The services available to you at Shaw Family Health Center Dalton
We’re here to help you get, stay and be well.
The Shaw Family Health Center offers a wide range of services to meet your unique needs. As your health ally, we focus on your overall wellness through preventive care, managing chronic conditions and more, rather than simply treating the symptoms that bring you in for a sick visit. Your providers will give you the convenient, quality care you need all in one place – in-person or virtually. They are also experts in coordinating care, which means they can refer you to specialists when needed and make sure nothing is overlooked.
Take advantage of all the services available at Shaw Family Health Center to support your long-term health and keep you feeling well.
Primary Care
We offer a comprehensive range of primary care services that focus on your long-term health and preventive care. Your primary care provider will get to know you and your family so they are better equipped to prevent, treat and manage any health issues that may come up. The best part? You can schedule same-day, next-day and virtual appointments and message your provider on your secure patient portal, My Premise Health. Download the My Premise Health app or visit mypremisehealth.com to get started.
Our primary care services include:
- Annual physicals
- Preventive exams
- Condition management
- Biometric screenings
- Lab services
- Flu shots
- Vaccinations
- Acute and urgent care
- Women’s and Men’s health
- Pediatric care
- and more
Wellness coaching
Shaw Family Health Center offers wellness coaching to focus on your overall well-being. Our certified wellness coaches will meet you where you are and help you make actionable goals to build new skills and make positive lifestyle changes. All coaching sessions are completely confidential and are available virtually.
Our wellness coaches address a variety of lifestyle needs, including weight management, physical activity, exercise, smoking cessation, work/life balance, stress management, and life satisfaction.
During your initial coaching session, your wellness coach or dietitian will help you assess your readiness for behavior change, collaborate to create a wellness individual wellness plan, discuss your motivators and strengths, identify potential barriers to the changes you want to make and set long- and short-term goals.
During your follow-up coaching sessions, your wellness coach will help you: celebrate successes, discuss challenges and generate alternative strategies, commit to maintain or modify existing goals, measure progress toward long-term goals and revisit your wellness vision.
Nutrition
Eating well can improve your overall well-being. It can also help treat existing conditions and decrease future risk. At Shaw Family Health Center, your care team use medical nutrition therapy to help treat a range of conditions, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as many digestive disorders and weight-related issues. They will tailor your nutrition counseling to meet you and your family’s unique needs and lifestyle with personalized action plans, based on your risk factors and family history.
Our care team can provide advice and ongoing education virtually through one-on-one tailored sessions and individual nutrition assessments, group nutrition classes, lunch and learns, seminars and self-guided nutrition tools to give you and your family a new appreciation for healthy food, and in turn, improve your overall health.
Be Well – Chronic condition management
The Shaw Family Health Center offers a comprehensive approach toward wellness, preventive care and chronic conditions, where the focus is on you — your health and what it takes to have optimal health and maintain it. We offer the Be Well program to help you manage, prevent, and even reverse chronic conditions including high blood pressure, Diabetes, Asthma, COPD and Dyslipidemia (High Lipid Levels).
If your medical condition requires the involvement of a specialist, we will make referrals and continue to assist with coordination of care as needed for our members and patients. We also coordinate with other departments to make sure you receive the optimum care needed for your overall health. In addition, we offer integration wellness coaching to help you feel empowered to manage your health and wellness journey. Participants of the Be Well programs will receive preventive medication at no out-of-pocket cost (covered 100%).
Physical Therapy
You don’t have to live with pain and discomfort. Our physical therapists are dedicated to your well-being. They work with your primary care provider to understand your specific health needs and conditions. They’ll get to the root cause of your injury and work with you to prevent future complications, so you can get back to moving with ease.
We offer a full range of services for you and your family that include sports-related injuries, back and neck pain, hip and knee rehabilitation, shoulder rehabilitation, foot and ankle rehabilitation, postural and ergonomic retraining, and treatment of arthritic diseases and conditions
*Georgia allows you to see the physical therapist for eight visits without a provider referral.
Lab services
To support you and your family’s needs, we offer clinical lab services that include onsite testing and specimen collections for offsite processing. Our turnaround time for processing routine lab tests is typically 24 to 48 hours. You can receive your results electronically through your My Premise Health patient portal or during an in-person or virtual follow-up appointment with your provider.
Occupational health
Keeping you safe at work is a top priority, which is why we offer a full suite of occupational health services. Your providers at Shaw Family Health Center are here to treat work-related injuries and illnesses to help you get back to feeling well.
Our occupational health services are available for all Shaw associates and include injury diagnosis and treatment, musculoskeletal evaluations, ergonomic assessments and physical therapy and occupational therapy services.
Behavioral health
At Shaw Family Health center we believe that your mental and emotional well-being are just as important as your physical health. With our behavioral health services, you and your eligible dependents can get the support you need. Your behavioral health specialists actively work as part of your care team to support your overall health while making you feel safe and comfortable. You can conveniently reach them in-person or virtually.
With a blended approach of counseling techniques and evidence-based talk therapy, our behavioral health counseling services cover anxiety, depression, stress management, PTSD, ADHD, grief, adjustment challenges, substance abuse, work/life balance, family conflict and sleep issues. You’re not alone. Get the support you need at Shaw Family Health Center.
*To conduct a local virtual visit, you must be in the same state in which your provider is licensed.