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Showing 8 articles from July 8, 2014.

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Exchange Rate
An early analysis of the federal health exchange After a very rough start, the federal health exchange managed a healthy rebound before the March 31 general signup deadline. Similarly, state exchanges have hit some glitches but are also now up and running.
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Grade: Needs Improvement
Report card highlights deficits in children’s physical activity Remember when P.E. was the ‘easy A’ in school? Evidently that’s no longer true. The 2014 United States Report Card on Physical Activity for Children & Youth highlights just how far the country has fallen off the honor roll when it comes to getting our school-aged kids to move and play.
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HEALTHCARE LEADER: Jimmy Hoppers, MD
Founder/Owner, Physicians Quality Care After a series of events led Jimmy and Melanie Hoppers, both board-certified physicians to consider leaving their practices, they came to the realization that there had to be a different approach to providing urgent care that was better than what they had been doing.
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Hey Doc, Because You Asked
We’ve been meeting together here for almost two years. I’ve shared a few thoughts with you and though the medium doesn’t allow you to share things with me, many of you have through phone calls, email and social media.
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July 2014

Cardiothoracic Surgeon Joins West Tennessee Heart & Vascular Center

Douglas C. Appleby, Jr., MD, DHA, has joined the Cardiothoracic Surgery Center, the surgical arm of the West Tennessee Heart & Vascular Center at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. He brings more th ...

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MEDICAL ECONOMICS: The Boomer Ballad: “Don’t Ever Change”
Since my last few columns have pretty much been to the point, I decided to provide some history and comedy this month.
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PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Amelia Self, MD & David Self, MD
Talk about being all about kids. Between managing a busy pediatric practice in Jackson and having raised six children of their own, Amelia and David Self, live, eat, breath and sleep kids.
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Prescription for Success
State Moves to Curb Rx Addiction Tennessee, like states across the nation, is facing a pervasive problem when it comes to the abuse of prescription drugs, particularly opioids and benzodiazepines.
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