In late September, HCA Healthcare announced a donation of $500,000 to the American Red Cross to help people affected by Hurricane Florence.
HCA Chairman and CEO Milton Johnson, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) who chairs the Senate HELP Committee, LifePoint Health Chairman and CEO Bill Carpenter, and Community Health Systems Chairman and CEO Wayne Smith were recently recognized in Modern Healthcare as being among the healthcare industry's 100 most influential people for 2018. Johnson and Carpenter have each recently announced plans to retire by year's end.
Saint Thomas Midtown and West Hospitals have been recertified with The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval® for Chest Pain. The chest pain certification combines a review of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and acute coronary syndrome (ACS) programs into one certification award.
Tennessee Department of Health Medical Epidemiologist Mary-Margaret Fill, MD, had groundbreaking research on Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome published in the September issue of Pediatrics. "Educational Disabilities among Children Born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome" reports findings of the first research of its kind in the United States on whether NAS is associated with educational disabilities (https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2018-0562).
TriStar Centennial Parthenon Pavilion has received The Joint Commission certifications for dementia and violence prevention. The Nashville facility is first in the nation to receive The Joint Commission certification in violence prevention, and first in Tennessee to receive certification in dementia.
Female Urology of Nashville, the nation's first all female, fellowship-trained urological care group, celebrated their first full year as a practice last month. The practice is led by Marcy Abel, MD, Tara Allen, MD, and Harriette Scarpero, MD.
Home Care Solutions was named a "Superior Performer" in the recently released 2017 SHPBest™ recognition program results - ranking in the top 20 percent of providers. The program is administered by Strategic Health Programs (SHP) to recognize home health agencies that consistently provide high quality service to patients and families.
Professional staffing firm endevis Recruiting | Retention, which has offices in Nashville, was recently recognized in the 2018 iteration of HRO Today's "Baker's Dozen" rankings in the "Midsized Deals" category. This is the first inclusion on the list of top Recruitment Process Outsourcing firms for endevis.
