Saint Thomas Rutherford hosted a topping out ceremony to celebrate construction of the highest point of its vertical expansion at their Medical Center Parkway campus. The celebration included representatives of the hospital board, Foundation board and management team. The beam that marks the highest point of Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital was placed on February 26,…
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital has been awarded a $985,000 grant from The Christy Houston Foundation, Inc. which will be used in a facility expansion to house a new 256 slice CT unit at Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital. The Christy Houston Foundation presented the grant to Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in late 2018 and expansion of…
Prevention Coalition for Success would like to announce the first Town Hall meeting in northern Rutherford County to be held on February 21, 2019 at La Vergne High School, 250 Wolverine Trail, La Vergne, Tennessee. This town hall meeting will address the opioid crisis and substance abuse. The FREE event will put focus on the…
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has recognized TriStar Centennial Medical Center with a Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care designation, as part of the Blue Distinction Specialty Care program. Blue Distinction Centers are nationally designated providers that show expertise in delivering improved patient safety and better health outcomes, based on objective measures that were developed with…
TriStar Centennial Heart and Vascular Center has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval™ for its ventricular assist device destination therapy program. The certification recognizes TriStar Centennial’s dedication to continuous compliance standards with The Joint Commission’s standards by demonstrating a commitment to meeting stringent criteria for healthcare quality and safety in disease-specific care. TriStar…
A new innovation that holds promise to fight lung cancer is now in use at TriStar Centennial Medical Center. Used to view the inside of the lungs and obtain a tissue sample for biopsy, the goal of Auris Health’s Monarch™ Platform is to enable earlier and more-accurate diagnosis of small and hard-to-reach nodules in the…
TriStar Health which includes TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center, has added NICVIEW web streaming cameras to the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) at five of its Nashvillearea hospitals. The TriStar hospitals with this new technology include TriStar Centennial, TriStar StoneCrest, TriStar Summit, TriStar Hendersonville and TriStar Horizon medical centers. Each NICVIEW camera will be mounted on…
Rutherford County Fire Rescue is excited to offer this free CPR training to our community, taught by Capt. Paula Todd. Classes are held approximately one Saturday a month and take place at the RCFR Training Center located at 1504 West College Street, in Murfreesboro. Hands-Only CPR is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation without the mouth-to-mouth breaths. It is…
TriStar Health is pleased to announce the opening of Centennial Women’s Group. The 11-member OB-GYN physician practice is fully dedicated to offering women convenient access to high-quality gynecology and reproductive health services, as well as pre-natal care and delivery. Board-certified OB-GYN physicians, Jennifer Bell, M.D., Jeffrey Draughn, M.D., Hannah Dudney, M.D., Rhonda Halcomb, M.D., Katherine…
February is American Heart Month. And MTSU once again participated in the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. The MTSU community gathered Friday (Feb. 1 National Wear Red Day) for a short program and heart-shaped photo opportunity for attendees assembled in the Liz and Creighton Rhea Atrium. Those attending learned about risks and…