VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) is encouraging middle Tennessee landlords to partner with its homeless Veteran program in light of the ongoing affordable housing crisis. The TVHS Homeless Veteran Program provides rental subsidies for roughly 1,000 Veterans and their families in middle Tennessee, however, the program is facing challenges due to increases in rent…
Today, Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford became the first healthcare facility in Rutherford County to offer a potentially life-saving stroke intervention called thrombectomy. Thrombectomy is a minimally invasive procedure in which an interventional radiologist uses a catheter to remove a thrombus (blood clot) that has formed in an artery or vein. Previously, stroke patients required time-consuming…
Job seekers are encouraged to explore opportunities with Ascension Saint Thomas Rehabilitation Hospital, the highly anticipated facility set to open this summer on the Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown campus. A joint operation of Ascension Saint Thomas and Kindred Rehabilitation Services, a division of LifePoint Health, the 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital will provide personalized and…
Enjoy the pictures below from the Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation’s annual Rutherford Society Gala, held on March 19, 2022, at Middle Tennessee State University’s Student Union Ballroom. Attendees welcomed special guest Deborah Roberts, ABC News Senior National Affairs Correspondent, as their keynote speaker. She shared her message of hope and possibility from growing up…
From our friends at TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center: “TriStar StoneCrest is celebrating National Social Work Month. Join us in uplifting our social workers! Social workers are true superheroes who strive every day to improve our patient’s quality of life and advocate on their behalf. We hope you will join us this month to recognize our…
Nurses Shannon and Stephanie from TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center spent some time with the students of Rocky Fork Middle School helping to educate them on the signs and symptoms associated with a stroke. They also used an innovative and creative operation game allowing the students to be the hero by saving the day through surgery.
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center welcomed an incredible group of new colleagues to help care for our community. Each of these new colleagues will join the StoneCrest family to deliver superior patient care to every patient, every time. Our TriStar StoneCrest family is driven by the mission: Above all else, they are committed to the care…
Ascension Saint Thomas has entered into a strategic agreement with Southwest Value Partners and AEG, joint venture partners and co-developers of the Nashville Yards entertainment district and music venue, to become a Founding Partner of the 18-acre Nashville Yards as well as the exclusive naming rights partner for the project’s open plaza and green space,…
TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center is the first hospital in Tennessee to use artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the detection of precancerous colonic polyps during screening colonoscopies. Enhanced screening through the GI Genius TM Intelligent Endoscopy Module, is a powerful new ally in the prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC). “TriStar StoneCrest is proud to offer the…
LaShan Dixon began working at the Rutherford County Health Department in the Fall of 2008 as a TENNderCare Outreach Representative. An MTSU alumna, LaShan saw the position as a way to advocate for underserved individuals and communities. Her passion was obvious to those around her and after only three years she was offered the position…