Getting healthy is a common New Year's Resolution, but it involves more than exercising and eating better. You should start your journey to improved health with a checkup from your primary care provider. They can identify the specific things you need to improve, schedule preventative screenings and help you set goals for a lifetime [...]
Riley Andrew James was born at Regional One Health at 12:11 a.m. January 1, making him Memphis's first baby of the decade. The experience was even more exciting for the labor and delivery team because Riley's mom is one of their own - labor and delivery nurse Secillia Mitchell. Secillia said she never considered [...]
Football players Avery Gennesy and Tre' Williams are getting ready to pursue their dreams in the XFL next year. Both had to overcome injuries and rebuild their strength in order to have that chance. They credit Regional One Health's Post Rehab Wellness Program, which combines therapy and certified personal training, with helping them get [...]
Rivers Smith and Brandon Williams, colleagues in Regional One Health's Outpatient Surgery Center, were inspired to work in health care out of a desire to give back to others. They do so every day they're on the job, but one day they went above and beyond the call of duty when they rescued a [...]
Regional One Health has recently added Darianne Butler, DPT, to its Center for Rehabilitative Medicine team. She is certified in pelvic floor physical therapy, which can help patients with issues like pelvic and abdominal pain, incontinence and pain during sex. Butler became a therapist after seeing how rehabilitation helped a loved one after an accident, [...]
OB/GYN Owen Phillips, MD, FACOG promotes healthy pregnancies and deliveries at Regional One Health. But she believes obstetricians can also have an impact beyond a child’s birth.
It isn’t unusual for parents to hear from their pediatrician about reading to their kids – in fact, the American Academy of Pediatrics has an official policy statement promoting the practice. But what if doctors could reach parents even sooner, while they’re still planning and preparing for the birth of their child? Dr. [...]
The first time Earl House Jr. came to Regional One Health, he wasn’t expected to leave alive. Eleven years later, he’s the one helping save lives at the downtown Memphis facility. Earl is currently a registered nurse at Regional One Health, but on May 13, 2008, he was on his way to the hospital [...]
America’s Essential Hospitals awarded Regional One Health a 2019 Gage Award honorable mention for population health for its ONE Health initiative. ONE Health is a program focusing on improving the health and overall well-being of complex care patients. “When faced with some of the nation’s most pressing health care challenges, essential hospitals step up,” [...]
Regional One Health is emerging as a national leader in health care innovation, working with entrepreneurs to bring about a future with better patient outcomes and enhanced care delivery. President and CEO Reginald Coopwood, MD and Center for Innovation Director Alejandra Alvarez were among the featured speakers at last month’s American Hospital Association executive [...]