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Innovative HIFU Therapy Trial Available for Prostate Cancer Patients
For the past 10 years, other countries have been offering prostate cancer patients a minimally invasive procedure known as HIFU (high intensity focused ultrasound), a precise and targeted therapy using sound waves to ablate a focused area of cancerous prostate tissue.
HOLLI W. HAYNIE |
TMA, BCBST Settle Lawsuit
On April 27, when involved parties announced a preliminary settlement to the class action lawsuit filed four years ago, a major step was taken in ending the long-running battle that pitted nearly 900,000 physicians and their representative medical societies against the BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS) Association and individual BCBS plans nationwide.
CINDY SANDERS |
Centerstone and Quinco Set to Join Forces
Centerstone, a mental health consortium based in Nashville, expects to expand its circle of care to include clients in West Tennessee after a proposed alliance with Quinco Mental Health Centers is completed. Quinco, a major not-for-profit provider of mental health services in the western part of the state, is based in Bolivar, Tenn.
KELLY PRICE |
State Health Officials Keeping a Close Eye on West Nile Virus
May marked the beginning of another West Nile Virus season in Tennessee, and state health officials predict that, if recent trends continue, 2007 will be worse than the previous few years.
"While numbers of West Nile virus cases are hard to predict, with the rise in cases last year, it is possible we could see a more severe season in Tennessee this year...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Demand for Medical Imaging Technology Increasing
According to a new study from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland, Ohio-based industry research firm, the demand for medical imaging products is expected to increase 6 percent annually to $21.4 billion by 2010.
GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
Grand Rounds June
Barbara Trautman To Receive American Medical Assoc. Belle Chenault Award
The Memphis Medical Society (MMS) announces that Mrs. Barbara Trautman, wife of Robert J. Trautman, Jr, M.D. a dermatologist at Dermatology Clinics, will be the 2007 recipient of the American Medical Association's (AMA) prestigious Belle Chenault Award for national political participation. The American Medical Political Action Committee (AMPAC) will award Mrs. Trautman the honor at the AMA National Convention taking place in Chicago on June 23-27.
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Groundbreaking VeinViewer™ Relieves Guess Work
Memphis neurologist Dr. Moacir Schnapp of Mays & Schnapp Pain Clinic and Rehabilitation Center was impressed with a device he saw in New York at WIRED magazine's NextFest, the World's Fair of Technology, but he didn't know it had been invented right under his nose in Memphis.
GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
Industry and Medicine: Dangerous Bedfellows or Useful Partners?
In this day of 24/7 media coverage and cyber-news, pharmaceutical companies have been the recent target of a Don Imus month. Let's quickly review what has happened and how it may bode for the future.
First, in late April, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a comprehensive analysis of ...
RICHARD G. COWART |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Michael Rohrer
The opportunity to forge a new training ground for vascular surgeons had long been a dream for Dr. Michael Rohrer. The chance that it might come about in the one city where his wife also felt she could further her career in pediatric hematology seemed too good to be true.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Pilot Program Finds Non-urgent ER Patients a Medical Home
Caring for the uninsured is everyone's responsibility. That's the adage behind a newly launched pilot program designed to unclog local emergency rooms with non-urgent health matters by helping the uninsured find a primary care provider.
HOLLI W. HAYNIE |
Tennessee Plans Four New Colleges of Pharmacy
Students wishing to practice pharmacy will now have a much better shot at getting enrolled now that pharmacy schools are popping up all over the state.
East Tennessee State University (ETSU), which began classes in January, Lipscomb University, Union University and Belmont University will each be opening new colleges of pharmacy.
GLORIA BUTLER BALDWIN |
Well Managed Accounts Receivable Can Improve Cash Flow
Improvement of cash flow generally tops the list of priorities for medical practice managers. Good management of accounts receivable operations is fundamental to improved cash flow because it can make a big difference — a big difference — in the payments received for services provided and in the financial success of the practice.
SARA S. LANKFORD, CPA AND LUCY R. CARTER, CPA |
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