was produced and mixed by Brad Wood....
. To address this critical lack of care, Gwinnett Medical Center launched a campaign last October to bring open heart services to the county. The lack of an open heart program, coupled with the historically congested roadways between Gwinnett and Atlanta, are cause for serious concern for all residents of Gwinnett. GMC saw a need for the more than one million Georgians in its service area and took action. Its aggressive campaign came to an end on June 5 of this year, when the hospital received the required Certificate of Need from the Georgia Department of Community Health. The open heart surgery program could begin operating as early as 2010, pending appeals from several Atlanta-based hospitals.
The open heart program would not be possible without the incredible show of support that the people of the Gwinnett community have provided for GMC. The community rallied around the hospital and let its voice be heard, writing more than 1,000 letters in support of open heart services at GMC. One family that wrote such a letter was so committed to GMC’s plan for open heart services that they became the hospital’s first million dollar donors. Another voice of the community was heard when endorsing editorials were written by the Gwinnett Daily Post and
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.
In addition, local government officials lent their backing. GMC received supportive proclamations from the Gwinnett County Commissioners, the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce,
Gwinnett County Public SchoolsGwinnett County Public Schools is a school district operating in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA. GCPS is notably known as the largest school system in Georgia, with an estimated enrollment of 159,258 students for the 2007-2008 year. By the 2010-11 school year, student enrollment in Gwinnett is...
, Partnership Gwinnett, the
City of LawrencevilleLawrenceville is a city in and the county seat of Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the United States. The 2000 census recorded the city's population as 22,397. The Census Bureau estimates the 2008 population at 29,258...
, the
City of DuluthDuluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and an increasingly more affluent and developed suburb of Atlanta. Unincorporated portions of Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is outside city limits. A portion of the City of Johns Creek Duluth is a city in...
, the
City of SuwanneeSuwanee is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia. The population was 8,725 at the 2000 Census. The City of Suwanee estimates in 2009 that approximately 16,600 people live within the City limits...
, the
City of LilburnLilburn is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the United States. The population was 11,307 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area.-Geography:Lilburn is located at ....
and 15
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. The county commissioners went so far as to offer $5 million for capital expansion for each of the next five years -- a total of $25 million.
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