Come November, Regional One will have the only burn center in a 400-mile radius that’s certified by the American Burn Association. 

Their assignment is to make more people aware of the free, 130-bed Adult Rehab Center on Kirby Whitten Road and to bring in more donations for the Family Thrift Store next door.

The two cases are also the first in Tennessee. 

MIFA hopes events kicks off frank discussions in city about housing and homelessness.

“We believe in this technology. This team believes in the need to pay attention to what happens post-operatively to patients as they recover from surgeries,” said the co-founder of the company. 

Fisher House, on the campus of the Memphis VA Medical Center, will provide no-cost accommodations for 16 families or veteran caregivers. The $9 million project is expected to open next fall. 

During “LIVE with Kelly and Ryan” Tuesday, Sept. 13, media personality Ryan Seacrest announced that his foundation is investing in a broadcast media center at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital.

Jani Rad moved here for a career at the intersection of public health and urban planning. Four years later, she’s hosting a podcast, finding community and feeling at home. 

In a statement late Monday, Stern CEO Debbie Eddlestone said Stern does not believe patient data was breached.

One started out as an automotive service manager. The other was a zookeeper. Now, they are nurses, filling gaps in a national shortage.

Dr. James D. Eason’s sudden departure last month from the institute that bears his name leaves patients and their families concerned about how their care will be affected.

Patient at her appointment was told medical records could not be accessed.

“One thing that we have seen on the dental side, and I suspect it will be similar with vision, people are becoming less loyal to their dentists and will look for in-network providers,” said Dr. Phil Wenk, Delta Dental of Tennessee president and CEO. 

With large numbers of candidates vying for a small number of spots in U.S. medical schools, some Memphians are earning their medical degrees in the Caribbean. 

When Church Health first offered services on Sept. 1, 1987, it operated out of a single Midtown bungalow. It now serves more than 60,000 patients and occupies a massive space in Crosstown Concourse.

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Past speakers have included former first lady Laura Bush, journalist Tom Brokaw, Queen Noor of Jordan, and Memphis native and actress Kathy Bates.

The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common Omicron strain. Shots could begin within days.

The next move for county funding toward a new Regional One Health center in the Medical District is an appointed committee to come up with recommendations on what is likely to be some kind of bond financing.

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After a high-profile surgeon departed Methodist University Hospital’s Transplant Institute — and the live donor liver program is paused — a Memphis musician’s transplant is caught in the middle. 

Dr. Michelle Taylor, on “Behind The Headlines,” talks about the the local health department’s relationship with state health officials after the Tennessee General Assembly stripped the local health department of its autonomy. 

As of Friday, Aug. 12, 171 Shelby County residents had been vaccinated against monkeypox. 

The Memphis VA Healthcare System, which provides health care for military veterans in a three-state region, marked its centennial Monday at the Memphis VA Medical Center. 

“If you think abortion access going away does not affect you, you’re going to be mistaken, because this falls out into all areas of medicine,” said a Tennessee OB-GYN.

More than a third of Tennessee counties are maternity-care deserts, meaning there are no hospitals providing obstetric care, no birth centers, no OB-GYNs and no certified nurse midwives, putting pregnant women in a possibly risky situation. 

A new report examines alarming trends in Tennessee’s recent maternal death rates. And deems that more than 3 out of 4 of those deaths were preventable.