There are 17 article(s) tagged Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp.:

• October 2024

  • Baptist plans $10 million Collierville hospital expansion

    The hospital plans to double the capacity of the hospital’s ICU and add more than 4,700 feet to its ER. 

    By Aisling Mäki October 03, 2024

• September 2024

  • Baptist plans new $24M Fayette County hospital

    In 2015, Fayette County’s only hospital closed after averaging one inpatient a day. Baptist is counting on a population boom due to BlueOval City. 

    By Aisling Mäki September 18, 2024

• November 2023

  • Baptist Memorial promotes three execs to replace retiring leaders

    Dr. Paul DePriest, Bill Griffin and David Elliott retire from Baptist Memorial Health Care, leaving “patients healthier, providers more engaged and Baptist a stronger organization.” 

    By Aisling Mäki November 07, 2023

• August 2023

  • New Mississippi burn centers expected to ease strain on Memphis

    Since April, the Mississippi Department of Health has granted burn center status to two hospitals. The Firefighters Burn Center at Regional One Health has been treating Mississippi burn patients since the state’s only burn center closed.

    By Aisling Mäki August 15, 2023

• November 2020

  • Free, drive-thru flu shots coming to Midtown, Germantown

    Local health officials have been encouraging residents to get flu vaccinations. Next month, a free, drive-thru option is coming to Midtown and Germantown.

    By Elle Perry November 05, 2020

• August 2020

  • Baptist will burn through 400K gowns in less than month

    Baptist needs 15,000 gowns a day; to get them, it chartered a plane through FedEx, straight from China.

    By Jane Roberts August 17, 2020

• May 2020

  • Baptist, first to use remdesivir here to treat COVID patient, ‘cautiously optimistic’

    Supply of the experimental drug is so limited, physicians must apply to a committee at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for approval to treat patients who meet specific criteria.

    By Jane Roberts May 22, 2020

  • Baptist, Methodist receive $100 million in stimulus, burning tens of millions more

    Both Methodist and Baptist hospital systems are coping with COVID-19 physically so far, but money is becoming a problem.

    By Jane Roberts May 19, 2020

• April 2020

  • Baptist testing every patient admitted to its hospitals

    Every new patient gets swab test plus questionnaire. Patients will be put in isolation rooms until the tests come back, as soon as 45 minutes inside Baptist.

    By Jane Roberts April 27, 2020

• March 2020

  • Hospitals making triage plans, preparing for uptick from rural counties

    Baptist has added a mobile testing unit outside the Emergency Room entrance at its East Memphis hospital.

    By Jane Roberts March 14, 2020

• February 2020

  • ‘Complete team’ walks patients through addiction issues

    Dr. Shawn Hamm: "We are in the middle of an epidemic. It’s a huge public problem, and we have 75 fellowships. We need to train more physicians, and we need to do it the right way."

    By Jane Roberts February 16, 2020

• June 2019

  • Church Health, Baptist look to change the future of primary care

    The first graduates of a new family medicine residency are taking a Memphis-based, whole-person approach to primary care out to rural communities and across the country. 

    By Michelle Corbet June 23, 2019

• May 2019

  • Health care systems do not want to be the next ‘taxi companies’ of the world

    While local health care systems do not want to be left behind as other industries are disrupted by technology, they have not yet figured out how to prepare for the innovations that are still unknown. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 16, 2019

  • Health department, Memphis hospital systems collaborate on community health assessment

    Instead of each health care system conducting its own, separate assessment of the community's greatest health needs, this year, they are coming together to provide a more comprehensive and inclusive snapshot. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 16, 2019

• April 2019

  • Video: ‘Healthy Workplace’ seminar highlights

    The concept of workplace wellness has shifted to a greater focus on mental health and mindfulness. Learn more in the video highlights from The Daily Memphian's Healthy Workplace Seminar.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 09, 2019

• March 2019

  • Baptist Operation Outreach opens new facility to better serve homeless

    Baptist, Christ Community open a physical clinic in the Medical District to complement an existing mobile health care clinic, thus providing a one-stop shop for the homeless population. 

    By Christin Yates March 02, 2019

• November 2018

  • New health insurance company enters Memphis market

    Oscar Insurance Corp. has expanded its Tennessee footprint to include residents in the Memphis metro counties of Shelby, Tipton, Fayette, Lauderdale and Haywood.

    By Patrick Lantrip November 01, 2018