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This 20 year old private cardiology practice has well-established referral sources, including more than 120 physicians from Tanner Health Systems, which includes an acute care hospital with 200 plus beds, as well as two smaller primary care hospitals in neighboring communities. Some patients travel to the practice from as far away as East Alabama and from throughout West Georgia.

Carrollton is located approximately 50 miles west of Atlanta and 80 miles east of Birmingham. As a result, the Carrollton area is one of the fastest growing markets in the state of Georgia. This has recently driven demand for the addition of local specialty services to serve the growing population. To meet this demand, Tanner Medical Center Carrollton upgraded its cardiac catheterization/special procedures lab last year adding state-of-the-art digital imaging equipment. Long-term, the goal is to develop an open heart surgery program at the hospital.

Due to the regional coverage of the medical community and its close ties to major employers, there has been only minor penetration of managed care plans into our area. The managed care contracts that are in place were negotiated by a cohesive PHO with generally more favorable terms than you will find in metropolitan Atlanta.

Clinical support and continuing education is enhanced by the fact that Carrollton is within an hour of some of the best tertiary care facilities for cardiovascular disease in the country. There is also access to the medical schools at Emory University (Atlanta) and the University of Alabama-Birmingham. The Georgia Institute of Technology's Department of Biomedical Research is also working on a number of projects related to high-tech treatment of cardiovascular disease.

Please view the accompanying images which give the vision for a new Heart Center scheduled to open at Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, Georgia in 2004.

ICU Unit Tanner Medical Center Carrollton-2002	Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica-2003	Heart Center Tanner Medical Center Carrollton-2004

Of added interest about our community, a new book entitled The 50 Best Small Southern Towns ranks the city of Carrollton as one of the top 50 small towns in the South.

Read article on-line at the Times-Georgian

The authors, Gerald Sweitzer and Kathy Fields, state that Carrollton boasts amenities that produce "charming, livable places affording a gentler way of life." The broad range of educational offerings is one of Carrollton's strongest attractions. Carrollton is the home of State University of West Georgia, Carrollton City Schools, rated as Georgia Public Schools of Excellence, Carroll County Schoolsand two private schools, The Georgia School and Oak Mountain Academy.