A MED Reprieve?
Portal for Uninsured May Remain Open
MEMPHIS—Shelby County Mayor Joe Ford and the Shelby County Commission may have come up with a way to keep the doors open to the Emergency Department of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The MED)... Read More



Current Memphis Medical News

Reginald Coopwood, MD, Named CEO of The MED
Leading candidate Reginald Coopwood, MD, has accepted the job as CEO of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The MED). Coopwood will assume the position on March 1, during a pivotal time in the facility’s development. The MED made headlines last fall when the Board voted to close the Emergency Department if $32 million could not be raised to sustain the Memphis area’s largest public healthcare facility.

 
A MED Reprieve? | Shelby County, Joe Ford, Shelby County Commission, The Regional Medical Center at Memphis, The MED
A MED Reprieve?
Portal for Uninsured May Remain Open
MEMPHIS—Shelby County Mayor Joe Ford and the Shelby County Commission may have come up with a way to keep the doors open to the Emergency Department of the Regional Medical Center at Memphis (The MED).

 
HEALTHCARE LEADERS: Kevin M. Spiegel – CEO Methodist University Hospital | Methodist University Hospital, Columbia University affiliation, Center of Excellence in cardiac care, Kevin Spiegel
HEALTHCARE LEADERS: Kevin M. Spiegel – CEO Methodist University Hospital
Kevin Spiegel joined Methodist University Hospital in March 2008 to help evolve the system in the rapidly changing world of healthcare. Since taking on the role as senior vice president and CEO of the hospital, he has ambitiously executed goals to expand the collaboration abilities of the hospital – including garnering an affiliation with Columbia University Medical Center’s Heartsourcesm to establish a Methodist University Hospital cardiothoracic surgery and cardiology quality assurance program. Methodist has also received center of excellence recognition for stroke and cardiac care, excellence in transplantation, and the robotic surgery program reached its 100th case.
 
Medical Economics: Physician Marketing: Where Do I Put My Dollars?
The allocation of marketing dollars will be an even more challenging decision after healthcare reform. We will continue to see medical groups identifying their competitors, as well as how to maintain their existing patient base and how to grow. The question is, what do we have to tackle today to make a good tomorrow?
 
Obesity Focus

Bringing up the "O" Word | Obesity, Overweight, Primary Care Management of Obesity, Pam Davis, Centennial Center for the Treatment of Obesity, Weight-control Information Network, Obesity Focus
Bringing up the "O" Word
Clinicians Still Struggle to Broach Subject of Weight
My word, you're fat! Someone go see if Mr. Jones broke our scale.
While no provider (at least none we know) would bring up the sensitive subject of weight in this manner, there are many who feel that no matter how carefully words are chosen, a patient will process them as something similarly offensive.

 
Tackling Obesity in Kids | Obesity Focus, Pediatrician, Janice Pride-Boone, bacon
Tackling Obesity in Kids
Americans are junk food junkies. And our steady diet of fast food and sodas is costing us our health. Nowhere is that reality more evident than in America’s children, whose poor eating habits are resulting in an alarming rise in the prevalence of hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, sleep apnea, and obesity. It’s a reality pediatrician Janice Pride-Boone, MD, sees everyday in her practice, where she specializes in the treatment of childhood obesity.
 
Get Fit TN
State Provides Tools to Help Residents Shape Up
New decade … same old resolutions.
At the stroke of midnight on Dec. 31, Tennesseans from the northeast corner to the Mississippi River made similar vows … to make 2010 the year they finally lose weight/quit smoking/start exercising. In short, this is the year to get healthier.

 
Marketing Focus

Marketing a Specialty Practice to Other Docs | B2B healthcare marketing, physician referral base, Healthcare Success Strategies, Stewart Gandolf, Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Marketing, Larry Van Horn, Marketing Focus
Marketing a Specialty Practice to Other Docs
A Practice's "Lifeblood," One Expert Says
"Your most important asset." That's what one healthcare marketing expert called a specialty physician's referral base, and he said way too many specialists are failing to nurture the relationship between their practice and the doctors who send them business.

 
Physician Spotlight

Virginia Weaver, MD | obesity, surgical weight loss, Virginia Weaver, gastric bypass, Saint Francis Center for Surgical Weight Loss
Virginia Weaver, MD
When a patient walks into Saint Francis Center for Surgical Weight Loss, they’ve already tried everything else. The typical patient could be male or female, and the ages range from kids to seniors. This is their last resort when they seek the services of Virginia Weaver, MD, medical director of the center.

 
Advertorials


Just How Real Is 'Pregnancy Brain'?
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H1N1 Swine Flu Down, Not Out
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Serotonin May Be a Key to Treat Osteoporosis
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Beer for Better Bones?
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Depression in Pregnancy May Lead to Antisocial Teens
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Herbals Not the Answer for Asthma, Study Shows
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In Some Ministries, Flock Is Now a Fight Team - New York Times

In Some Ministries, Flock Is Now a Fight Team
New York Times
MEMPHIS — In the back room of a theater on Beale Street, John Renken, 42, a pastor, recently led a group of young men in prayer. ...

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Posted Monday, February 1, 2010 8:24 pm CST

Keith McBride: Ready for Impact - SuperPrep.com (subscription)

Keith McBride: Ready for Impact
SuperPrep.com (subscription)
Memphis University School's (Tn) Keith McBride was unstoppable in 2009, leading his team to a Division II state championship. ...

Posted Sunday, February 7, 2010 9:11 pm CST

James Johnson: Doctors' doctor was dedicated to his patients, his profession - DeSoto Appeal

James Johnson: Doctors' doctor was dedicated to his patients, his profession
DeSoto Appeal
After a one-year internship in New York, Dr. Johnson returned to Memphis, joining the faculty at UT and becoming board certified in internal medicine and ...

Posted Sunday, February 7, 2010 12:21 am CST