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Addiction recovery at CMH
Citizens Memorial Hospital (CMH) offers an addiction
recovery program at the Dallas County Family Medical
Center (DCFMC) in Buffalo, Missouri. Medical Director
Kurt Bravata, M.D., uses a proven method of treatment
that combines medication-assisted therapy with behavioral
counseling.
“Our focus is on the treatment of alcohol and narcotic
addiction, dependence and abuse,” says Dr. Bravata. “Although
this is not an inpatient or outpatient detox program, we are
here to help patients maintain sobriety once they have been
able to stay clean from alcohol or narcotics (opiates) for 7 to
10 days.”
In conjunction with Dr. Bravata’s family medicine practice
at DCFMC, the program offers support with the maintenance
of sobriety and focuses on the patients’ total wellness,
maximizing the chance for long-term success.
Patients in the program must be at least 18 years of age,
not pregnant, free of active liver disease and compliant with
treatment. The length of treatment is recommended to be at
least 13 months in order for patients to get through trigger
days, such as anniversaries, holidays, birthdays, etc.
Go to www.citizensmemorial.com/about/
publications/vitality and click on “Addiction Recovery
Program” for more information about the program.
Butterfield Park
Pediatrics offers
convenient walk-in
hours
Runny nose, cough, and fever—children always
seem to feel sick at the most inconvenient times.
Don’t worry! Butterfield Park Pediatrics now has
a walk-in clinic with convenient hours: Monday to
Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, 9 a.m. to
1 p.m.
Butterfield Park Pediatrics Walk-In Clinic
providers include board-certified physicians
Garrett Alderfer, M.D.; Shannon Calvert, M.D.;
Angela Collins, M.D.; and James Liesen, D.O.;
and family nurse practitioner Malissa Phillips,
FNP-BC. They can see patients ages birth to 17
for walk-in care.
Butterfield Park Pediatrics Walk-In Clinic is
located inside Butterfield Park Pediatrics
at 1195 N. Oakland, Suite 2, in Bolivar. For more
information, call 417-328-6020.
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Patient safety
Citizens Memorial Hospital (CMH)
has achieved the Healthgrades
2016 Patient Safety Excellence
Award™, a designation that
honors hospital performance in the prevention
of serious, potentially preventable complications
during hospital stays. CMH is the only hospital in
Missouri to receive the Patient Safety Excellence
Award for four years in a row, performing in the
top 10 percent in the nation in patient safety.