NICU Stories: Sarah’s 2010 Miracle Eight Years Later
Spring break seemed like a good time for a Caribbean cruise. Sarah Davies is an elementary school teacher in Blytheville, Arkansas, so the academic calendar plays a role in any vacation planning. At 26 weeks pregnant, she was just under the cruise travel cutoff for pregnant women. Her physician gave her the OK to travel. The cruise went well. Sarah returned home and went back to school the following week. But on the second [...]
Martin Croce, MD, named chief medical officer at Regional One Health
Martin Croce, MD, Chief Medical Officer Martin Croce, MD, has been named senior vice president and chief medical officer of Regional One Health. Dr. Croce is transitioning to this administrative role after a lengthy and distinguished career in one of the busiest trauma centers in the United States - the Elvis Presley Trauma Center at Regional One Health. As chief medical officer, Dr. Croce will oversee quality, medical research, medical staff services, regulatory readiness [...]
In the news: Dr. Tate discusses maternal mortality on Live at 9
The U.S. leads the developed world in the number of women who die of complications from pregnancy, and all three Mid-South states are among the states with the biggest problems. Dr. Danielle Tate from our high risk obstetrics program shared some insight into this issue both with Live at 9 and the attendees at yesterday's special symposium in Memphis titled, “Maternal Health and Infant Mortality in Memphis: A Local & Congressional Discussion.
NICU Stories: Stephanie’s 1983 Christmas Eve Homecoming
Stephanie, due on Dec. 24, came a few months early on Sept. 29. Today Stephanie Lemley is an assistant professor in the Mississippi State University College of Education, mom of a baby boy, and enjoying a happy life with her husband in Starkville. But in the fall of 1983, Stephanie was a newborn fighting for her life at Regional One Health’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Her mom, Debbie Bain, was 29 when [...]
Spirit of innovation celebrated at Regional One Health
Marilyn Lee, Pharm.D., participates in a panel discussion about innovation in health care. When Regional One Health launched its Center for Innovation, the system set out to create a collaborative environment where partners such as employees, physicians, entrepreneurs and others could work together to explore ideas to answer some of health care’s most challenging issues. Whether it is focusing on ideas to reduce costs and improve efficiency or ways to use technology [...]
Trauma Center Honors Dr. Fabian
It's not every night that a Hospital Wing helicopter lands at AutoZone Park with the founding medical director of the Elvis Presley Trauma Center inside! Take a look at how our team celebrated Dr. Fabian to thank him for what he's done for the Mid-South and our health system.
ONE Health 12 Month Update: Data Shows Real Opportunity
Susan Cooper gives a 12 month report to community partners at a ONE Health update meeting at Neighborhood Christian Center Every Memphian deserves great health care regardless of insurance coverage, age or housing situation. That’s part of the focus of ONE Health, an effort at Regional One Health to use compassionate care and exceptional services to keep the city’s most vulnerable residents healthier. ONE Health launched in summer 2017 as an effort [...]
Local Memphis Live features nurse midwives, Regional One Memphis Music Series
Regional One Health nurse midwife Brenda “Breia” Loft, CNM, MSN, joined Levitt Shell Executive Director Anne Pitts on Local 24 earlier this week to discuss the upcoming weekend of concerts in the Regional One Memphis Music Series as well as midwifery services at Regional One Health. The Regional One Memphis Music Series began June 17 and takes place throughout the Orion Free Concert Series at the Levitt Shell this summer and fall. This week’s [...]
In the news: Commercial Appeal highlights work to target super utilizers
"Most people don't wake up saying, 'It's Thursday, I'm going to go out and over-utilize services.' They wake up and have a perceived need," said Susan Cooper, senior vice president and chief integration officer at Regional One Health. When Regional One Health launched ONE Health during summer 2017, it was an effort to improve care for a small group of patients known as super utilizers. These individuals show up at the emergency [...]
Bella Vita gives back to Critical Care families
Stephanie Singley (left) was inspired to bring food to the waiting room when she noticed other families spending more time there while her mom was a patient at Regional One Health. Stephanie Singley understands the stress and uncertainty family members of Regional One Health patients experience while in the Critical Care Waiting Room. She walked a few miles in their shoes when her mother was a patient. Stephanie’s mother spent five weeks [...]