Health Services

Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)

Mission

PCMH

Transform healthcare delivery to improve medical readiness and population health for Soldiers, family members, and retirees through sustainable implementation of the Army Patient Centered Medical Home model of primary care.

Vision

Medically ready Soldiers. Healthy, empowered patients.

Values

The Army Values: Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage

Services

Provide comprehensive Primary Care to our Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pediatric patients.

This includes:

  • Routine preventive care (all ages)
  • Well woman exams
  • Management of acute & chronic illness
  • Health coaching for asthma, diabetes, depression, chronic pain
  • Military medical readiness

Specialty appointments:

  • Stress tests
  • Internal med consults
  • Pain management
  • Pediatrics
  • Sports medicine

Procedures:

  • Newborn circumcision
  • Vasectomy
  • Colposcopy
  • Minor skin procedures
  • Battlefield acupuncture
  • Joint injections
  • IUDs
  • EKGs
  • PFTs

Routine immunizations:

  • Population Health
  • EFMP / Overseas screening

Responsibilities

Patients have the responsibility to provide accurate and complete information about medical complaints, past illnesses, hospitalizations, medications, pain, and other matters relating to their health and follow the treatment plan recommended by those responsible for their care.

Rights

PCMH provides info to the patient about the patients right to obtain care from other clinicians within the PCMH, to seek a second opinion, and to seek specialty care.

PCMH improves the care our patients receive by offering enhanced access to care and increased Primary Care Manager continuity, and by promoting patient and family-centered evidence-based health care. PCMH provides care that addresses various phases of a patient’s lifespan, including end-of-life care, to include population-based care.

The Patient Centered Medical Home is an interdisciplinary team-based on individual patient needs built around the premise that the best health care begins with a strong primary care foundation. Examples are Pharm-D, Primary Care, Behavioral Health RN, Sports Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and more.

Contact Us

Location

1585 3rd St., bldg 285
Fort Johnson, La., 71459
2nd Floor of the hospital (Bldg. 285)

Hours

Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Phone

337-531-3524 or 337-531-3022


 
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