Technology is a game changer in healthcare, and Covenant Health’s Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center is experiencing new wins. Margie Bowman of Whitesburg, Tennessee, is the first patient at the …
Hillcrest Healthcare Foundation golf tournament raises record amount
The Hillcrest Healthcare Foundation golf tournament Oct. 2 raised nearly $30,000.
The tournament is one of three major fundraisers for the foundation as it serves critical needs for the residents and …
Dr. Shields is medical director of clinical informatics
Covenant Health has announced Nicole Shields, MD, FAAFP, as the health enterprise’s new medical director of clinical informatics, effective Oct. 1, 2023.
Clinical informatics uses data and health information technology to …
Covenant Health lists initiatives to prevent suicide
According to the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network, more than three people in the state of Tennessee die by suicide every day. That’s 21 deaths per week and 97 per month, …
UTHSC researchers to study hormones’ impact on melanoma
As the United States experiences a continuous increase in cases of melanoma, researchers from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis are beginning a study to determine whether …
Covenant Health’s Advanced Care at Home brings hospital-level care ‘in-house’
With a chronic disease that makes her susceptible to infections, Kristen McAllister spends more time in local hospitals than she’d like to. No matter how great the care is, there’s …
Covenant Health receives Regents Award
The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has awarded Covenant Health the Regents Award for Excellence in Philanthropy, a recognition reserved for those who go above and beyond in financial and …
Medically home ‘tiny house’ visits Parkwest Medical Center
Covenant Health Advanced Care at Home has expanded its hospital-at-home model to include patients at Parkwest Medical Center. This innovative service launched earlier in 2023 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical …