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Regional One Health has helped make moms and babies healthier through a statewide effort – next, they’ll look to address opioid addiction

Regional One Health has helped a statewide organization tackle the biggest health threats facing moms and babies, from post-partum hemorrhage to weak lungs in premature newborns. Now, they’re looking to improve care for opioid-addicted women and their infants. The Tennessee Initiative for Perinatal Quality Care, or TIPQC, uses the shared knowledge of medical professionals [...]

2019-04-17T09:53:29-06:00April 24th, 2019|

During Patient Experience Week, Regional One Health celebrates a system-wide commitment to compassionate, world-class care

April 22-26 is The Beryl Institute’s Patient Experience Week, and at Regional One Health, we celebrate the event as reminder that the individuals seeking healing within the walls of the health care system are the reason we exist. Everything starts and ends with showing patients compassion and care, said Sheena Freeman and Summer Hardy, [...]

2019-04-22T13:18:08-06:00April 22nd, 2019|

“They’re typical boys:” the Duncan family relishes the joys of normal life thanks to high-tech medical science

Gail Duncan remembers the procedure that saved her babies as something out of a sci-fi movie. The scary news. The rush to surgery. The parade of men and women in white lab coats. The laser aimed at her abdomen. Gail and Jeff Duncan are loving every minute with 4-year-old twins Gunner and Garrett, [...]

2019-04-11T06:52:32-06:00April 12th, 2019|

Neonatologist Dr. Parul Zaveri found friends and support – plus a way to help Regional One Health

When neonatologist Parul Zaveri, MD moved to Memphis in 2016 to work in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Regional One Health, she faced the challenges of many young professionals: meeting like-minded friends, finding good childcare, getting the scoop on which restaurants are worth trying. Dr. Zaveri not only found a way to [...]

2019-03-18T07:41:29-06:00March 19th, 2019|

For Kanika Armour, pregnancy was a time of joy and excitement thanks to Dr. Danielle Tate at Regional One Health

When Kanika Armour learned she was pregnant with her first baby, she had a lot of questions: what to expect, whether she was having a boy or girl, how to avoid an epidural or C-section. That’s natural for a first-time mom, and Kanika and husband Robert Sr. wanted the kind of personalized care that [...]

2019-02-18T07:58:11-06:00March 1st, 2019|

Once fragile babies born far too soon, the Glozier triplets are now thriving young adults thanks to the Regional One Health NICU

Every day is a chance to get better. This phrase sits on 18-year-old Abbie Glozier’s Facebook timeline, but it has much deeper meaning to her and her family than a simple social media post. Nearly two decades ago, Regional One Health’s NICU team welcomed first-born Abbie into the world. She weighed just a [...]

2019-03-06T10:45:14-06:00February 13th, 2019|

In the news: NICU 50th is a time to celebrate advances and lives saved – and work toward a better future

When serious chronic health problems forced Amanda Bass onto bedrest 19 weeks into her pregnancy and caused her to deliver son Owen at 26 weeks, the care she and her baby received at Regional One Health was nothing short of lifesaving. Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, MD and his team at the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn [...]

2018-11-26T15:21:55-06:00November 26th, 2018|

“I’m eternally grateful:” With Regional One Health’s support, this family has a lot to celebrate

On December 8, Hugh Michael Clark will celebrate his first birthday, marking a year filled with smiles, trips to the Memphis Zoo, almost all of his baby teeth coming in and some tentative first steps. Rebecca and Andrew Clark will celebrate their little boy, and something else as well – a moment of healing [...]

2019-07-22T21:26:11-06:00November 19th, 2018|

NICU Stories: Dr. Dhanireddy safeguards the future one life at a time

One might say that random circumstances and unexpected doors opening led Dr. Dhanireddy to both a life in medicine and to the specialty of neonatology. However, Dr. Dhanireddy believes a greater force led him to be right where he needed to be to find his passion for saving babies. Ramasubbareddy Dhanireddy, M.D., oversees one [...]

2018-10-10T08:14:53-06:00September 20th, 2018|

Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Month

September is Neonatal Intensive Care Awareness Month This is a time to honor babies, families, caregivers and anyone else who may experience life in the NICU. Please consider raising awareness and funds this month during NICU awareness month by participating in our fundraiser Support the NICU and Earn Prizes Top fundraising individuals [...]

2018-12-28T15:06:37-06:00September 1st, 2018|