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.

Hospital system was given recordings, other evidence before U.S. filed motion to intervene, filing says.

Chris Cosby, who has more than 20 years of experience in health care administration, replaces Sally Deitch who left suddenly in July.

The UTHSC Health Hub is the first of what they hope will be a series of hubs in neighborhoods where access to medical care is low and chronic disease rates run high.

“People are starting to generate more and more data showing that, well, if you know much earlier, then you can make decisions that actually reduce costs,” Chester Brown said.

Tennessee has been under a governor-issued emergency declaration since pandemic began.

“Celebrating first holidays when your baby is in the hospital is difficult, and we want to provide some normalcy to families by having a little fun with these costumes,” said a Regional One spokesperson.

The session will be broadcast on the hospital’s Facebook (@baptistonline) page and will stay there for viewers who tune in later. It also will be posted on the hospital’s website.

The university must notify all incoming residents and fellows and it may not start new programs until status improves.

The federal government is the primary source of research support for universities; the onus to vaccinate could threaten $750 million UT received in 2021 alone. 

The health care giant wants the government out of a lawsuit which alleges Methodist University Hospital executives created a kickback scheme to lure more than $1.5 billion in business from West Cancer Center.

Only 13% of its Black students graduate in six years, compared to 50% or more for other races.

The treatment is for the homebound; it’s not a concierge service for the able. 

Baptist Memorial Rehabilitation Hospital has been named the best physical rehabilitation center in Tennessee by Newsweek magazine.

Ceremony will be held at Belmont University in Nashville.

“This is my advice: Go get a full physical. Try to find out everything that is going on with you.”

Michael Ugwueke, president and CEO of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, received the CEO of Distinction Award from the Tennessee Hospital Association.

Low evaluations in graduate medical education programs underline need for better supervision, said Chancellor Dr. Steve Schwab.

The gifts build on projects West Cancer Foundation started in 2020 with the University of Memphis and UTHSC.

With a supercomputer, science will be able compare one person’s DNA against thousands of others in a matter of minutes. 

Graceland Rehabilitation and Nursing Center is set to reopen to visitors. The problem is, the facility is not allowed to ask guests for proof of vaccination or a COVID negative test. 

More low-income people have government healthcare now that TennCare has been effectively prohibited from taking away coverage. It’s a big shift from before the pandemic when the agency frequently took people off the rolls.

The lawsuit, filed in federal civil court, in Tennessee’s Middle District, alleges the scheme between Methodist and West Cancer executives cost Medicare and Medicaid more than $800 million in fraudulent payments.