General George Patton didn’t know a thing about COVID-19, but he knew all battle plans look good on paper. The test is meeting the enemy. One of the growing flanks is testing and the days it is now taking to get results.
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, pediatricians are still worried about a slowdown in childhood vaccinations in the U.S. In mid-March, as President Donald Trump declared COVID-19 a national emergency and states implemented stay-at-home orders and social distancing guidance, non-emergency health care ground largely to a halt, including for children. A federal report indicated routine child… Read More
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will receive a grant of $342,000 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for research on gastrointestinal dysfunction.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center runs testing centers at Tiger Lane in Midtown and Cresthaven in East Memphis. The university also operates its own processing laboratory with a turnaround time of about 24 hours, said Dr. Scott Strome, executive dean of the medical school.
To its credit, the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division was quick to throw the kill switch on utility cut-offs as the coronavirus pandemic began gaining ground in March.
InteliChart, the leader in patient engagement technologies, is pleased to announce that University Clinical Health (UCH), a 175-physician, multi-specialty practice affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has selected InteliChart’s Healthy Outcomes® platform to modernize and streamline their patient and healthcare consumer experience by orchestrating engagement for patient portal, digital patient intake, and… Read More
We talked with a Mid-South doctor who is part of the Shelby County COVID-19 Joint Task Force to answer some questions about the latest developments surrounding the coronavirus pandemic and the impact it’s having on the region. Dr. Jon McCullers the chair of the Department of Pediatrics in the College of Medicine at the University… Read More
Early in the pandemic, a chorus of researchers called for a national vaccination campaign for measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR as the shot is called in doctors’ offices.
