What Happened?
Rome, GA-based Harbin Clinic has Appointed Angie McWhorter as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Harbin Clinic is the product of five generations of medical history that started over 150 years ago. The predecessor to the Harbin Clinic was the Harbin Hospital that was founded in 1908 by Dr. Robert Harbin and Dr. William Harbin. After many years of success and growth, the Harbin Hospital was transformed into the Harbin Clinic in 1948. Today, the Harbin Clinic is the largest privately owned multi-specialty physician group in Georgia. The staff includes 140 doctors who represent more 30 different medical specialties and sub-specialties including medical and radiation oncology. The Harbin Clinic offers full lab and radiology services, including a 64-slice CT Scanner, High-Field MRI, Extremity MRI and bone densitometry. Harbin Clinic’s main campus is located at 1825 Martha Berry Boulevard in Rome, Georgia. There are 20 satellite offices located throughout Rome, Calhoun, Cartersville, Cedartown, Adairsville, and Summerville. Some of Harbin Clinic’s comprehensive ancillary services include a certified Vascular Lab, Dialysis Center, Diabetes Management Center, Sleep Disorders Center Vitality Wellness Center and the Harbin Clinic Vein Center. Located in Rome, the Vein Center provides minimally invasive treatment for varicose and spider veins. Harbin Clinic is also on the leading edge of technology by being one of the first in Northwest Georgia to use Electronic Medical Records. The entire organization services an 11-county service area with an estimated population of more than 600,000. Counties include Floyd, Polk, Bartow, Cherokee, Chattooga, Gordon, Haralson, Walker, and Paulding in Georgia and Cherokee and DeKalb counties in Alabama. More than 1,000 patients utilize the services of the organization each day. More than 1 million phone calls are handled by the organization each year.
About the Person
Angie McWhorter is Chief Information Officer of Harbin Clnic. She attended Berry College and Georgia State University. She has over 15 years experience in healthcare. This includes 7 years in practice management and the last 6 years in Harbin Clinic's IT Organization. She led the implementation of their electronic medical record. As a result of this implementation, Harbin Clinic has been recognized by the Medical Association of Georgia and the Technology Association of Georgia for leading in the healthcare industry of Georgia in the use of Healthcare Information Technology.
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