On January 16, 2019 President, Thea Adell, called to order the first quarterly meeting of One Club. Thea welcomed members asked for a motion to approve the minutes from the November meeting. The motion was moved to the floor for members’ vote and then approved. One Club Treasurer, Shade Robinson, thanked members being quick [...]
Regional One Health’s Skilled Nursing and Subacute Care facility is being recognized by US News and World Report as one of the nation’s Best Nursing Homes and the only Top Performing facility of its kind in Memphis. It’s an honor based on data and statistics, but for Subacute Administrator Nicole Lowe and Subacute Director [...]
By Theresa Woodard, internal medicine practitioner at Harbor of Health Dr. Theresa Woodard says to avoid fad diets and instead develop a balanced, healthy eating plan. Remember when we were going to pay for our kids’ college by selling their Beanie Babies? Or when we wore acid-washed jeans and used lots of aerosol hairspray? [...]
The “power of empathy” generated by ONE Health, Regional One Health’s innovative complex care initiative, was featured on the cityCURRENT radio show in December. Megan Williams, ONE Health Project Manager Patrick Byrne, Regional One Health Foundation Development Director, and Megan Williams, ONE Health Project Manager, described how the initiative works with super-utilizers [...]
Many people make a New Year’s Resolution to get healthy – but too often skip a crucial step: a checkup to assess their medical needs and find out what they really need to do to feel their best. Amanda Best, a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in internal medicine at Regional One Health’s East [...]
It’s the rare person who knows what they want to do with their life at 5 years old, but for Cecilia Dowsing-Adams, MD, that’s when she knew she wanted to be the sort of doctor who cares for every generation of the family, from newborn babies to senior citizens. Dr. Dowsing-Adams is realizing that [...]
For big-hearted Regional One Health employees, taking care of the health and wellbeing of Mid-South residents doesn’t stop when they’re off the clock. As the holiday season neared and the specter loomed of families having nothing on their table, approximately 75 volunteers gathered in the Regional One Health cafeteria to pack nutritious and hearty [...]
This is part two of our One Health Update. Click here to read part one. "There were too many short-sighted decisions. He isn’t going to get better, but by investing on the front end, we could improve his quality of life.” - Susan Cooper For the patients in Regional One Health’s ONE [...]
In its first eight months of enrolling patients, ONE Health, Regional One Health’s complex care initiative, has made remarkable strides among Memphis’s most vulnerable residents, giving hope to the hopeless and healing broken lives. ONE Health, led by Regional One Health Senior Vice President and Chief Integration Officer Susan Cooper and Project Manager Megan [...]
By Theresa Woodard, internal medicine practitioner at Harbor of Health When it comes to maintaining healthy habits at the end of the year, you might think the cards are stacked against you – and not just the pile of holiday greetings you need to get in the mail. Dr. Theresa Woodard at Harbor [...]