Patient-Centered approach
Our Patient-Centered approach ensures coordinated treatment for each patient. Your medical team could include a case worker, a nurse, a physician and/or a nurse practitioner, a health educator and a fitness trainer. This comprehensive approach will surround you with the services required to maintain good health.
Our services include:
Routine check-ups and physical exams
Treatment for acute illness, including the flu
Treatment for chronic conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and asthma
Health assessments & screenings
Diagnostic laboratory tests
Immunizations
Dietary counseling & weight management
Smoking cessation
Diabetes education and classes
Adult Medical Services
Adults receive quality primary and preventive care services from the Adult Medicine Department. Our compassionate, culturally competent physicians and nurse practitioners are qualified to meet the medical needs of all their patients.
- Complete physical exams including insurance physicals
- Preventive health care and education
- Regular physician and nurse practitioner visits
- Lab testing
- Management of acute and urgent conditions
- Screening and management of chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, asthma, cholesterol, and diabetes
Immunizations
- Cancer prevention and detection
- Nutrition and weight loss
Referrals for necessary outside services such as radiology, physical therapy, home health care, hospital care, specialty care, etc
Diabetes Education
SWLA Center for Health Services aims to educate our patients on self management, especially through our diabetes education services.
Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Lillian Browning, WHNP-BC, CDCES offers patients, with diabetes or pre-diabetes, the learning opportunities and support they need to get healthy and to avoid the complications that may come with this disease.
Living with diabetes is manageable and our Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist will help you to live a full and healthy life, while managing your diabetes.
Schedule an appointment with our Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist today!
Pediatrics
SWLA Center for Health Services offers family-centered pediatric services that serve our pediatric patients from birth through adolescence. If you are expecting a baby, we encourage you to schedule a “Meet & Greet” with one of our pediatric providers.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in Louisiana alone, 156,235 children do not have excellent or very good health.
Annual child wellness checkups play a crucial role in promoting your child’s well being, preventing illnesses and making sure your child is developing normally.
Services offered include:
- Newborn care
- Routine check-ups and physical exams
- Sports physicals
- Health assessments and screenings
- Diagnostic laboratory tests
- Immunizations
