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Rhodes Builds Impressive Med School Acceptance Record

Nov 16, 2018 at 11:05 am by admin

Rhodes College has one of the top medical school acceptance rates in the nation. Eighty-six percent of Rhodes graduates with a GPA greater than 3.4 and an MCAT score greater t.... Read More

Saint Francis' Keith McClure Inducted into Tenet Heroes Hall of Fame

Nov 16, 2018 at 11:04 am by admin

Keith McClure, an assistant nurse manager of surgery at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis, has been inducted into the Tenet Heroes 2018 Hall of Fame, Tenet's highest honor for it.... Read More

Smith & Nephew, HealthyHere Offer Mobile Medical Clinic

Nov 16, 2018 at 11:04 am by admin

Smith & Nephew has partnered with HealthyHere, a mobile medical clinic, to provide annual physicals, primary care, and follow-up care to employees. The HealthyHere mobile.... Read More

Solaster Health Officially Partners with Good Shepherd Pharmacy

Nov 16, 2018 at 11:02 am by admin

Good Shepherd, Solaster Health Form Partnership Nashville-based Solaster Health has begun a partnership with Good Shepherd Pharmacy, which is based in Memphis and has served t.... Read More

Dr. Edward Scott to Participate in New Clinical Trial

Nov 16, 2018 at 11:01 am by admin

Edward P. Scott, MD will participate in a new clinical trial by Dendreon, maker of Provenge, the first FDA-approved (2010) autologous cell immunotherapy for tumors. According.... Read More

Memphis Researchers Target Triple Negative Breast Cancer

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:26 pm by admin

Progress Yields Optimism for Better Treatment Options Clinical researchers at West Cancer Center and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) believe they may.... Read More

Senior Care Is Personal For Home Instead's Cope

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:23 pm by admin

Aging is an inevitable process - and a challenge that grows along with the large population of baby boomers now reaching senior status. But Ken Cope, president of Home Instead.... Read More

Doctor Knows Exactly Why She Picked Geriatrics

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:20 pm by admin

'It's a Wonderful Population To Be Able To Help' Most doctors will go the extra mile for their patients . . . and then there's internist Dr. Sonal Mehr whose practice is geri.... Read More

New Projects Integrate Creative Architectural Design

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:17 pm by admin

At Two Memphis Facilities, the Goal Was a Positive Patient Environment In healthcare, not all the extraordinarily complex problems come exclusively to physicians. Sometimes.... Read More

The Quest for Quality in Clinical Trials

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:12 pm by admin

GIGO - or 'garbage in/garbage out' - was coined as a computer science term for the flawed output that comes from inputting flawed data. Over the years, the GIGO principle has.... Read More

West Cancer Center Charts 'New Model,' New Partnership

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:10 pm by admin

West Cancer Center, with its "40-year legacy of innovation," will begin 2019 on a new course, ending its affiliation with Methodist Le Bonheur and starting a relationship with.... Read More

Physician Compensation Plans: Understanding the Group Culture Is a Crucial Element

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:08 pm by admin

Physician compensation in a private solo practice is simple: The physician receives any profits after expenses are paid as compensation. The physician generally takes a monthl.... Read More

'Next Generation' Brain Imaging Technology Installed at Le Bonheur

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:05 pm by admin

MEGIN, a leading manufacturer of functional brain imaging technology, has installed TRIUX™ neo, the next generation of magneto encephalography (MEG) technology for functional.... Read More

Saint Francis Volunteer Program Adds Pet Therapy Dog

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:03 pm by admin

The volunteer program at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis has added 11 new volunteers, including one four-legged fur baby named Lily, and her handler, Richard Herbert. According.... Read More

UTHSC Researcher Receives $600,000 Grant for Chlamydia Study

Oct 12, 2018 at 04:02 pm by admin

John V. Cox, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, and associate dean in the College of Graduate Health Sciences at the U.... Read More