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The Benefit of Today’s Physician Assistant
Creating time for doctors to spend with patients
A primary goal of healthcare reform is improving patient care...Read More
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Enjoying East Tennessee
Rock Reveal - Caves & Caverns
I have seen a lot of rock lately, and it was a long way from a geology class years ago at Clemson. From Red Rock Canyon in Nevada, to the majestic Grand Canyon’s South Rim in Arizona,...
LEIGH ANNE W. HOOVER |
A Complete Medical History
How’s Your Health, Mr. President? Blame Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich – I’ve got political fever. I love the circus, the game show, the pizzazz!...
ZACH ENGLAND |
Wine 201
Greeting Wine – What’s the Point?
When you have attended wine dinners at restaurants or at someone’s home, you may have had a wine offered shortly upon arrival...
Rick Jelovsek, CSW |
Moral Medicine: The Contraceptive Mandate
Let me make something clear. I’m pro-contraceptives. When I arrived in Kenya, fresh out of my residency, the country had the highest population growth rate in the world,...
David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics) |
The Literary Examiner
You remember thinking that you’d never seen anything so small.
The tiny buttons seemed impossible for adult fingers to maneuver...
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You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
When it comes to marketing your practice, what you don’t know can kill you — at least metaphorically. Last week I had lunch with a new friend who is a business coach. We talked about the state of the economy and several companies he was working with when he paused a bit and said to me,...
CHUCK MORRIS |
East Tennessee CME Calendar
Name of activity: Pulmonary Tumor Board Series
Name of CME provider/sponsor: University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine and University of Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute...
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O Patient Where Art Thou?
Warren Buffet has referred to healthcare as the most complex business on the planet. Healthcare reform, high deductible health plans, and the rise of the empowered patient has made it even more so for healthcare marketers...
Lisa McCluskey, MBA |
Allied Health Shortage a Recruiting Challenge
Experts offer tips to lure young graduates
While shortages of doctors and nurses are well documented, the shortage of professionals in allied health is also causing recruiting headaches for hospitals, clinics and group practices...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
The Benefit of Today’s Physician Assistant
Creating time for doctors to spend with patients
A primary goal of healthcare reform is improving patient care. With patients outnumbering the hours in a day for busy physicians, how can physicians find time to improve patient care?...
Tami Hartmann |
Nurses Play Integral Role in Comprehensive Care
Open the “letters to the editor” section in newspapers and you are bound to read comments from a former hospital patient or family member about a nurse or other caregiver who demonstrated a high level of care...
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Focus on… Recruiting
Don Lee is the chief executive officer of HealthStar Physicians, P.C., a multi-specialty group located in Morristown, Tennessee. HealthStar is comprised of 40 physicians and 24 mid-level providers representing 15 specialties. There are 13 practice locations in three contiguous counties...
A Conversation with Don Lee |
Physician to Physician: Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies
The world of breast cancer seems to change daily. Radiologists who once had only mammograms now add digital mammograms, ultrasounds, and MRIs to their arsenal. Chemotherapy drugs now include anti-hormone agents such as tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors and gene-directed therapy such as herceptin...
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Health Tip: When Physical Therapy Ends
Title: Health Tip: When Physical Therapy Ends
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 8:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:00 am EDT
| | Health Tip: When Should I Wash My Hands?
Title: Health Tip: When Should I Wash My Hands?
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 8:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:00 am EDT
| | Dinosaurs May Have Suffered From Arthritis
Title: Dinosaurs May Have Suffered From Arthritis
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:00 am EDT
| | Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem
Title: Palpitations May Signal Future Heart Rhythm Problem
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:00 am EDT
| | Education Is Key to Health: Report
Title: Education Is Key to Health: Report
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 10:05:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:00 am EDT
| | Americans Living Longer but Obesity Rising
Title: Americans Living Longer but Obesity Rising
Category: Health News
Created: 5/16/2012 11:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/16/2012 12:00:00 AM Posted Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:00 am EDT
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Richard Cowart: 3 Nashville health-care execs on cutting-edge list - The Tennessean
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Richard Cowart: 3 Nashville health-care execs on cutting-edge listThe TennesseanCopeland is a nationally regarded family practitioner, having served as chairman and president of the American Academy of Family Physicians, as well as president of the American Board of Family Medicine. Before arriving in Nashville, Copeland practiced ... |
Posted Wednesday, May 2, 2012 3:13 am EDT
| | Dr. Wilkins leaves St. Louis - St. Louis American
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Dr. Wilkins leaves St. LouisSt. Louis AmericanShe is leaving her position as associate professor at Washington University School of Medicine and director of the Center for Community Health and Partnerships to become the new executive director of the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance in Nashville, ... |
Posted Thursday, May 10, 2012 1:25 am EDT
| | Dell Awards $100000 Grant to Ronald McDonald House Charities for Work in 14 US ... - Citybizlist (press release)
Posted Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:31 pm EDT
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