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Dr. Owen Tabor, Jr. Stepped Hesitantly onto His Father’s Path; He’s Happy He Did

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:47 pm by pjeter

  Now, he has advice for parents of young athletes.   By JAMES DOWD   Growing up in Memphis, Owen Tabor, Jr., MD, loved sports and enjoyed his gridiron ex.... Read More

Cyberbullying Pervasive and Can Be Devastating

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:33 pm by pjeter

  Helping teens learn how to respond to online bullying   By BECKY GILLETTE   Negative online social interactions, such as cyberbullying, can be devastatin.... Read More

The Inflation Reduction Act: How Price Controls Could Disrupt Clinical Trials and Stifle Medical Innovation

Sep 12, 2023 at 05:25 pm by pjeter

  By HARSHA RAJASIMHA   The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) includes important provisions purported to lower drug spending and improve access to medications for man.... Read More

Orthopaedic Surgeon Benjamin Mauck, MD, Killed by Patient at Campbell Clinic-Collierville

Jul 11, 2023 at 09:54 pm by pjeter

Dr. Benjamin Mauck, an orthopaedic surgeon with Campbell Clinic was shot and killed by a patient inside an exam room, at the Collierville location. The suspect was arrested ap.... Read More

At Home in the Bluff City

Jun 25, 2023 at 06:49 pm by pjeter

 Urologist Joseph Gleason finds a perfect fit at Conrad Pearson Group     By JAMES DOWD   Growing up outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, Joseph Gleason nev.... Read More

Knowing Where It Hurts

Jun 25, 2023 at 06:39 pm by pjeter

   Neurologist Oleksandra Dryn specializes in occipital pain blocks   By TOM BAILEY   A doctor sometimes can’t put his or her finger on why pati.... Read More

AI May Be on Its Way to the Doctor’s Office, But It’s Not Ready to See Patients

Jun 25, 2023 at 05:41 pm by pjeter

  By Darius Tahir, KFF Health News   What use could health care have for someone who makes things up, can’t keep a secret, doesn’t really kn.... Read More

Hospital Websites’ Third-party Trackers Exposing Patients to Fraud and Hospitals to HIPAA Sanctions

Jun 25, 2023 at 05:23 pm by pjeter

  Nearly all hospitals have them   By BECKY GILLETTE   Most people who use the internet are accustomed to getting unsolicited advertisements after shopping.... Read More

Fake Nursing Licenses on the Rise

May 07, 2023 at 11:34 pm by pjeter

‘The scope of this fraud scheme is astonishing’   By LYNNE JETER   If you employ nurses with nursing degrees from Siena College, Palm Beach School of.... Read More

Wearing Three Hats but Focused on the Patient

May 07, 2023 at 11:25 pm by pjeter

  BY TOM BAILEY   Years have passed, but Dr. Arthur M. Townsend IV still remembers the fear in her eyes. Then an obstetrics/gynecology (OB/GYN) hospitalist at Th.... Read More

Gamma Tile Therapy Comes to Memphis

May 07, 2023 at 11:20 pm by pjeter

  By JAMES DOWD   For patients diagnosed with brain tumors, standard treatments include chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. And while those options can y.... Read More

The No Surprises Act is Full of Surprises

Mar 18, 2023 at 08:46 pm by pjeter

  Legislation had problems from the get-go   By LYNNE JETER   The No Surprises Act (NSA), which went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, to protect patients from an.... Read More

2023 Legislative Priorities for TMA/Memphis Medical Society/MGMA

Mar 18, 2023 at 06:13 pm by pjeter

  By CLINT CUMMINGS, MHA   2023 will be a year of working to clean up, rehabilitate, and polish several areas that impact the practice of medicine. Medical groups.... Read More

Hamilton Eye Institute’s Matthew Wilson, MD, Looks to Farther Horizons

Mar 18, 2023 at 05:55 pm by pjeter

   No place for complacency   By JAMES DOWD   Dr. Matthew Wilson has witnessed significant changes in the medical landscape during the two decades he&.... Read More

Coronaphobia, a Perplexing Social Anxiety Disorder

Sep 13, 2022 at 03:44 pm by admin

  By LYNNE JETER Slow pandemic reintegration posing a problem for healthcare professionals   Coronaphobia, a newly minted term, perhaps best describes patients s.... Read More