The state invested more than $300 million for UTHSC. Here’s how it will help bring in “top-notch students” and address the critical nursing and physician shortage in Tennessee.

Fayette County Mayor Rhea “Skip” Taylor said a hospital is important for healthcare, but it also becomes a community anchor.

During Keel’s tenure, St. Jude has been through two strategic plans both in the billions of dollars as officials have aimed to further improve and modernize the campus.

Tennessee health leaders met in Memphis to talk about how to address rural health care needs.

As the Baptist Heart Institute reached 500 heart transplants recently, doctors and nurses say the science behind that procedure has changed.

Sen. Brent Taylor advanced a bill that would track transgender health care and protect conversion therapy for those questioning their gender identity.

SweetBio, a Memphis-based startup, has been providing wound care for patients nationwide. In recent weeks, they unveiled Apis — meant to help those with diabetes and those with more serious cases.

There are many solutions to a statewide physician shortage facing Tennessee in coming years. Local medical leaders said one thing is key — the ability to train people where they might eventually practice. 

Edward Payton recently began as executive director and CEO of the Memphis VA Medical Center. The Daily Memphian sat down with him to talk about his new role.

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is getting nearly half a million dollars to train rural county health professionals on how to treat children in emergency health care settings.

SCO’s history dates back to 1932, and it is the only optometry school in Tennessee.

The number of people who have resigned from the program grows amid abuse allegations that school officials allegedly refused to address.

A celebration unfolded at Methodist University Hospital as students sign to a registered nurse apprenticeship program in hopes to get more nurses into the local health system.

With the latest resignation, the sole full-time faculty member left in the occupational therapy department is the instructor accused of mistreating her students.

A rural dental hygiene program has served hundreds in rural northwestern Tennessee who have little to no access to dental care, UTHSC College of Dentistry professors said. 

“You will not be defined by this moment,” said Catherine Womack, associate dean of student affairs for the College of Medicine. “Wherever you go, you will do amazing things.”

The staff members’ departures will leave just two occupational-therapy faculty remaining, including the faculty member accused of mistreatment.

Five of the seven members of UTHSC’s occupational therapy faculty resign, allegedly over school’s handling of a professor accused of mistreating students.

Does Shelby County need a new hospital? And if so, how will it be financed? Skeptics raise questions.

In the first of a two-part series on the future of Regional One Health, advocates for a new facility say it is desperately needed to replace the aging campus in the Memphis Medical District.

While AI will lead to great advancements for health care, increasing access to lower-income populations should stay front of mind, the speakers said.

The new executive director will manage a system that serves more than 70,000 veterans in West Tennessee, North Mississippi and Eastern Arkansas.

A medical technology company has been hit with a “global outage” cyberattack possibly initiated by Iranian hackers. 

Officials say the hospital should generate millions in economic growth by 2027 and also add thousands of construction and secondary jobs.

Baptist Memorial Health Care is adding a 129-bed hospital, a 91-bed assisted living facility and eight medical clinics as part of a merger with an Arkansas-based health provider.