The AMA Steps Up with STEPS Forward

Sep 01, 2015 at 01:27 pm by Staff

Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Medical News exclusive series, “Who’s Tending Our Doctors?” to focus on ways the industry can help alleviate physician stress and allo.... Read More

TriStar Summit Files CON for Freestanding ER at Beckwith Road & I-40

Sep 01, 2015 at 09:22 am by Staff

On Sept. 1, TriStar Summit Medical Center announced filing a Certificate of Need application for a freestanding emergency room to be built on approximately two acres at the in.... Read More

Guidant Provides Five Data Management Take-Aways from Latest Lunch & Learn

Sep 01, 2015 at 08:53 am by Staff

Nashville-based Guidant Partners, a full-service IT planning and management company, shared five data management lessons for healthcare companies from its Lunch and Learn even.... Read More

Love Loss: Michela Sues Healthways

Aug 25, 2015 at 10:31 am by Staff

In the wake of his termination, former Healthways COO Matt Michela has filed suit in U.S. District Court asking for more than $3 million in compensation for what he deems to b.... Read More

Vanderbilt Study Identifies New Treatment Approaches to Deadly C. diff Toxin

Aug 15, 2015 at 12:26 am by Staff

Vanderbilt University investigators have identified a cellular receptor for a toxin from Clostridium difficile (“C. diff”) — the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea in.... Read More

AHA Scientific Statement: Mobile Technology May Help People Improve Health Behaviors

Aug 14, 2015 at 12:15 am by Staff

Smartphone applications and wearable sensors have the potential to help people make healthier lifestyle choices, but scientific evidence of mobile health technologies’ effecti.... Read More

Saint Thomas Buys Out Capella … Then MPT Does the Same

Aug 13, 2015 at 10:03 pm by Staff

In a recent flurry of signatures in late July, Saint Thomas Health agreed to buy out Capella Healthcare’s interest in their four joint venture hospitals in Tennessee. Saint Th.... Read More

In Memoriam

Aug 13, 2015 at 09:56 pm by Staff

J.D. Elliott, founding president of The Memorial Foundation, passed away after a brief illness at age 78. More than two decades ago, he helped launch the Hendersonville-based.... Read More

Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About!

Aug 13, 2015 at 09:50 pm by Staff

Kelly Wolgast, DNP, MSS, RN, FACHE, a faculty member at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a committee chair and board member of the Tennessee Action Coalition has b.... Read More

Springer Named Saint Thomas Health CEO

Aug 13, 2015 at 07:44 pm by Staff

Karen Springer has been named president and CEO of Saint Thomas Health and senior vice president for Ascension Health/Tennessee Ministry Market Executive. Previously, she serv.... Read More