Listen Democratic lawmakers want to bring baby boxes to Tennessee. The cardboard cribs would broaden local efforts to reduce the region’s high rate of infant mortality.
Nashville Democrat Proposes State Law To Keep General Hospital Open
Listen A Nashville Democrat wants to keep the city from closing General Hospital — by order of state law. A bill introduced this week would require that Nashville maintain a full-service public hospital.
Citing Tax Bill Savings, HCA Funnels More Money Into Employee Tuition Scholarships
Listen HCA is taking some of its tax savings to fund workforce development. The Nashville-based hospital chain expects to have an extra $500 million a year under the recently approved tax laws, which reduced the company’s effective tax rate to 25 percent.
What The U.S. Could Learn From Vanderbilt’s Electronic Health Records Experiment In Kenya
Listen A Vanderbilt professor has been helping establish electronic health records in his home country of Kenya, which includes vast expanses cut off from internet access. And he says the lessons from Africa could help expand care to isolated parts of the U.S.
Haslam’s Opioid Battle Plan Targets The Next Generation Of Doctors
Listen Governor Bill Haslam’s 10-point plan to attack the opioid epidemic announced this week puts some new focus on Tennessee’s medical schools. On Wednesday, he named a 19-member commission to develop a list of related skills for the next generation of doctors.
Vanderbilt Trauma Center Treats 5 From Kentucky School Shooting
Listen Updated 10:00 p.m. The most critically injured students from Marshall County High School were all life-flighted from Kentucky to Vanderbilt Medical Center. The school shooting, which killed two and injured 17, was a first for the hospital in 30 years as a Level I trauma center.
TennCare Enacts 5-Day Opioid Prescription Limit With Broader Proposals To Come
Listen This week, Tennessee’s Medicaid program began enforcing a limit on first-time opioid prescriptions. TennCare patients can only get enough pills for five days. Legislative leaders say similar restrictions are in the works to regulate painkiller prescribing for all Tennesseans.
Intensive Mental Health Aid Expands For High-Needs Kids In Rural Tennessee
A program to assist desperate parents in rural Tennessee is expanding to DeKalb and half a dozen other counties. The initiative, which is already operating in Putnam and Coffee counties, establishes a two-person support team — a care coordinator and a family support specialist, who is often the parent of a child with a mental […]
Nashville General Says Community Care Depends On Remaining A Full-Service Hospital
Listen Mayor Megan Barry has now given until the end of the year for some kind of restructuring at Nashville General Hospital to begin, but the only idea on the table at the moment is hers: Close the inpatient hospital to save money and focus instead on outpatient chronic disease care. Hospital officials say they’re […]
Beleaguered Franklin-Based Hospital Chain Buoyed By Chinese Investment
The biggest investor in a Franklin-based hospital chain is giving a much-needed vote of confidence in a company thought to be on the verge of collapse.
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