Methodist Medical Group began using remote patient monitoring software during the COVID-19 pandemic to monitor patients who had been discharged from the hospital or emergency room.
The 2017 lawsuit claims Methodist and West Cancer Center knowingly defrauded federal and state health care programs.
The BRAIN Center’s program at Le Bonheur now provides free mental health services to children treated for gunshot wounds, burns, car accidents and other traumatic injuries — and it could create a new standard of care for hospitals around the country.
Over the next five years, more than 900,000 nurses will leave the profession. Coupled with retirements, employers will need to hire more than 1.1 million nurses by 2026.
SCO doctor helps brain injury patients relieve symptoms with specialized glasses and vision therapy.
Two years into the pandemic, COVID-19 case numbers continue to trend down, but telehealth remains highly popular among both health care providers and patients.
The U.S. District Court of Middle Tennessee granted the U.S. Department of Justice’s request to intervene in a lawsuit accusing Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare of fraud.
Pinkel served as CEO and director of St. Jude until 1973.
About 79% of human genomes collected in repositories worldwide are from people of European ancestry, which are primarily Caucasian. This makes it challenging to study and understand the genetic causes of diseases or mutations in other populations.
“Just as the Lorraine (Motel) was one of the few places in the 1960s where African Americans were welcomed, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital opened its doors to all at the height of formal segregation,” said Russell Wigginton, president of the National Civil Rights Museum.
Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is ending its birth and delivery services at the suburban location, shifting those to a single location at St. Francis Hospital-Memphis on Park Avenue.
MOGA offices in DeSoto County are moving to a new building for a larger, more efficient facility to better serve patients.
A calming environment provides nurses and other health care workers a quiet place to take a break during emotionally stressful shifts.
Dr. Peter Buckley joins the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Vaccination rates remain low for pregnant women, especially within Hispanic and African American populations. So medical professionals have launched a campaign to change that.
ALSAC/St. Jude revealed at a community meeting Thursday evening that they are holding their application for its proposed parking garage for an additional 30 days.
The WHO and St. Jude first collaborated in 2018 when St. Jude committed $15 million for the creation of the Global Initiative for Childhood Cancer.
Cities in DeSoto County are discussing how to use the settlement funds over the opioid crisis. The money will be spread over about 18 years.
The St. Jude Memphis Marathon is the biggest single-day fundraiser for the hospital.
After a year off because of the pandemic, the marathon returns Saturday, Dec. 4, with some changes to street closures. The changes put a priority on reopening streets in the South Main area first.
For more than 30 years, Friends For Life has been the largest service provider for people living with HIV in the Mid-South, with a laser focus on prevention.
The facility at 7101 Goodlett Farms Parkway will become the medical device manufacturer’s second site in Cordova.
St. Jude presented plans for its proposed garage to the Board of Adjustment Wednesday, but the board postponed the decision until its Dec. 22 meeting.
Residents met at The Office@Uptown to hear the results of a community survey regarding a new parking garage Monday morning, just two days prior to St. Jude’s meeting with the Board of Adjustments to ask for approval on the rezoning and height variances.
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was the first to make vaccination mandatory. It has not released the percentage of staff that complied.