10/7/09 On-Line Bill Pay Now Available
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9/23/09 Paulding Office to Open
The new Pain Solutions Paulding office will be opening on November 6th 2009. We look forward to better serving the communities of West Georgia. The new Pain Solutions office location will be located in the Paulding Physicians Center at 148 Bill Carruth Pkwy., Suite 340, Hiram, GA 30141 . CLick for more details: OfficeAnnouncement.doc
9/15/09 Marietta Offices now have Wi-Fi
For your convenience we now have a Public Wi-Fi connection in the waiting rooms for Pain Solutions Treatment Centers and the Georgia Pain Spine Center at the Marietta facility. The Wi-Fi broadcast name is: gapain_public and the WebKey is: ps123459 Wi-Fi will be available at the Woodstock and Cartersville locations soon.
Dr. David Gale has been elected vice president of the Georgia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. We are proud of Dr. Gale's recognition for excellence by his fellow interventional pain physicians.
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The Georgia Pain Spine Center of Marietta
The Georgia Pain Spine Center (GPSC) opened its newest facility next to our Marietta Office location on Monday July 6th (before and after pictures above). The GPSC is where our doctors perform all of the flouroscopy guided procedures for patients seen at Pain Solutions Treatment Centers.
The GPSC's sister facility in Cartersville has been in operation for over three years and has become a convenient, trusted procedure center for our Cartersville area patients.
Both facilities will be fully licensed by the state of Georgia and accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Centers (AAAHC). The AAAHC is a national board that sets standards for Ambulatory Health Centers and reviews and inspects all aspects of operations to assure patients that they are recieving the highest quality health care.
The nursing staff for the GPSC facilities are specially trained to assist the physician with procedures and in the provision of conscious sedation when it is needed for appropriate patient safety and convenience.
Procedure Room in Marietta
It is important to remember that the Georgia Pain Spine Centers are totally separate operations from Pain Solutions Treatment Centers even though they occupy space in the same building with each other. The proximity of the facilities is for the convenience of the patient but can be confusing when the patient receives notices and statements from the two operations.
If you have any questions, please ask your procedure scheduler or anyone in the front office of Pain Solutions Treatment Centers.
Pain Solutions Treatment Centers is delighted to announce the addition of
Emily Cummins, MSN, APRN-BC to our medical staff.
Emily has been with our practice since 2001 serving as a Registered Nurse. She completed her Master's Degree (Summa Cum Laude) in the Kennesaw State University Nurse Practitioner Program and now continues her pain management practice as a Mid-Level Provider.
Emily is a member of Sigma Theta Tau nursing honor society and has experience in Emergency Medicine and Surgery.
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New Info Sheet specifically for New Patients who have not made their first visit to PSTC. Follow this link to see this Q & A sheet: New Patient Info Oct 08.PDF ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Excellent Link for 3D descriptions of Spine Conditions http://www.understandspinesurgery.com/animations.asp?c=2&doc=61283
The new Pain Solutions Hiram office will be opening on November 6th 2009. We look forward to better serving the communities of West Georgia. The new Pain Solutions office will be located in the Paulding Physicians Center at 148 Bill Carruth Pkwy., Suite 340 Hiram, GA 30141. See Locations/Direction for more info
Marietta Offices now have Wi-Fi
For your convenience we now have a Public Wi-Fi connection in the waiting rooms for Pain Solutions Treatment Centers and the Georgia Pain Spine Center at the Marietta facility.
The Wi-Fi broadcast name is: gapain_public and the WebKey is: ps123459
Wi-Fi will be available at the Woodstock and Cartersville locations soon.
PSTC's own Dr. David Gale has been elected vice president of the Georgia Society of Interventional Pain Physicians or GSIPP. GSIPP is a professional organization of physicians aimed at improving communication and professional excellence among pain managment physicians in the state of Georgia. Coincidentally, our Dr. Marvin Tark was the first president of GSIPP when it started in 2000. We at PSTC are proud of Dr. Gale's recognition by his peers for excellence in the field of ineterventional pain managment,The Georgia Pain Spine Center (GPSC)opened its newest facility next to our Marietta Office location on Monday July 6th. The GPSC is where our doctors perform all of the flouroscopy guided procedures for patients seen at Pain Solutions Treatment Centers.
The GPSC's sister facility in Cartersville has been in operation for over three years and has become a convenient, trusted procedure center for our Cartersville area patients.
Both facilities will be fully licensed by the state of Georgia and accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Centers (AAAHC). The AAAHC is a national board that sets standards for Ambulatory Health Centers and reviews and inspects all aspects of operations to assure patients that they are recieving the highest quality health care.
The nursing staff for the GPSC facilities are specially trained to assist the physician with procedures and in the provision of conscious sedation when it is needed for appropriate patient safety and convenience.
Pain Solutions Announces that our newest Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) will open at the Marietta, Tower Rd. building this summer. We are excited to add this facility to our practice as a service and convenience for our Marietta patients.
Pain Solutions has operated an ASC at our Cartersville facility 2006 and we have performed over 15,000 flouroscopy guided procedures at that facility alone since.
The facility will be staffed by specially trained and certified nursing staff and will offer conscious sedation prior to procedures if needed by the patient. Look for updates as we get closer to opening
We currently have the following staff positions open:
1. Marietta: Worker's Compensation Coordinator.
Serve as a Liaison between the physicians and the Worker's Comp adjusters and case managers in coordinating patient care. Experience in the field of Worker's Compensation required.
2. Cartersville: Front Desk Coordinator
Responsible for efficient and patient friendly check-in and check out of patients in a busy Doctor's Office environment. Strong customer service skills required.
Go to the "Careers" section of this website for an application.
A new Patient Satisfaction Survey has been placed in the "Contact" section of the website. We invite you to share you thoughts with us. To participate, go to the Contact section and click on the New Patient Survey icon at the botom of the page, Copy and paste the survey into the Message section of the e-mail message and fill in the blanks. The survey can then be sent to General Information and we will get it. Thanks for helping us be a better practice to serve you.
You can also click here and print out the survey form and bring your next visit Patient Satisfaction Survey.PDF
Pain Solutions Treatment Centers is delighted to announce the addition of Anita K. Rao, MD to our physician staff.
Dr. Rao received her degree of Medical Doctor from Southern Illinois University School of Medicine and was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. After Medical School, Dr. Rao performed her internship and residency in Anesthesiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Ill. where she then served a Fellowship in Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
Dr. Rao is currently Board Certified in Anesthesiology and Pain Management and has been an Attending Anesthesiologist and Pain Management Specialist since 2003.
We surveyed a number of New Patients to ask them what information they would have liked to receive prior to their first PSTC visit. The compiled list of Q & A's can be found in the "FAQ's" section of this website.
PSTC has just installed a new phone system. Phone extensions used to be three digits are now four digits. The change is made by placing a # 1 in front of the existing extension>
For example: ext. "121" is now "1121"
Effective immediately all PSTC phone extensions will have an additional "1" added to it. All phone extensions at PSTC are four digit numbers made by Adding a 1 in front of the existing phone extension.
Our own Dr. Thomas Hurd was featured in a WebMD Video exploring advancements in treating Fibromyalgia symptoms. Dr. Hurd said; "Fibromyalgia is a very complex condition that is frequently misdiagnosed. It requires an open mind and willingness to consider multiple therapies."
This website will announce when the feature will be available and how you might view it. So stay tuned!
Try these resources. The site is very easy to navigate and has slides and narrated videos to help you understand what's going on with your back.
http://www.spine-health.com/ is an excellent source of information about virtually any pain condition involving the spine. Very comprehensive, check out the videos that visually describe pain conditions and the common surgical and non-surgical procedures used to treat them.
Excellent overview article on the practice of pain management in this month's edition of Georgia Trend magazine. Click on this link to view:
Pain Solutions Treatment Centers was featured on the television show " Modern Healing" aired on Saturday April 26th, 2008 on WXIA-TV-11 Alive. Click on the link below to watch the feature
Tips On Quitting Smoking
http://www.spine-health.com/Wellness/Smoking/Quit/Ways-to-Quit-Smoking.html
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November 6th 2009: Opening of Hiram office location at: Paulding Physicians Center, 148 Bill Carruth Pkwy., Suite 340, Hiram GA., 30141
January 2010: New physician, Dr. Michael Sheth will be starting his practice at PaionSolutions Treatment Centers

