Expectant mothers can breathe a sigh of relief as Ascension Saint Thomas loosens visitor restrictions for its obstetrics areas. At the Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown, Rutherford, and River Park campuses, 2 visitors ages 18 or older and 1 approved doula are now allowed to visit the mom’s room simultaneously. In order to maximize Covid safety,…
On February 9, Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West became the first Ascension hospital in the country and the only medical facility in Tennessee to offer intracoronary brachytherapy, a procedure that helps improve chest pain in patients with stents that have re-narrowed (sometimes called “collapsed”) and reduces the chance of them narrowing again in the future….
There is never a shortness of sweetness on February 14th, but Cupid has outdone himself with the arrival of these bundles of joy at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown and Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital. The Tennessee Titans join Ascension Saint Thomas in celebrating the first baby born on February 14th at each facility by…
As families across the country spent Super Bowl Sunday glued to The Big Game, one Murfreesboro church family dedicated their weekend to serving food to the healthcare heroes of Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital. Alinea Church partnered with local restaurant Tasty Table to serve 410 meals to the hospital’s frontline workers. Lead pastor Jeremy Pickwell…
Middle Tennessee proudly “went red” on Friday for National Wear Red Day, but the mission of Heart Month is far from over! The newborns of Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown and Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford are donning red to raise awareness for Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week. CHD Awareness Week runs from February 7th through…
Ascension Saint Thomas is the first health system in Tennessee, and one of the first in the nation, approved to provide Hospital Care at Home to Medicare fee-for-service patients. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approved the service at Ascension Saint Thomas West and…
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is pleased to recognize its 2020 honorees for outstanding accomplishments in clinical leadership. Dr. Pam Singer has been named Physician of the Year, Dr. Vlada Melekhin received the Clinical Excellence Award, and Dr. Joseph Little was honored with the Olin Williams Distinguished Service Award. Physician of the Year honoree Dr….
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital is pleased to introduce Doris Price, DNP, MSN, RN, NE-BC, as its new Director of the Emergency Department. Doris most recently served as Director of Critical Care Services for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas. In her six years with the state’s largest faith-based, non-profit health system,…
Few new years have been as eagerly awaited as 2021, so cutie Christopher “Tripp” Michael Richey III understandably made an early-morning arrival today! Tripp was born at 2:35 AM at Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown, making him the hospital and health system’s first newborn of the year. The Tennessee Titans and Pinnacle Financial Partners joined…
A new baby is always a gift, but the newborns at the Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital Midtown NICU have taken the saying quite literally this December. Our RNs have created Christmas magic by hand-making outfits for our NICU babies. Each child’s “gift tag” is inscribed with an attribute or adjective that describes him or her….