Advanced Illness Consultants, located in Bristol, Tenn., is a medical consultant service at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Its emphasis is on improving quality of life, both as diseases progress and at the end of life. Control of pain or other distressing symptoms is central to Advanced Illness Consultants’ focus of care, and supporting emotional and spiritual needs is another important area of concentration.
Advanced Illness Consultants is a palliative or comfort-intense service available to persons with chronic progressive illness. The Advanced Illness Consultants team works with patients, families and attending physicians to develop a comprehensive approach to care and comfort management. Medical director Laura Cunnington and the staff at Advanced Illness Consultants provide expertise in management of advanced illness symptoms, discussion of goals of care and assistance planning for future care needs.
Palliative care services can occur in conjunction with other restorative medical treatments or when other medical treatments are no longer helpful. As a person’s health fails, Advanced Illness Consultants can help in defining goals, accessing support services and continuing to provide comfort-focused care.
Because Advanced Illness Consultants is affiliated with Wellmont Health System, a wide variety of HMO, PPO and POS insurance plans are accepted, and patients of Dr. Laura Cunnington or family nurse practitioners Margery Wilson or Vickie Lewis have seamless access to the full scope of medical expertise offered at Bristol Regional Medical Center and throughout Wellmont for related care or other specialties.
Key services of Advanced Illness Consultants
- Palliative care
- Symptom management
Advanced Illness Consultants physicians and experts
Medical office location and contact information
Advanced Illness Consultants
Bristol Regional Medical Center
1 Medical Park Boulevard, Suite 205E
Bristol, TN 37620
Phone: (423) 844-5580
Fax: (423) 844-5588
Consultant hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
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