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| Dr. Jessica King |
Cox Medical Center Branson is welcoming Jessica King, MD, CMD. Dr. King’s time will be dedicated to caring for
residents of two area nursing homes.
“Our providers are excited to work directly with a CoxHealth
physician who has proven expertise in managing the complex medical conditions
that many of these skilled nursing facility patients may have,” said Cox
Branson Chief Medical Officer Brian Clonts, MD. “We believe that Dr. King will
be a tremendous asset in providing excellent care for the patients discharged
from Cox Medical Center Branson to one of these facilities.”
Dr. King, who grew up in Mountain Grove, attended medical
school at University of Missouri - Kansas City. She completed her residency at
Cox Family Medicine Residency in Springfield and is family medicine board
certified.
She explained that when she completed her medical training,
she didn’t anticipate working only in nursing homes. However, Dr. King said,
when opportunities arose and she found herself dedicating more and more time to
care at nursing homes, she fell in love with the idea and realized the value of
having a physician in the nursing homes.
“For the past three years, I have focused all of my
attention on nursing home residents,” Dr. King explained. “I have
provided care for patients who are there for rehab as well as those who reside
there fulltime, whether they are too elderly or too ill to care for
themselves.”
She said during that time, she realized how important it is
for providers to be in nursing homes providing care.
“When I’m in a nursing home on a regular basis, I am able to
get to know the patients and staff and I can understand each patient’s health
better,” she said. “I believe the better I know a patient, the better care I
can provide for them. If they do fall ill, I can intervene quickly and often
keep them out of the emergency room or hospital. Having someone present, to
take care of our nursing home residents where they are and where they live,
that is huge.”’
Dr. King will be seeing patients at Forsyth Nursing and
Rehab, in Forsyth, and Tablerock HealthCare, in Kimberling City.
Dr. King and her husband, Derek, have an 8-month-old
daughter, Olivia. In her free time, Dr. King enjoys kayaking, reading,
traveling and kickboxing.
For more information about Dr. King, call
335-7128.
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