Accepting New Patients
Phone: (618) 548-6644
Hours:
Monday – Friday: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Closed 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm
1321 West Whittaker, Salem, Illinois 62881
Fax 1: 618-548-5811 / Fax 2: 618-548-4512
Primary Care Providers
Salem Township Hospital Family Health Care Center is staffed with highly trained and qualified providers who are right here to care for you. STH Family Health Care Center provides a compassionate, patient-first approach with the number one goal to make you better.
Miriam Baumgart, MD
Internal Medicine
Cathy Durbin
DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, ENP, CEN
How a Primary Care Provider Can Benefit You
Leads your care coordination team:
- Understands and cares for you individually
- Helps you to manage your chronic disease(s)
- Provides you with proven specialty care referral
- Provides rapid access when illness strikes
- Is familiar with your community resources
- Educates you on relevant healthcare matters
- Offers caregiver support services
Offers PREVENTIVE CARE, which leads to early treatment and better outcomes:
- Provides well visits for patients of all ages
- Gives or prescribes needed vaccines and immunizations
- Administers or orders recommended preventive screening and services
- Recommends lifestyle modification for healthier living
Helps to lower your expenses by better managing your care:
- Lower co-pay for office visits vs. emergency department visits
- Care coordination, along with providers, helps to manage your healthcare goals
- Active disease management can prevent high out-of-pocket costs for hospital visits
- Controlling hypertension reduces stroke risk
- Regulating blood sugar decreases the risk of diabetic complications, such as neuropathy, skin conditions, or eye damage
- Recognizing warning signs can prevent hospital admissions for COPD exacerbation