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Tri-Star Stonecrest Medical Donates 500 Masks to Rutherford County Businesses to Support #RutherfordResponsible Initiative

ByMurfreesboro.com

Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron announced a new initiative last week entitled “#RutherfordResponsible” strongly encouraging citizens and businesses to wear masks in public places where social distancing is impractical. As part of that initiative, Rutherford County reached out to the Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Murfreesboro to promote #RutherfordResponsible to their membership. “We want…

TriStar Stonecrest in Tennessee preforms minimally invasive scarless procedure

TriStar Stonecrest in Tennessee preforms minimally invasive scarless procedure

ByMurfreesboro.com

The surgical team at TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center, under the direction of general surgeon, Joshua Taylor, MD, FACS, with The Surgical Clinic, was the first in Tennessee to remove thyroid glands using an approach that leaves no visible scar. Rather than performing the surgery through an incision in the neck, which leaves a visible scar,…

TriStar Patient Advisor Hotline

TriStar Health Adds Health Coverage Resources Hotline During Pandemic

ByMurfreesboro.com

A health insurance coverage hotline has been established by TriStar Health and HCA Healthcare, to assist those whose insurance coverage has been impacted by a life-changing event, such as job loss or reduced income, as a result of the economic impact caused by COVID-19. “The COVID-19 crisis has challenged our communities in many ways, and…

Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown’s Campus

Ascension Saint Thomas Announces Investment to Enhance Midtown Campus

ByMurfreesboro.com

Ascension Saint Thomas has announced an overall campus masterplan to enhance clinical program development and access to care at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown. Since 2017, Ascension Saint Thomas has researched, planned and developed a 10-year Master Facility Plan to make necessary improvements to Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown’s large, urban campus. Ascension Saint Thomas identified a…

Entire Family Tests Covid-Positive; Son Home after Lengthy Nashville Hospital Stay

Entire Family Tests Covid-Positive; Son Home after Lengthy Nashville Hospital Stay

ByMurfreesboro.com

On April 6, 24-year-old Patrick Dalton and his wife Bailey, 23, should have been celebrating their first wedding anniversary. Instead, Patrick fought for his life in an East Tennessee hospital bed. Meanwhile, Bailey was quarantined in the Knoxville home they share with Patrick’s parents, Felicia and Tony, and his younger brother Alex. Everyone in the…

TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center

TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center Nationally Recognized with an ‘A’ for the Spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

ByMurfreesboro.com

TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ in the spring 2020 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, a national distinction recognizing TriStar StoneCrest Medical Center’s achievements providing safer health care. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national watchdog organization committed to health care quality and safety. The Safety Grade is a letter grade assigned to all…

Feeding Nashville

Community Members Fight Pandemic by Sharing Joy

ByMurfreesboro.com

Craving some uplifting news? Scroll through the roundup below to learn how Middle Tennesseans of all backgrounds are spreading positivity during this pandemic. Amy Lee, an art teacher at Nashville’s St. Edwards School, is continuing to engage with her students virtually. As part of one recent homework assignment, Amy encouraged students to design cards for…

Saint Thomas Proposes Tennessee’s First Neighborhood Hospital

Saint Thomas Proposes Tennessee’s First Neighborhood Hospital

ByMurfreesboro.com

Ascension Saint Thomas is transforming healthcare and expanding access in Middle Tennessee with the proposed construction of the State of Tennessee’s first neighborhood hospital, located in Murfreesboro, near the Westlawn community by Veteran’s Parkway and Shores Road. If approved by the Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency (HSDA), the neighborhood hospital, to be known as…

Merritt and Logan

Police Officers and Others Recognize Saint Thomas Associates

ByMurfreesboro.com

Craving some uplifting news? Scroll through the roundup below to learn how Metro Nashville Police Officers and Middle Tennesseans of all backgrounds have celebrated the service and sacrifice of Ascension Saint Thomas associates. As pictured below, police officers parked outside Saint Thomas Midtown Hospital and stood outside their vehicles to enthusiastically applaud hospital associates. Children…