Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Service at Regional One Health is hosting a free Caregiver's Workshop on Friday, October 9. TBI doesn't just happen to the patient; it happens to the entire family. Individuals who care for survivors of TBI best care for others when they themselves are nurtured. It is important for the caregivers [...]
Advancements made in the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center contributed to a decrease in the number of very low birth weight babies, along with improved outcomes. The percent of babies with lung disease declined by 56 percent from 2006 to 2013. Regional One Health ranks among the top quartile of 1,500 NICUs worldwide. The percent [...]
Regional One Health employees, community members and representatives from the Greater Memphis Chamber celebrated the opening of Harbor of Health with a ribbon cutting on September 22, 2015. The community was invited to meet the providers and staff at the clinic, including nurse practitioners Tamika Bolden and Melody Breeden. Harbor of Health is located [...]
Congratulations to Sarah Colley, JD, MHA, PHR, senior vice president of human resources at Regional One Health, for being named Executive of the Year by SHRM-Memphis (Society for Human Resource Management). Sarah was presented with the award at SHRM-Memphis' inaugural Human Resource Excellence Award Ceremony on September 9. SHRM-Memphis consists of nearly 900 professional specialists, [...]
Even Minutes Matter It’s important for the NICU to collaborate with the High-Risk Obstetrics program to determine the right moment to deliver the baby. “We know that the interval between 25 and 28 weeks is crucially important for these small babies,” Dr. Mari says. “For each week that we can keep the baby in [...]
Where no expectant mother wants to find out that there are high-risk complications with her pregnancy, over 1,300 premature or critically ill newborns are treated every year at Regional One Health, some entering the world weighing less than one pound. When Jennifer and Ashton Hall first learned they were expecting rare identical triplets, they [...]