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Health study recommends alliance
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A recent strategic health study recommends that health care providers in Liberty, Long, Bryan and Tattnall counties create an alliance to offer more comprehensive care.
That was the primary recommendation of the PDA Health Planning Management Services study coordinated through the Fort Stewart Growth Management Partnership with federal funding.
 PDA President Nancy Lane presented recommendations Tuesday during the final Fort Stewart Growth Management Partnership meeting with director Jeff Ricketson at the helm.
In 2010, the health care industry in the area was an estimated $550 million business, and it is projected to grow to $704 million by 2030, Lane said. But about 64 percent of care recipients leave the four-county region for inpatient care.
“This is a serious leakage, and more of it is leaking out than probably should,” Lane said.
The system lapse stems from the fact that there are three distinct health care systems in the area — Winn Army Community Hospital, Veterans Affairs health centers, and private practices — and they do not coordinate, communicate or combine resources with each other, Lane said.

Read more in the Sept. 1 edition of the News.

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Decision on potential Parker's Kitchen location delayed
Decision on potential Parkers’ Kitchen location delayed
A picture of the Burnt Church Cemetery in Richmond Hill, Georgia. Residents at Tuesday's county commission meeting believe that the potential rezoning for the proposed Parkers' Kitchen location will negatively disrupt the historic gravesite. Photo credit: findagrave.com.
Bryan County Commissioners on Tuesday night deferred a decision on whether to rezone some 3.8 acres near the historic Burnt Church Cemetery to allow a Parker’s Kitchen convenience store. The vote to defer the decision for 30 days to look into concerns raised by opponents to the project came after several residents – including parents of children buried in the 195-year-old cemetery – urged commissioners to deny the rezoning.
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