Ascension Saint Thomas

Ascension Saint Thomas and Results Physiotherapy Partner to Expand Outpatient Rehabilitation Network

Ascension Saint Thomas and Results Physiotherapy have announced they have signed a letter of intent to integrate their outpatient rehabilitation operations and clinicians across Middle Tennessee, creating a partnership of physical, speech and occupational therapies with 55 locations in the region. The proposed affiliation will bring together the rehabilitation teams and capabilities of Ascension Saint…

Young Teacher Survives Rare Cancer, Founds Non-Profit

Young Teacher Survives Rare Cancer, Founds Non-Profit

A classroom veteran with 12 years of teaching experience, Bailey Wolfe calls teaching elementary math and reading “the best job ever.” Though Covid-19 has turned classroom norms upside down, Bailey is just grateful to be back at the blackboard. Less than a year ago, she was fighting for her life in a grueling battle against…

LaShan Dixon Award Winner

Rutherford County Assistant Public Health Director Receives Three Prestigious Honors

Rutherford County’s Assistant Public Health Director received three prestigious honors in August and September consecutively. LaShan Dixon was recognized in August with Middle Tennessee State University’s (MTSU) “Young Alumni Achievement Award,” an award “given to a graduate age 35 or younger making a positive impact in the world.” The university stated that LaShan, who has…

Saint Thomas MedPoint Clinic

Ascension Saint Thomas Launches First On-Site/Near-Site Employer Clinics

Mayor Bill Ketron, Chamber of Commerce President Paul Latture, Ascension Medical Group President Yvette Doran, and Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford President and CEO Gordon Ferguson were among the Rutherford County leaders who spoke at yesterday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newest Rutherford County MedPoint Health Center at 2723 New Salem Highway in Murfreesboro. Through a new…

Note of Encouragement

Local Hospitals Seeking Notes of Encouragement FOR NICU Families FROM NICU Graduates

Did you know that more than half a million US babies are admitted to neonatal intensive care units in any given year, according to the National Perinatal Association? In honor of NICU Awareness Month, Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown and Rutherford hospitals are seeking notes of encouragement from Ascension Saint Thomas NICU graduates and their parents….

Prakash Patel, M.D

TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center Names New Chief Medical Officer

TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center is pleased to announce that Prakash Patel, M.D., has been named as the new chief medical officer. In this role, Dr. Patel will oversee patient safety and quality, regulatory compliance, development and implementation of innovative clinical programs, and physician relations. As a member of the executive leadership team, he will also…

TriStar StoneCrest Blood Drive Social

Blood Assurance is expanding and serving more hospitals in the Middle Tennessee area

Local non-profit blood center, Blood Assurance, is now serving the TriStar Health hospitals and facilities in the Nashville and the surrounding areas. On July 1, they became the provider of blood and blood products to these area hospitals. “We are excited and proud to serve more patients and hospitals in the Nashville and surrounding communities,”…

TN Save a Life First Responder

RCEMS is Pilot Agency for “TN Save a Life-First Responder” Substance Abuse Outreach Program

Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services (RCEMS) will serve as a pilot agency for the “TN Save a Life-First Responder” substance abuse outreach program. The program is an addition to the “TN Save a Life” program which utilizes Regional Overdose Prevention Specialists (ROPS) to increase public awareness, promote harm reduction, reduce stigma, and deploy rapid response…