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HEALTHCARE LEADER: Dustin Summers

Executive Director, West Tennessee Physicians Alliance It is the dawn of a new era for the West Tennessee Physicians Alliance (WTPA) as long time Executive Director Tom Reed hands the reigns over to a fresh new face, Dustin Summers.

Hey Doc, It’s About People

You’ve been there. On a flight between somewhere and home, seated next to a stranger on their way to some other place. Conversations are usually light if they happen at all. We’re often trying to catch a nap or speeding our way through some sort of work on the laptop before touchdown.

Identity as a Risk Factor

Heart disease and the feminine mystique Despite the fact that heart disease is the number one killer of women in America and stroke the leading cause of disability, women often don’t identify with the very real dangers the disease holds for their gender, according to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar Lisa Rosenbaum, MD.

May 2014

Senior Expo 2014 in Jackson

The SW Area Agency on Aging & Disability’s Senior Expo will be held on Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson. They expect an attendance of 300-400. The overall theme is “Safe Today, Healthy Tomorrow”. In addi ...

MEDICAL ECONOMICS: Misleading Doc Data

When the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports were released April 1, the information concerning the amount of money physicians were making, it brought on the obvious reaction from the medical community, including me. In fact, I decided to use the same title for this article that I used in my letter to the editor that appeared in the Commercial Appeal, on April 14.

MedTenn 2014

Bringing Medicine Together From April 24-27, physicians from across the state gathered in Middle Tennessee to discuss issues impacting medicine, attend targeted educational courses, vote on key policy resolutions, install new officers, network with colleagues, and support Alzheimer’s awareness during MedTenn 2014.

NURSE SPOTLIGHT: Brian Brown, MSN

Family Nurse Practitioner & Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Editor’s note: This month, instead of our regular Physician Spotlight, in honor of nurses we focus on an outstanding nurse who represents the quality of care provided by the profession.

Nurses, Doctors Agree on Rx For Improved Work Environment

What do nurses think of doctors? What do doctors think of nurses? More to the point, what do they admire about one another, what do they do to irritate one another, and what can they do to improve their working relationship?

SANS Cyberthreat White Paper Shows Dark Clouds on HIT Horizon

Widespread security issues put systems, patients at risk Consider yourself warned.

Update on ICD-10

Physicians in Tennessee have been encouraged by the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA) to “continue improving clinical documentation” in preparation for ICD-10 changes despite the fact that the U.S. Senate on the last day of March voted to delay the implementation of ICD-10 until October 1, 2015.