Clinical

MLH and Tenet Future

Dec 23, 2020 at 09:51 am by admin

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare and Tenet have made the decision to continue to operate MLH and Saint Francis hospitals as separate health entities. With the Federal Trade Com.... Read More

Addressing a Chronic Killer

Nov 24, 2020 at 09:56 am by admin

HCA Hosts Kidney Disease Roundtable with CMS Administrator Seema Verma HCA Healthcare recently hosted Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma a.... Read More

Pandemic Pressures & Stress Takes Toll on Mental Health

Nov 23, 2020 at 06:57 pm by admin

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Anna Cook, is seeing firsthand the effects the pandemic is having on the mental health of West Tennesseans Working on the front lines of mental.... Read More

Fauci Updates Healthcare Professionals on COVID-19 During IDWeek 2020

Nov 23, 2020 at 06:51 pm by admin

In late October, healthcare professionals in infectious disease, healthcare epidemiology and prevention gathered virtually for IDWeek 2020, perhaps one of the most consequenti.... Read More

AACR Releases Landmark Cancer Disparities Progress Report

Oct 07, 2020 at 09:54 am by admin

On Sept. 16, the American Association for Cancer Research released a first-of-its-kind report outlining disparities in outcomes and clinical trial participation for ethnic and.... Read More

Pioneering the Future: Orthopaedic Advancements in a Changing Field

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:47 am by admin

Laura Whitsitt, M.S., SVP, Research & Development- Orthopaedics, Smith+Nephew, Inc. Laura Whitsitt During more than 30 years with global medical technology leader Smith+N.... Read More

Dry Needling: An Alternative in the Hands of Seasoned Professionals

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:34 am by admin

Technique is decades old but trending in Tennessee Dry needling has been utilized by physical therapists in Tennessee since 2011. In Tennessee, physical therapists are requir.... Read More

The Impact of Diabetes on Stroke

Aug 11, 2020 at 11:30 am by admin

Research Points to Worsened Brain Function, Increased Severity Diabetes is well established as a risk factor for stroke. For diabetics, the chance of having a stroke is 1.5 ti.... Read More

Is Alois Alzheimer Still Waiting?

Jun 12, 2020 at 08:59 am by admin

A fifty-one-year-old female presented to her physician's office with complaints of short-term memory loss and altered behavioral symptoms. After gradual but progressive decli.... Read More

Self-Care on the Front Lines of Coronavirus

Jun 12, 2020 at 08:57 am by admin

With coronavirus dominating news cycles for weeks now, it seems difficult ... if not impossible ... to escape the mounting death toll, case load, unemployment figures and econ.... Read More

New Study Looks at Cost Impact of OTC Birth Control

Jun 12, 2020 at 08:53 am by admin

On May 9, 'the pill' celebrates 60 years of approval from the Food and Drug Administration. While no over-the-counter option is currently available, a growing chorus of women'.... Read More

CMS Issues New Wave of Infection Control Guidance to Protect Patients, Healthcare Workers

Apr 16, 2020 at 11:55 am by admin

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a series of updated guidance documents focused on infection control to prevent the spread of the 2019 Novel C.... Read More

Orthopedic Surgeon Replicates Nashville Practice in Rural West Tennessee

Apr 16, 2020 at 09:54 am by admin

Watching rural healthcare decline around him, orthopedic surgeon Michael Calfee, MD, found himself with an opportunity to not only be able to provide the best care possible to.... Read More

Novel Virus Bringing Uncertainty and Change

Apr 16, 2020 at 09:52 am by admin

Dr. Phillip Lieberman acknowledges a new learning curve is underway Dr. Phillip Lieberman's office phone is ringing a little more often in these days of worldwide concern over.... Read More

Making Sense of a Quickly Changing Healthcare Scene

Apr 16, 2020 at 09:41 am by admin

If you have sensed an acceleration of change in the healthcare landscape, you would be correct. The evidence has been many recent events in Memphis and over the last two weeks.... Read More