Over seven years, West Cancer Center accepted $13-$16 million from Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare for oncology services it did not perform at Methodist hospitals, according to West executives, now cooperating in a federal lawsuit against Methodist. The deal was part of a much larger incentive plan that netted Methodist more than $1.5 billion in new… Read More
A recently published report reveals that West Cancer Center & Research Center hired one of the world’s leading gastrointestinal oncologists despite him being forced out of his former job for allegations of professional misconduct.
Bailey, who is director for the Center for Health Systems Improvement at UTHSC, which receives 25,000 visits annually, says their survey data showed that “less than 25% of low-income people had one or more primary care visits in 2020.” So, the intersection of having a low income, living in a community of color and having… Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic challenged all of us, but hope is on the horizon. With vaccinations on the rise and case counts dropping, we’ve reached a turning point in the fight against COVID-19. But our patients, our community, our nation, and the world need your help.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center intends to build its future with Regional One Health, the safety-net hospital in the Medical District, as its decades-long relationship with Methodist University Hospital shrinks. While negotiations are not final, UT College of Medicine Executive Dean Dr. Scott Strome in mid-May outlined reassignments for several dozen physicians, including… Read More
“Viruses exist to thrive. ”That’s a line from William Haseltine’s recent essay for Scientific American. Haseltine is a former Harvard School of Medicine professor and author of “Variants! The Shape-Shifting Challenge of COVID-19.” Even when straitened to the single question, “How Will the Coronavirus Evolve?”— and that’s the title of his essay —COVID-19 is a… Read More
Shortly after the Centers for Disease Control announced Thursday, May 13, that vaccinated Americans could return to normal, ditching the masks in almost all situations, including large gatherings, Shelby County government said Health Directive No. 21, set to go into effect Saturday, may be in for a rewrite.
With more than a year of data from its own employees, researchers at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have evidence that COVID vaccines prevent infection among people who have no symptoms.
