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Proficiency in Tennis Steered GI Doctor to Memphis

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:33 pm by admin

Randelon Smith Overcame Speech Impediment to Get to Med School In a field as demanding and challenging as gastroenterology and hepatology, Randelon 'Rande' Smith followed a de.... Read More

New Law on Opioids Spurs Optimism

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:31 pm by admin

Aim Is to Lower Supply, Limit Prescriptions Tennesseans alarmed over the state's staggering opioid statistics are hopeful a new law that went into effect this month will.... Read More

Betting on Blockchain

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:26 pm by admin

Blockchain has become a hot healthcare buzzword over the last couple of years. One of the key reasons so many in the healthcare industry are working to unlock the technology's.... Read More

Linking Financial Data: The Key to Real Quality and Cost Outcomes

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:16 pm by admin

I have a book on my desk that tends to scare people, but its thesis is a great way to introduce the importance of linking clinical and financial data to improve healthcare. Th.... Read More

UTHSC Names New Executive Dean of College of Medicine

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:11 pm by admin

Scott Strome, MD, FACS, an internationally recognized head and neck surgeon, has been named Robert Kaplan Executive Dean of the College of Medicine and vice chancellor for Hea.... Read More

Methodist South Hospital Now Offering 3D Mammography

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:10 pm by admin

Methodist South Hospital in Whitehaven has begun offering 3D mammography for breast cancer diagnostic screening exams using the Selenia 3D Dimensions Mammography System. The.... Read More

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare Celebrates 100 Years

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:09 pm by admin

To commemorate its 100-year anniversary Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare hosted what it called "The Party of the Century" at the FedEx Event Center at Shelby Farms Park last mo.... Read More

Internationally-Known Transplant Surgeon Joins UT/Methodist Institute

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:08 pm by admin

Internationally known transplant surgeon and researcher Daniel G. Maluf, MD, has been named professor of surgery, surgical director of liver transplantation, and director of l.... Read More

Saint Francis Volunteers Collect 92,180 Servings of Cereal

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:07 pm by admin

Saint Francis Healthcare volunteers collected 92,180 servings of cereal donated during its annual "Healthy Over Hungry Cereal Drive." Both Saint Francis Healthcare operations.... Read More

UTHSC Collaboration Publishes Research on Diabetes Drug

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:06 pm by admin

Researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) have discovered a chemical compound that could lower sugar levels as effectively as the diabetes dru.... Read More

St. Jude CEO Ranked Fifth of Glassdoor's Top 100 CEOs

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:05 pm by admin

James R. Downing, M.D., president and CEO of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, is the No. 5 ranked CEO in the large company category of Glassdoor's Top CEOs. Glassdoor is.... Read More

Hamilton Eye Institute Names Penny Asbell Director

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:04 pm by admin

Penny A. Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, FARVO, has been named chair of the Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine and Director of the Hamilton Eye Institute at the Uni.... Read More

Sharonda Bealer Joins HealthChoice's Care Team

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:03 pm by admin

Sharonda Bealer, NCMA, NPT, CPhT, has joined HealthChoice's care management team as a certified medical assistant. Bealer will assist HealthChoice's members with finding the.... Read More

Baptist Ambulance Names GM, Communications Director

Jul 10, 2018 at 05:02 pm by admin

Baptist Ambulance, which serves a three-state area, has named Greg Schowen general manager and Jeff Waid Communications Director. The EMS industry veterans bring a combined 55.... Read More

Strengthening the Connection Between Teeth and Heart

Jun 12, 2018 at 05:43 pm by admin

Study: Periodontal Disease Connected to Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke Those who argue that dentists could save their patients from a heart attack or stroke now can point to res.... Read More