Clinical

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

AARDA: Addressing Autoimmune Disorders through Awareness, Advocacy & Action

Apr 15, 2020 at 03:55 pm by admin

When it works efficiently, the immune system is an elegant masterpiece of defense mechanisms warding off foreign invaders, including bacteria, cancers and the current novel co.... Read More

Taking the Initiative on Kidney Care

Mar 12, 2020 at 05:09 pm by admin

KHI, KidneyX, New Executive Order Create Collaborative Focus Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than 35 million Americans are affected.... Read More

St. Jude's Team Empowering Global Research Community

Feb 13, 2020 at 02:10 pm by admin

Finding Cures Faster by Making Genomic Data Available Miracles seem to be commonplace at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a belief widely accepted by most Mid-Southerne.... Read More

Multi-Tasking a 'Life Passion' For HEI's Busy Penny Asbell

Jan 20, 2020 at 10:58 am by admin

Despite her extensive list of professional credits and global recognition in the field of vision and ophthalmology, native New Yorker Penny Asbell, MD, FACS, MBA, FARVO, now c.... Read More

An Impressive Period for St. Jude

Nov 19, 2019 at 09:04 am by admin

Hospital to Lead National Research Team; Gains Powerful Device The past few months have been notable ones for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. First it was announced in.... Read More

New Hope, More Options For Breast Cancer Patients

Oct 14, 2019 at 10:40 am by admin

Advancements in Technology, Medicine Are Improving Outcomes A number of medical and surgical oncologists in the Memphis area who specialize in breast cancer say they believe l.... Read More

Remodeled Waiting Rooms Now Patient-Friendly

Oct 14, 2019 at 09:45 am by admin

No one likes to wait, especially in today's fast-paced world. That's one reason many Memphis doctors and medical practices are at least making the wait easier and less stressf.... Read More

Study Suggests Transplantation of Hepatitis-Infected Kidneys Is Safe

Sep 13, 2019 at 04:07 pm by admin

Transplantation of kidneys from Hepatitis C-infected donors to uninfected recipients is safe and can be successfully implemented as a standard of care, according to an observa.... Read More

Medical Community Debates Addiction Treatment

Sep 13, 2019 at 03:59 pm by admin

Which Option Is Best: Abstinence-based or Medication-assisted? A recent collaboration between a Memphis hospital system and a team of physicians specializing in integrate.... Read More

Another Option to Address Pediatric ADHD

Sep 13, 2019 at 03:30 pm by admin

NeuroSigma Prepares U.S. Launch of First FDA-Cleared Device The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate a little more than six million children in the United.... Read More

Le Bonheur Team Achieves Voice Box Reconstruction

Sep 13, 2019 at 03:24 pm by admin

Believed World's First Successful Surgery of Its Kind Le Bonheur Children's Hospital reports that Cooper Kilburn, a 2-year-old from Adamsville, Tennessee, is making an excelle.... Read More