Conrad Pearson will stay in Germantown but not move to a site as it had planned.

Arkansas is the first state in the Southeast to allow qualified nurse practitioners practice independently, increasing access to health care in rural areas and alleviating pressure on Memphis area hospitals and clinics, which take in overflow. 

“As pediatricians, we face the reality that now many of our patients won’t have access to the specialized inpatient care and procedures only available at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.”

When complete, it’s expected to generate $4 million in wages for 70 employees. 

Baptist Memorial Health Care provided an early look Thursday at its new free-standing emergency department in Arlington near the Interstate 40 exit.

In the fall, Shelby County experienced a rough and early flu season, fueled by decreased immunity, an early spike in respiratory illnesses and low vaccination rates. 

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has the region’s primary level 1 pediatric trauma center, the only comprehensive pediatric cerebral palsy clinic within 200 miles and one of the largest pediatric surgical brain tumor programs. 

Billions of dollars in expansions and renovations are planned for several local hospitals in 2023.

BlueCross members will lose access to Methodist hospitals unless an agreement is reached by Sunday, Jan. 1.

The nonprofit provider was awarded a four-year federal grant that will be used to develop a new crisis outpatient program.

Tennesseans wagered $2 billion on sports events in 2021, and symptoms of gambling addiction are increasing across the state with the ubiquity of online sports gambling. 

The Center of Excellence for Cerebral Palsy Care and Research in Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital serves as a one-stop shop, with the only clinic of its kind in a more than 200-mile radius of Memphis. 

Less than one hour north of Memphis, Haywood County Community Hospital has reopened, bucking a statewide trend of rural hospital closures that carved out a health care desert between Memphis and Jackson. 

“I’ve been a retail pharmacist for 33 years and I’ve never seen a shortage of antibiotics until this year,” said the owner of a local pharmacy.

Christian Brothers University is partnering with St. George’s University in the Caribbean to provide students with streamlined admissions to its School of Medicine in Grenada.

After scheduled speaker George Lopez had to cancel due to COVID, comedian Jim Gaffigan spoke to Methodist Healthcare Foundation’s attendees of his family’s own medical crisis.

BlueCross says Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare charges significantly higher rates than other facilities in the Memphis area, and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital charges the highest rates of any children’s hospital in the state. 

The CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi said the organization has seen an uptick in calls since the abortion ban.

Campbell Clinic is looking to expand in the Collierville community, by opening a new building on Poplar.

After delays in state approval and construction of more than a year, Baptist Memorial Health Care will soon open its new emergency department in Arlington.

Methodist said some care providers voiced questions about patients receiving gender-affirming procedures at a facility affiliated with the hospital, prompting the pause to review practices. It did not say how long the pause would last.

“Part of our philosophy is trying to meet the patients where they are and provide better access points so that people can receive the care they need without having to drive an hour to get it.” 

Thursday’s observance included a World AIDS Day 2022 proclamation from Mayor Lee Harris and a balloon release to pay tribute to all who are living with HIV/AIDS and remember those who’ve died in the past year. 

The funding is part of the CDC’s $3.2 billion investment in local and state awards to strengthen public health infrastructure across the nation. 

ALSAC’s Priya Tummalapalli once envisioned herself practicing international law abroad, but the sudden death of her mother put her on a different course, one firmly rooted in Memphis.