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Hash Joins Recovery
and Wellness Centers as CMO
Dr. Phillip A.K. Hash, DO, PhD, will join the staff of Recovery and
Wellness Centers of Midwest Ohio as Chief Medical Officer full time
March 16. He began part time Jan. 27.
In his role as Chief Medical Officer, primary goals will include
enhancing timely, high quality care at RWC, significantly reducing wait
times, and providing families more rapid access to improve care and
decreasing the burden on our community partners such as local emergency
rooms.
With training in child and adolescent psychiatry, Dr. Hash will help
close the gap in specialized behavioral health care for children and
adolescents in Darke and Miami counties. Cynthia Cook, Executive
Director of the Recovery and Wellness Centers, said Dr. Hash's "style
and knowledge in child/adolescent/family issues is something that is
much needed in our communities."
Cook continued: "Darke County, in particular, has not had a child
specialist in several years as these specialists are few and far
between. Now we will have child/adolescent specific physician services
as well as our other ongoing services for this population, which
include therapy and community psychiatric support services in both
Darke and Miami counties."
Dr. Hash said there is a critical need for child and adolescent
behavioral health care. "There's a shortage anywhere you go," he said.
"We want to make sure kids are in the right kind of care. Primary care
physicians provide about 50 percent of mental health treatment, but
write about 75 percent of anti-psychotic medications. Kids are not tiny
adults. Their bodies and brains are in growth mode."
Dr. Hash continued: "If we see a medical need, we want to treat it
appropriately. We want to be very conservative and prescribe very
responsibly. Medications are part of the solution, but the real value
is with therapists and family counselors. That's part of my attraction
to the specialty."
In his role as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hash will oversee medical
operations, prescribing practices, scheduling and personnel. Recovery
and Wellness "has a high no-show and cancellation rate. We want to turn
that around," he said. "We want to increase capacity without spending
more. There are plenty of examples out there that we can apply here."
In addition to practicing in university, community, inpatient, and
outpatient settings, Dr. Hash also has private practice experience. He
has also worked diligently to identify new areas in which technology
can be applied for the benefit of patients and their families in the
community mental health settings. This includes founding a telemedicine
program in Northwest Ohio with almost 3500 telemedicine encounters,
increasing access to care for families in a seven-county area.
Dr. Hash is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and
Neurology in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) and Adult
Psychiatry. He completed his CAP Fellowship at the University of
Kentucky and his adult residency training at Henry Ford Health System.
Further, he served as Chief Resident in both training programs.
Dr. Hash is a graduate of the Pikeville (Ky.) College School of
Osteopathic Medicine. He also holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering
(Human Factors) from the University of Central Florida. Prior to
starting his career as a physician, Dr. Hash served as an officer in
the United States Air Force. His assignments included a stint at the
Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
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