NICU nurse educator back where life began
At Regional One Health, caring for your health is our passion. For Rachel George, in some ways it’s also passing on the care she received more than 40 years ago. George has worked in Regional One Health’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) since September 6, 2005. Her Regional One Health story reaches further back, though, to the early days of the Sheldon B. Korones Newborn Center, established at Regional One Health in 1968. [...]
Speech therapy enhances Parkinson’s patient’s life
Dale Nevels was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease 12 years ago. He was determined to not let it affect his life. He has continued playing golf, and more than a year ago took up boxing. He takes two lessons a week for about two hours per day. He said he lives for it. Parkinson's patient, Dale Nevels, at his speech therapy appointment. But one part of his disease that became a struggle was [...]
High Risk Pregnancy Team Takes Safety Expertise Overseas
When a team of four providers from Regional One Health visited China last month, it was a trip that ultimately could have an impact on some 110 million people. That’s how many people live in a region of China where doctors from 36 hospitals attended safety training led by a high-risk obstetrics care team from Regional One Health. Danielle Tate, MD; Giancarlo Mari, MD; Ravpreet Gill, MD; and Bonnie Miller, RN, perinatal patient [...]
Hollywood Primary Care offers new supportive pregnancy program
Jennifer Price, program coordinator, leads The March of Dimes Supportive Pregnancy Care at Hollywood Primary Care. If pregnancy is a journey sometimes it helps to have friends along for the ride. That’s part of the idea with the new March of Dimes Supportive Pregnancy Care program at Regional One Health Hollywood Primary Care. Pregnancy is a time filled with a gamut of emotions. Every expectant mother’s experience is different, but having a [...]
Fostering Innovation: Contest inspires employee ideas
When Regional One Health launched the Center for Innovation in 2016, the focus was on applying disruptive thinking to health care to create a new care model. The Center for Innovation embraces unconventional ideas and provides space for Regional One Health and its partners to come up with ideas that could challenge how health care is delivered and improve the patient experience, both priorities of the health system. Often the best people [...]
Hospital midwifery services unique to Regional One Health
The Certified Nurse Midwives (CNM) at Regional One Health provide a unique opportunity for expectant mothers who want that non-traditional experience while being an active advocate in their own labor and delivery process, now providing 24/7 coverage to the hospital for deliveries with its midwifery program. Regional One Health is the only hospital in Shelby County that staffs Certified Nurse Midwives as part of its OB/GYN team, giving expectant mothers another labor and delivery [...]
ONE Thought: The Power of the Individual
Hospital Week is a time to recognize the role each of our employees plays in the care of our patients. From scheduling appointments to cleaning rooms, we celebrate the role of the individual because we recognize it is the level at which work is done, care is delivered, and lives are saved. This also is the reason why empowerment and accountability at the individual level are so important. Our employees know when they come [...]
Boggs brings caring touch to anesthesiology
The opportunity to help others is a common reason people go into the medical profession. But Dr. Steven Boggs, MD, takes that idea a little further. Dr. Boggs is the newest anesthesiologist with UT Regional One Physicians and a member of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Department of Anesthesiology, coming to Memphis in April. He reasons there are plenty of professions that allow people to help others, from business to the clergy. [...]
Placing a Focus on Patient Experience
The Regional One Health core mission is to deliver compassionate, high-quality health care. But beyond the clinical side of the healing work is the patient experience while receiving treatment. Regional One Health strives to always exceed customers’ expectations by providing high-quality, safe and personalized care in a professional, compassionate and friendly manner. That patient experience is vital to the healing work at Regional One Health. You’ve possibly noticed a grouping of smiling faces and [...]
Free healthy skin and anti-aging seminar
Regional One Health invites you to join us for a seminar on the latest advancements in aesthetics focused on helping women look and feel great. Attendees will learn about Botox, Juvederm, Voluma, Kybella and more. We will also share information about a protective skin care system that helps protect against future damage and improves dull, uneven skin texture and tone. The event will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2017 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at [...]