Dolan Taking Helm of Launch Tennessee

Schedule a Blood Donation and Get Safety Information with Amazon Alexa

Red Cross launches three new voice skills, enabling users to access common first aid tips, get notifications for major storms, and schedule blood appointments

Benefitfocus awards Consociate Health industry-wide recognition for transforming the benefits experience for their customers through data accuracy

Illinois-based Third-Party Administrator (TPA) Consociate Health has been recognized on a national stage for excellence in data accuracy, using key analytics to transform the care management experience.

Emergency Visits Reach All-Time High

Only 4.3 Percent of Emergency Visits Are Considered Nonurgent, New CDC Data Shows

BlueCare Tennessee Selects Dungan as CFO

BlueCare Tennessee^SM, the Medicaid subsidiary of BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, recently named Casey Dungan, MPA, vice president and chief financial officer.

PYA Adds Three new Principals

PYA has announced three new Principals are joining the Firm in first quarter: Brian Fuller, Kathy Greenlee, and Merle Glasgow.

Blakely Joins Bradley as Healthcare Associate

In late February, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announced Derick Blakely has joined the firm's Nashville office as an associate in the Healthcare Practice Group.

Gresham Smith Expands Healthcare Practice, Welcomes Langlois

Nashville-based Gresham Smith has added to the company's healthcare expertise with the addition of Jim Langlois, AIA, LEED AP, as executive vice president for the firm's Healthcare market and Lesa Lorusso as healthcare directorof research and innovation.

Ascension Saint Thomas Health Announces New Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit

In late February, Ascension Saint Thomas Health announced the opening of their new multidisciplinary Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit located at Saint Thomas West Hospital.

Price Joins TriStar Women's & Children's as COO

TriStar Centennial Medical Center recently welcomed Amber Price, DNP, CNM as chief operating officer for TriStar Centennial Women's Hospital and The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial.

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About!

Awards, Honors, Achievements

Business Briefs

Nashville-based Cumberland Emerging Technologies (CET) - a joint initiative between Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, Vanderbilt University, LaunchTN, and China's Gloria Pharmaceuticals - recently announced a collaborative agreement with the technology transfer organization for the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Foundation for Research Development to develop new biomedical products.

Wishes Granted

Cancer Research UK has awarded a 20-million-pound grant (about $26 million US) to a team of international investigators, including Vanderbilt's James Goldenring, MD, PhD, to study inflammation-related cancers.

TriStar Health Opens OB/GYN Practice with Multiple Offices

Last month, TriStar Health announced the opening of Centennial Women's Group, an OB/GYN physician practice that is fully dedicated to offering women convenient access to high-quality gynecology and reproductive health services, as well as pre-natal care and delivery.

Mark Your Calendars

State Considers Raising Age to Purchase Tobacco, Vaping Products

In late February, Tennessee Sen. Shane Reeves (R-Murfreesboro) and Rep. Bob Ramsey (R-Maryville) held a press conference in conjunction with NashvilleHealth to announce sponsorship of legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco and vaping products to 21 from the current age of 18.

Tennessee Issues Maternal Mortality Report

Last month, the Tennessee Department of Health issued the first maternal mortality review report, Tennessee Maternal Mortality Review of 2017 Maternal Deaths.

Researchers Push Forward Frontiers of Vaccine Science

Using sophisticated gene sequencing and computing techniques, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and the San Diego Supercomputer Center have achieved a first-of-its-kind glimpse into how the body's immune system gears up to fight off infection.

Smith Harris & Carr Now Harris Frazier Government Relations

Nashville's oldest lobbying firm, Smith Harris & Carr, is now Harris Frazier Government Relations. The firm, originally known as Smith & Johnson, was founded in 1980.

NAM Installs New Officers

On V. Seenu Reddy, MD, has been named president of the Nashville Academy of Medicine for 2019. Reddy is a cardiovascular surgeon with TriStar Centennial Medical Center.

TriStar Centennial Welcomes Pantin

Last month, TriStar Centennial Medical Center announced the addition of Jeremy Mark Alexander Pantin, MD, FACP to Sarah Cannon Center for Blood Cancer at TriStar Centennial.