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….
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford is pleased to announce the installation of one of its latest technological advancements, the Siemens Artis Q biplane angiography system. The culmination of this project represents a $2.75 million investment by the hospital. Housed in a newly constructed suite in the radiology department, this advanced interventional imaging system combines high performance…
With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) having issued emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 vaccine, Ascension, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit and Catholic health systems, is implementing a comprehensive vaccine distribution plan that is consistent with federal, state and local guidance. Today, at 11:00am, Ascension Saint Thomas, in Nashville, administered its…
Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital West has displayed a Nativity scene each Advent season for more than a century. In recent decades, the familiar scene has been staged on a grassy hill above Harding Road. A few years ago, the hospital commissioned a new creche (manger) and bought new, life-size figures. In a “normal” year, December…
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence. Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford earned the award…
Longtime Antioch resident Geraldean Smith celebrated her 66th birthday on September 30th. Her most memorable present? A kidney donated by her son, 42-year-old Howard Smith Jr. Taking a break from his successful career in IT recruiting in Pittsburgh, Howard returned to Middle Tennessee this May to help his mom Geraldean and dad Howard Sr. as…