A Soothing Oasis of Sound Enters Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center

Mar 20, 2023 at 12:57 pm by Staff

  Nashville – Patients at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) now have the option of complimentary headphones streaming hours of tranquil music while they.... Read More

FDA Authorizes Bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine as Booster Dose for Certain Children 6 Months through 4 Years of Age

Mar 19, 2023 at 05:03 pm by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent to provide for a single booster dose of t.... Read More

Temp Nurses Cost Hospitals Big During Pandemic. Lawmakers Are Now Mulling Limits.

Mar 19, 2023 at 04:55 pm by Staff

  By Bram Sable-Smith, Kaiser Health News   To crack down on price gouging, proposed legislation in Missouri calls for allowing felony charges against.... Read More

The US Remains a Grim Leader in Preterm Births. Why? And Can We Fix It?

Mar 19, 2023 at 04:50 pm by Staff

  By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News    Tamara Etienne’s second pregnancy was freighted with risk and worry from its earliest days — exacer.... Read More

New CDC Opioid Guidelines: Too Little, Too Late for Chronic Pain Patients?

Mar 19, 2023 at 04:40 pm by Staff

  By Sam Whitehead and Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News   Jessica Layman estimates she has called more than 150 doctors in the past few years.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Names Brittney Urso Hospital Administrator for Westlawn Neighborhood Hospital

Mar 15, 2023 at 06:17 pm by Staff

  Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford  is pleased to announce Brittney Urso as Hospital Administrator for the new Westlawn Neighborhood Hospital that will serve Mur.... Read More

Twenty-Nine Percent of Patients Receiving Medical Care from 2016 to 2022 Did Not Visit a Primary Care Provider

Mar 15, 2023 at 11:26 am by Staff

  Forty-Four Percent of Primary Care Providers from 2016 to 2022 Were Not Physicians, according to New FAIR Health Study   Nationally, from 2016 to 2022.... Read More

The Tennessee Pharmacists Association Names Pearson B. Balatow and Keaton Higgins Executive Fellows, Expands Fellowship Program

Mar 15, 2023 at 11:07 am by Staff

Nashville — The Tennessee Pharmacists Association (TPA), the only professional association representing pharmacists in all practice areas across the state.... Read More

Blakeford Senior Life's Continuing Care at Home Program expands from Nashville to Second Tennessee Location

Mar 14, 2023 at 05:23 pm by Staff

  Blakeford Senior Life—a non-profit provider of senior lifestyle solutions headquartered in Nashville—has expanded its Continuing Care at Home (CCaH) progra.... Read More

FDA Updates Mammography Regulations

Mar 13, 2023 at 05:38 pm by Staff

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published updates to the mammography regulations to, among other things, require mammography facilities to notify patients about the dens.... Read More