Grand Rounds

Former U.S. Majority Leader Frist Announces Appointments to NashvilleHealth Governing Board

Nov 10, 2016 at 04:24 pm by Staff

NashvilleHealth - founded in 2015 by Former U.S. Majority Leader Bill Frist to harness the force of community-wide collaboration to improve Nashville's health outcomes - has a.... Read More

Community Health Systems Announces Definitive Agreement to Sell Majority Interest in Home Health Division

Nov 10, 2016 at 04:20 pm by Staff

Community Health Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CYH) announced recently that a subsidiary of the Company has signed a definitive agreement to sell a majority ownership interest in the Co.... Read More

Dr. Mahul Amin of UT Health Science Center is Editor-in-Chief of the Latest Edition of the Premier Manual on Staging of Cancer

Nov 10, 2016 at 04:18 pm by Staff

Mahul B. Amin, MD, who was named professor and chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and the Gerwin Endowed Chair for Cancer Research at the University.... Read More

Owner of Tennessee Healthcare Company Chosen to Join Nationwide Group of Healthcare Leaders

Nov 10, 2016 at 12:04 pm by Staff

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A new group of healthcare leaders is making sure that the needs of one of the nation's most vulnerable populations are heard in Washington, D.C. Representi.... Read More

Early Study Finds Antibody That 'Neutralizes' Zika Virus

Nov 09, 2016 at 02:52 pm by Staff

Antibody may protect against Zika virus infection: study Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have iso.... Read More

Alan Watson Elected to Serve as THA Chairman

Nov 09, 2016 at 02:45 pm by Staff

The membership of the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) recently elected its board of directors for 2017. Election and installation of the new board took place at the THA A.... Read More

Warren Honored by THA

Nov 09, 2016 at 02:43 pm by Staff

Michael Warren, MD, who serves as deputy commissioner for Population Health at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH), received the Tennessee Hospital Association's (THA) Pr.... Read More

Maury Regional Acquires da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgical System

Nov 09, 2016 at 02:35 pm by Staff

Last month, Maury Regional Medical Center (MRMC) announced the acquisition of the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. The Xi is the fourth and latest generation of the da Vinci syste.... Read More

Excess Dietary Zinc Worsens C. Diff Infection

Nov 09, 2016 at 02:33 pm by Staff

Vanderbilt Study Raises Concerns about Multivitamin Supplements Too much dietary zinc increases susceptibility to infection by Clostridium difficile - "C. diff" - the most com.... Read More

Rash Returns to the Helm, Leadership Shift at RCCH

Nov 09, 2016 at 02:28 pm by Staff

Less than five months after Capella and RegionalCare Hospital Partners joined forces to form RCCH HealthCare Partners, former Capella head Michael Wiechart stepped down from h.... Read More