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Mission:
Provide comprehensive primary medical care to all active duty
soldiers, their families, and some retirees. Patients have one designated
primary care provider, who may be a physician, physician’s assistant or
nurse practitioner.
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Scope of Practice:
Outpatient care includes: well-baby and child exams; well-woman
physicals, including Pap smears; adult physical examinations; prenatal care;
school/sports physicals; sports medicine, assessment and treatment;
diagnosis and management of common medical illnesses in the pediatric,
adult, active duty, and geriatric populations; diagnosis and management of
acute minor illnesses and injuries via walk-in and same-day appointments;
routine psychiatric evaluation and counseling to include depression, ADD,
and anxiety disorders.
Outpatient procedures include: vasectomy, skin biopsies and excisions,
and other minor surgical procedures. Routine orthopedic procedures to
include fracture reduction, casting, joint aspiration, and injection.
Outpatient procedures include: colposcopy, flexible sigmoidoscopies, and
treadmill stress testing. These procedures are preformed at Bassett
Army Community Hospital.
Preventive care includes: assisting patients in choosing a healthier
lifestyle through counseling on subjects such as exercise, diet, and tobacco
cessation, immunization of children and adults, assessment and treatment of
sexually-transmitted diseases, and education and prevention of environmental
injuries such as frostbite, heat exhaustion, etc.
Inpatient
care includes: inpatient care of pediatric and adult patients,
management of labor and delivery of pregnant patients, routine care of
newborns to include circumcision, and assisting in general or obstetrical
surgery, as needed.
Visiting
specialists include: Dermatology and Neurology from the 3rd Medical
Group at Elmendorf AFB, see patients by consultation from Primary care
providers, on a limited basis, at the Kamish clinic. Hours of
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Location: 1st Floor
Bassett Army Community Hospital
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Hours of
Operation: 0730-1600 Mon-Fri
Thru 1300-1600
Except 2nd
Thurs 0730-1600 Walk-in 0800-1500
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Appointments:
361-4000
- Internal Medicine Clinic
- Mission: Provide
primary care to a defined panel of patients mostly retirees, whose
medical problems warrant regular follow-up with an internist. Also
provide extensive problem-oriented consultative services, and inpatient
care for such patients.
- Scope of Practice:
Primary care services to empanelled patients including routine and
same-day appointments. Consultative services include pre-operative
evaluation, general internal medicine, and all medical sub-specialty
evaluation (some on a limited basis) to include Allergy/Immunology,
Cardiovascular, Dermatology, Gastroenterology,/Hepatic,
Hematology/Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Pulmonary, Renal
disease/electrolyte disorders, Rheumatology and sleep disorders.
- Location: 1st
Floor Bassett Army Community Hospital
- Hours of Operation:
0730-1600 Thurs 1300-1600 2nd
Thurs Full Clinic Hours
- Appointments: 361-4000
- Pediatrics Clinic
- Mission:
Provide primary care and referral service, as well as in-patient care,
for family members age birth to 18. Adolescents up to age 21 with
chronic medical conditions may be empanelled to Pediatrics on a
case-by-case basis. Newborns of EGA 34 weeks and above are admitted from
Labor and Delivery; infants of 33 weeks EGA or less are admitted on a
case-by-case basis, or referred to an appropriate level of care.
- Scope
of Practice:
Assessment, treatment and referral of well and ill children. Procedures
include phlebotomy, IV hydration, nebulizer respiratory medications, ear
lavage, bladder catheterization, lumbar puncture, throat cultures,
routine childhood immunizations, intramuscular and intravenous
administration of medications, and routine elective circumcision in
infants less than 1 month of age.
- Location: 1st
Floor Bassett Army Community Hospital
- Hours of Operation:
Mon~Fri
0730-1600 Thurs 1300-1600 2nd
Thurs Full Clinic Hours
- Appointments: 361-4000
- Allergy Immunology
Clinic
- Mission: Provide
allergy care for any eligible beneficiaries currently on Immunotherapy.
Allergy evaluations are sent for outside consultation as determined by
the Primary Care Provider. Provide routine health maintenance
immunizations and PPD testing for adults and children.
- Scope of Practice:
Provide routine immunizations for children and adults. Continued
treatment with immunotherapy (allergy shots) of allergic rhinitis caused
by common allergens after initiation of treatment by a Board Certified
Allergist.
- Location: 1st
Floor Bassett Army Community Hospital
- Hours of Operation:
0800-1545 Thurs 1300-1545 2nd
Thurs Full Clinic Hours
- Appointments: 361-4000
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Quick Phone List
Central Appointments - 361-4000
Behavioral Health - 361-6059
Child Day Care - 361-5612
Dental Clinic - 361-5135
* EENT - 361-5212
EFMP - 361-5825 / 5959
Immunizations - 361-5456
Inclement Weather - 361-2123
Internal Medicine - 361-4000
* OB/GYN - 361-4000 x4
* Ortho/Podiatry - 361-5198
Pediatrics - 361-4000 x32
* Surgery - 361-5163
Benefits Advisor - 361-5656
Emergency Room - 361-5144
Information Desk - 361-5172
Toll Free - (800) 478-5172
Laboratory - 361-5377
Occupational Health - 361-5182
Optometry - 361-4000 x1
Patient Advocate - 361-5291
Pharmacy Refills - 361-5803
* Physical Therapy - 361-5237
* Radiology - 361-5117
Social Work Services - 361-6284
TRICARE - 1-877-988-9378.
VA-Clinic - 361-6370
* Referral Required for Appointment
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