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HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISE: Laser Focus: Alliance Oncology Partners with Hospitals, Providers to Offer Comprehensive Radiation Oncology Services

Mar 09, 2015 at 04:19 pm by Staff

There’s no substitute for experience. And when it comes to extremely technical, highly specialized, very expensive propositions like launching a radiation therapy program, t.... Read More

Young Leaving Health Care Council

Mar 06, 2015 at 11:05 am by Staff

Nashville Health Care Council Launches Leadership Search The chairman of the board of directors of the Nashville Health Care Council announced on March 6 the pending resign.... Read More

AHA Calls for Women's Heart Disease to Be a Research Priority

Feb 26, 2015 at 11:08 am by Staff

Issue Highlights Women are generally underrepresented in heart disease research. Because of this gap, physicians lack important information about how women might respond di.... Read More

Burwell Warns of Funding Cliff Danger to Access, Jobs

Feb 26, 2015 at 09:55 am by Staff

On Feb. 26, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell warned a House panel that unless Congress addresses the issue this year, the health center fundin.... Read More

Dr. Halle Fischer-Wright Tapped to Lead MGMA

Feb 20, 2015 at 10:16 am by Staff

On Feb. 20, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) announced Halee S. Fischer-Wright, MD, MMM, FAAP, will serve as the association’s president and chief executive of.... Read More

Anthem & HIT Security

Feb 10, 2015 at 01:32 pm by Staff

2015 – A Transformational Year for Healthcare Security When Anthem, the massive health insurance provider, announced a database breach compromising a possible 80 million rec.... Read More

Ebola Preparedness Update

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

Expert Briefings & More U. S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), ranking member of the Senate Health Committee, met with infectious diseases experts from Vanderbilt University.... Read More

M&A Conference Scheduled for Nashville

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

April 27-28 • Omni Nashville Hotel More than 30 speakers will converge on Nashville for the Investment and M&A Opportunities in Healthcare event slated for late April at the.... Read More

UT Health Science Center Plans Major Expansion in Middle Tennessee

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

With primary campus locations in Memphis, Chattanooga and Knoxville, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center offers a broad spectrum of medical and graduate healthc.... Read More

Novel Aortic Valve Replacement Trial Underway at Saint Thomas Heart

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

In June, Saint Thomas Heart became one of 27 cardiac programs nationwide to offer an investigational “sutureless” prosthesis for patients in need of an aortic valve replaceme.... Read More