New $230M program aimed at improving Tennessee health care
Children play on Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital’s greenspace on Tuesday, May 23, 2022. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The program will award grants to expand patient capacity, upgrade practices and technology, and improve access to health care services.
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Tennessee Department of Health Healthcare Resiliency Program American Rescue Plan ActAisling Mäki
Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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