| Current Mississippi Medical News |
Healthcare Leader: Mary Hammett Hamilton
CEO of the American Red Cross Central Mississippi Chapter
When Mary Hammett Hamilton was growing up in Claremore, Okla., she was expected to be on her best behavior as the child of longtime Claremore Mayor Jim Hammett, and as a “fill-in employee” for her parents’ business, The Five Tribes Trading Post, and later Hammett House Restaurant, a popular eatery located next door to their home at the foot of the famous Will Rogers Memorial.
LYNNE JETER
Nurse Practitioner Serves Choctaws Well
CHOCTAW — When Linda Murray was applying for jobs while studying to be a family physician clinician at Vanderbilt, she received an interesting proposition. The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians wanted her to work for the Choctaw Health Department, but then-Chief Phillip Martin charmingly insisted she make a lifetime commitment to the tribe.
LYNNE JETER
Mississippi Struggles with Stroke Rates
For decades, medical research has shown that Mississippi and states in the stroke belt have higher-than-average mortality rates. The question is, why?
“It’s a great mystery, and we really don’t know what’s causing it,” said George Howard, chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Health’s Department of Biostatics. “I’m fond of saying, ‘We all know what causes it. We just all disagree with each other.’”
TED GRIGGS
Natchez Regional Medical Center Weighs Options to Avoid Bankruptcy
Even though the 179-bed Natchez Regional Medical Center (NRMC) has authority from the state to file under Chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, the facility is considering all options at this point.
“That would be the last thing the board and I want to do, but that option is available,” said Sen. Bob Dearing, D-Natchez.
LYNN LOFTON
Magnolia Regional Prepares for New Cancer Center
New Facility Slated to Open Around Thanksgiving
CORINTH — On a bright and blustery afternoon in late February, healthcare and community leaders throughout north Mississippi gathered at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth to celebrate breaking ground on a new 17,000-square-foot comprehensive cancer care facility. The facility is slated to be completed by Thanksgiving and open by the end of November.
LYNNE JETER
Women’s Center Takes Broad Approach to ‘Fitness’
A Jackson-area fitness center is aiming to eliminate the factors that hinder women in achieving a healthy lifestyle.
Offering an all-female environment and an approach that also serves women’s social and spiritual needs, the Fitness Lady Health Clubs of Ridgeland and Pearl have become a haven for more than 5,000 women in and around the capital city.
LUCY SCHULTZE
Delta Regional Fills Need with Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
GREENVILLE — A new intensive care unit stands to make the first anxious days a little easier for mothers and families of premature infants.
Delta Regional Medical Center in Greenville is aiming to open its neonatal ICU by mid-summer, following a multi-year process of organizing to meet a key regional need.
LUCY SCHULTZE
Avastin Wins FDA Accelerated Approval for Advanced HER2-Negative Breast Cancer
Avastin® by Genentech, Inc. (NYSE: DNA), a therapeutic antibody that interferes with a tumor’s blood supply, recently received accelerated approval from the FDA for use in combination with paclitaxel chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of metastatic HER2-negative breast cancer.
CINDY SANDERS
| Healthcare Recruiting Focus |
Physician Employment: Back in Business
It’s no secret that physician employment is up among hospital systems across the nation. As physician employment steadily rises, costs associated with employment of physicians rise as well. Considering the current and anticipated state of healthcare and the continued talk of a national recession, on-lookers cannot help but fear the possibility of history repeating itself. Concerns loom large about a return to the days of hospital losses associated with physician employment.
CHRISTY WILSON AND CHRISTINA STREET
Physician Recruiters Offer Tips to Docs on the Market
If you’re a physician looking for a job and a recruiting firm asks for money to help you secure employment, walk the other way. That’s the first word of advice to doctors from two physician recruiters who collectively boast more than five decades of experience in the profession.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD
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