Some are not yet approved, but a variety are available in Memphis
Hyperbaric chamber therapy is gaining usage in Memphis, as in other cities, and its applications are expanding. Its latest approved use is for a type of sudden aural disability called idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (ISSHL).
What is the best way to get … and keep … diabetic patients actively engaged in the lifelong self-management of their condition?
Embracing cultural competency
Last month, healthcare leaders gathered in Nashville for the Council on Workforce Innovation’s symposium on trends and resources impacting healthcare workforce diversity and cultural competency in the delivery of quality healthcare ...
For a college student, getting drafted may not be the conventional way to discover what you want to do with your life but for Frank Jordan, MD, a pain management specialist with Comprehensive Pain Specialist, it led him to pursue a career in medicine.
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.
CEO, Baptist Memorial Hospital - Huntingdon
Take a staff accountant in a small hospital that realized in her first year she had a passion for healthcare, add to that managing the business office and the result is an administrator. That is the equation that has afforded Susan Breeden her role for the past 17 years as administrator of Baptist Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon.
Medical Specialty Clinic Opens Gastroenterology Satellite In Camden
Gastroenterology services are now available in Camden through the Medical Specialty Clinic of Jackson. Medical Specialty Clinic opened a satellite clinic specializing in Gastroenterology this month to bet ...
Driven, focused and dedicated are words that describe Alice Cherqui, MD, neurosurgeon and mother to a 17-month old daughter.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Now that the health insurance marketplace is open, many are wondering about the immediate effects the Affordable Care Act will have on the healthcare industry. For example, will medical degrees lose their luster? Will the financial uncertainty and politicizing of the profession discourage students from pursuing a medical degree? Will there be enough healthcare professionals to care for a growing population?
For the better part of the Social Era, physicians have decried the use of social media among their target demographic: grownups and the elderly. But guess what? Dads, Moms and even Grandma are all up in social media tools like Facebook and it’s time you connected with them there.
Stern physician implants recently developed system
The old way was no longer an option. To live, the patient needed something new.
Here are a few statistics that might be of interest to you. It involves the ranking of insured people under the age of 18 as a percentage of the total US population in 2012:
Malpractice suits are filed almost every day. Not all of them are justifiable. What steps are in place for physicians' redress?
St. Thomas Heart Group Serving a rural community such as Henry County is one very rewarding benefit to his cardiology practice for David Gibson, MD. With his primary practice in Nashville with Saint Thomas Heart, the cardiac division of Saint Thomas Health, Gibson travels over two hours once a week to Paris, TN, to see patients. It is the relationships developed with his patients that is at the heart of why he chose medicine as a career.
Chief Operating Officer, Jackson Madison County General Hospital/West Tennessee HealthcareAs a Boy Scout in Chester County, James Ross got a taste of what a healthcare career may look like through the Explorer program. Just as the scouting program let him sample various aspects of healthcare, Ross’s career has been much of the same. Today as chief operating officer for Jackson Madison County General Hospital, those experiences are at the heart of who he has become.
Dr. Peter Lin Earns Board CertificationDr. Peter Lin, a plastic surgeon at The Jackson Clinic, is now board certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery.Dr. Lin completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA. He received his Doctor of Medicine ...
Bottom line for both sides is quality, affordable healthcare With eight months of pointed contractual negotiations between Saint Francis Hospital and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee finally completed in November, the question remains in this new healthcare world order, “What has to change for local hospitals and insurance companies to work and contract together?”
