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Piramal Critical Care, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals Launch Co-Promotion

Mar 03, 2016 at 02:36 pm by Staff

Piramal Critical Care, a Bethlehem, Pa.-based integral business unit of Piramal Enterprises, and Nashville-based specialty pharmaceutical company Cumberland Pharmaceuticals In.... Read More
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Local Investment Group Now Majority Owner of The Heritage at Brentwood

Mar 03, 2016 at 02:35 pm by Staff

In February, The Heritage at Brentwood, a community managed by Life Care Services™, an LCS® Company, announced Middle Tennessee-based investment group, Heritage Investment Par.... Read More
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Nation's Top HIT Providers, Health Systems Pledge to Improve Interoperability

Mar 01, 2016 at 11:06 am by Staff

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced many of the nation's leading technology companies and several of the nation's largest health.... Read More
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‘Trigger Tool’ Available for Hospitals and SNFs

Feb 29, 2016 at 02:46 pm by Staff

The use of trigger tools for healthcare facilities to identify adverse events (AE), their possible sources and the level of harm to patients has been an accepted and challengi.... Read More
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Staffing Predicaments of Full Open Enrollment

Feb 29, 2016 at 02:20 pm by Staff

When Jason Leverant co-developed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Cost Calculator for the American Staffing Association (ASA) on a 6-person team, he was thrilled when the interac.... Read More
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By the Numbers: The Latest Cancer Stats & Facts

Feb 29, 2016 at 02:12 pm by Staff

When it comes to reducing cancer mortality in America, there is no question the nation has seen steady improvement with the death rate down 23 percent in just over two decades.... Read More
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Fight the Bite: TDH Urges Precautions for Spring Breakers & Mission Trip Members

Feb 29, 2016 at 09:52 am by Staff

Across Tennessee, thousands of college students, members of faith organizations, healthcare professionals and others are planning spring or summer trips to warmer locations fo.... Read More
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Governors, Physicians Call for End to Nation's Opioid Epidemic

Feb 23, 2016 at 09:39 am by Staff

Governors and physicians find it unacceptable that nearly 30,000 Americans die each year from the misuse and abuse of prescription opioids and heroin. To end this national epi.... Read More
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Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Announces Call for Nominations

Feb 12, 2016 at 12:24 am by Staff

The Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame, an initiative to honor Tennessee’s finest healthcare leaders, is accepting nominations for its 2016 class via the organization’s websit.... Read More
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March of Dimes Honors Outstanding Middle Tennessee Nurses at Annual Gala

Feb 10, 2016 at 12:54 pm by Staff

Now in it’s sixth year, the annual March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Awards drew a record crowd on Dec. 8, 2015 to honor outstanding Middle Tennessee nurses.Rita Mitchell, exec.... Read More