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COMMENTARY: Why Doctors Should Become Involved in the Political Process

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

Editor’s Note: Manoj Jain, MD, is an infectious disease specialist who is running for Shelby County Commissioner for District 13. He has contributed articles to various publi.... Read More

MEDICAL ECONOMICS: The Boomer Ballad: “Don’t Ever Change”

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

Since my last few columns have pretty much been to the point, I decided to provide some history and comedy this month. In previous columns, I talked about generational differ.... Read More

VA Offers Attractive Alternatives to Private Practice

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

Is understaffing caused by inability to hire physicians? The Memphis VA Hospital has been flagged as part of the ongoing Veterans Administration investigation involving long.... Read More

T Cell Based Therapy Reveals Promise

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

In 1890 the German physician Paul Erlich began immunologic research in Berlin ( later in Frankfurt ), at the Institute of Experimental Therapy. He did so at the entreaty of D.... Read More

Your Practice – Your Brand: Marketing Where Customers Are

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

If you are reading this column, you probably fit one of these descriptions: physician, advance practice registered nurse, physician assistant, hospital administrator, practic.... Read More

Baptist Awaits New Pediatric Wing

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

System's first pediatric surgeon already on board The emergence of a steel frame on the east side of Baptist Memphis, adjacent to Baptist Hospital for Women, marks that heal.... Read More

Komen Memphis – Saving Lives in the Mid-South Since 1992

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

It happened to her the same way it happens to many women. The Baptist mobile mammography vehicle was in the parking lot of her employer, Medtronic, and it was time for her ch.... Read More

PHYSICAN SPOTLIGHT: Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

Dermatologist Oversees Sweeping Changes at UTHSC Just over a year ago, Kathryn Schwarzenberger, MD, left her job as professor of medicine in the Division of Dermatology at t.... Read More

HEALTHCARE LEADER: Jeremy Clark, CEO, St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

Polishing a jewel in Tenet’s crown There’s always been something special about St. Francis Hospital-Bartlett, according to Jeremy Clark, its CEO. Clark says it’s more than.... Read More

Hospital Acquisitions of Practices Apparently Slowing in Memphis

Jul 15, 2014 at 09:43 am by admin

Merged Gastro One remaining independent Healthcare systems across the United States have been express-purchasing physician practices in great quantity during the last two or.... Read More

Drowning in Sea Change

Jun 18, 2014 at 02:10 pm by admin

MGMA Tackles Tough Issues to Help Practices Stay Afloat Value-based reimbursements, ICD-10 reboot, meaningful use, clinical integration physician alignment, transparency, PQ.... Read More

Hey Doc, What About the New Ones?

Jun 18, 2014 at 02:10 pm by admin

Last month I sat with my son as he completed an online application for healthcare insurance via the Affordable Care Act Health Exchanges. I wasn’t there because he needed my.... Read More

MEDICAL ECONOMICS: Pour Over Ice and Shake Well

Jun 18, 2014 at 02:10 pm by admin

I enjoy looking at food magazines. One of the magazines I was reading recently was a summer edition that had some nice drink recipes, including Jimmy Buffett’s original Marga.... Read More

Limited Access

Jun 18, 2014 at 02:10 pm by admin

Rural Communities Risk Losing Hometown Healthcare At 11:59 p.m. on July 31, Haywood Park Community Hospital will cease inpatient admissions and emergency services. At the str.... Read More

Telemedicine: An Idea Whose Time Has (Finally) Come?

Jun 18, 2014 at 02:10 pm by admin

Technology can help underserved rural areas receive healthcare Healthcare experts have suggested the time has come to electronically link the skills and knowledge of Memphis.... Read More