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Showing 9 articles from March 10, 2014.

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'Clock Is Ticking' On SGR Repeal

Deadline to overturn flawed reimbursement system is March 31 Memphis-area physicians, like others across the country, are anxiously waiting to see what happens with the proposed Sustainable Growth Rate Repeal and Medicare Provider Payment Modernization Act.

A New View on Clinical Stroke Research

NIH Hopes to Revolutionize Process through National NetworkEveryone wants to build a better mousetrap … but building it over and over again isn’t very efficient. Finding a way to keep the ‘mousetrap’ infrastructure in place while adding new features based on a collective body of knowledge is fundamentally the basis of the new National Institutes of Health Stroke Trials Network.

Building or Expanding Health Facilities in Tennessee? There’s an ‘App’ for That

A Look at the State’s CON Program Last year, members of the 108th Regular Session of the Tennessee Legislature voted unanimously to extend the life of the Health Services and Development Agency through June 30, 2017.

HEALTHCARE LEADER: Dale Humphrey

CEO, Henderson County Community Hospital One may say Dale Humphrey’s career has been one that he certainly did not choose, but one that chose him.

Hey Doc, Wake Up Better

It’s easier than ever for someone to give his or her two-cents-worth. In 140 characters you can say whatever you want about almost anything to just about everyone.

March 2014

Hospital Recognized For Leadership In Improving Infant Health

Jackson-Madison County General Hospital has been recognized by the Tennessee Hospital Association’s (THA) Tennessee Center for Patient Safety for its leadership in reducing the number of babies born electivel ...

MEDICAL ECONOMICS: Brain- Storming, a “Mental Explosion”

Around the 1890’s, brain-storming was a medical term for “mental explosion.” Brain-storming seems to be almost a contradiction in terms since the brain is associated with intelligence and thought while the word “storm” conjures up images of total chaos.

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Alice Cherqui, MD

Driven, focused and dedicated are words that describe Alice Cherqui, MD, neurosurgeon and mother to a 17-month old daughter.

Regional One Health Opens $9 Million Surgery Center

New center hopes to attract physicians as it expands services The success of the new Regional One Health outpatient surgery center – and to an extent the newly renamed Regional One Health system – will hinge on whether it can attract business through area physicians and keep them happy.