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Former St. Mary’s Hospital site moves closer to housing redevelopment
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The former St. Mary’s Hospital site moved a step closer to redevelopment Wednesday after the Design Review Board approved plans for townhomes on the 30-acre property. The board approved a request for up to 21 townhomes on about an acre and a half along Huron...
WATE
Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital staff raise awareness of sleep safety for babies
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Doctors, nurses, and staff at Dolly Parton Children’s Hospital in Knoxville will wear their pajamas to work on Thursday in support of a great cause: Raising awareness about sleep-related infant deaths. Tragically, there are around 3,500 such deaths every year across the country. In Tennessee, the number rose 71% between 2024 […]
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MC students seek health care off campus grounds
At one time, an on-campus nurse in Fayerweather Hall offered students immediate medical care without leaving campus. Now, students must seek care off campus, often traveling to nearby clinics or across the street to Blount Memorial Hospital for treatment. The shift has left some students questioning accessibility and whether the...
The Daily Times
Maryville approves rezoning for Prisma Health in Royal Oaks area
Royal Oaks and Torrey Pines residents failed to convince Maryville City Council members Tuesday to reject a planning commission recommendation to rezone a 16-acre parcel of former Royal Oaks Golf Course property from residential to commercial use. The unanimous city council decision comes just over two weeks after Prisma Health officials first approached the Maryville Municipal Planning Commission with a request to rezone and reclassify land, which is located off U.S. Highway 411 South between the intersections of Legends Way and Dotson Memorial Road. It was originally purchased from Royal Oaks Golf Course operator Tinker Richmond in 2013. After the course shut down in 2018, the land sat mostly untouched, however Bruce Martin, director of engineering services for Prisma Health at Blount Memorial Hospital, said that the plan had always been to use it to expand the hospital’s reach. “That site was always planned to be a surgery center,” said Martin. “If we couldn’t get it rezoned, I imagine it would be sold to the highest bidder.” According to preliminary site plan designs submitted alongside hospital officials’ original requests, the idea is to construct a roughly 129,000-square-foot outpatient surgery center and medical office suite. Two parking lots with approximately 575
The Oak Ridger
East Tennessee's new simulation center trains future healthcare workers
East Tennessee has a critical shortage of nurses and other well-qualified healthcare professionals needed to meet the region’s growing demand for medical services. One reason is a decline in the number of high school graduates tied to a lower birth rate. At the same time, some mid-career adults are showing interest in helping fill the healthcare workforce pipeline. To boost the number of trained nurses and other healthcare specialists, faculty at the new $75 million Knox Regional Health Science Education and Simulation Center on Sherrill Boulevard, a short drive from Oak Ridge, have begun training students of all ages who want to pursue health science careers. Students will learn some skills in the building’s state-of-the-art simulation center, adjacent to Parkwest Medical Center in West Knoxville. The goal of the center, directed by Kirk Harris, is to train about 700 future nurses and healthcare workers annually to meet the region’s growing medical needs. Many students are enrolled at Roane State Community College and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology in Knoxville. The center also provides training for emergency medical services workers, nurses and other healthcare professionals who return for recertification or continuing education. The Knox Regional Health Science Education and Simulation
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Remote Area Medical to host free health care clinic in Harriman
HARRIMAN, Tenn. (WVLT) - Remote Area Medical (RAM) will be traveling to Harriman later this month to host a free health care clinic. RAM is offering free, comprehensive dental, vision and medical care at Roane State Community College’s Harriman Campus Clinic, located at 276 Patton Ln., on April 11 and 12.
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Knoxville RAM Clinic Restores Smiles For Hundreds
For one recent weekend in Knoxville, an empty exhibit hall became something closer to a field hospital. Volunteers with Remote Area Medical (RAM) hauled in dental chairs, eye exam equipment, and basic medical stations, then opened the doors to a crowd so desperate for care that some people slept in their cars for days just to get in line. For many, a few hours in that makeshift clinic meant relief from years of pain, new teeth or prescription glasses, and a shot at something that actually felt like normal life again. The demand was so intense that it surprised even seasoned volunteers.
WATE
Maryville could soon approve construction of surgery center at former golf course
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Maryville City Council could soon give the go-ahead for a new surgery center and outpatient medical office to be built. If approved, the proposed 129,000-square-foot building would be located at the former Royal Oaks Golf Course off of Legends Way in Maryville. It would be operated by Prisma Health, the South Carolina-based health care company, which acquired Blount Memorial Hospital in 2024.
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Prisma Health plans ASC in Tennessee
Maryville, Tenn., city officials will vote April 7 on whether to approve a proposed 129,000-square-foot ASC and outpatient medical office backed by Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health, according to a March 31 report by ABC affiliate WATE 6 News. The project would be built on a former golf course and include...
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FMC + Austin Sanders + John Mannone + Bill Thomas at TIS ++
An army of volunteers and donors is turning the old National Guard Armory at 1790 Oak Ridge Turnpike into an expanded Free Medical Clinic (FMC). Founded in 2010 by Dr. John and Mary Lou Auxier, the current clinic has outgrown its space. This YouTube video shows the transformation. FMC was...
The Newport Plain Talk
Rural Medical Services offers pilot program for pregnant moms
NEWPORT — Rural Medical Services (RMS) has been selected for a pilot program that will help expectant mothers stay healthy and get access to the services and programs they need while working toward a healthy pregnancy and a healthy delivery. Dr. Larry Mathers explained that all six doctors at RMS deliver babies at Tennova Newport Medical Center. During his tenure with RMS, he has delivered about 1,500 babies at the local hospital. “We have seen mothers come in to see us who appear to be six or seven months pregnant. When we ask them why they didn’t start prenatal care earlier, they often say it is because they didn’t have insurance or couldn’t afford the visits,” he said. “Through the TennSteps program, the mother works with an advocate who helps them find the resources they need. Everyone who needs insurance gets signed up for some kind of insurance. That way, they can get prenatal care and care after delivery,” Mathers added. He explained all the physicians at RMS are family physicians, but they have all undergone training in obstetrics. “In family-centered obstetric care we see birth as a normal, healthy physiologic process. We don’t see it as a medical problem
The Daily Times
Prisma to seek variance for 129k sq. ft. surgery center on former Royal Oaks Golf Course property
Prisma Health officials are one approval away from constructing a 129,000-square-foot outpatient surgery center on land near the Royal Oaks subdivision after Maryville Planning Commission approved a rezoning and land use reclassification request Tuesday, March 24. The request, as presented by C2RL’s Chris Soro, asked commissioners to consider rezoning an approximately 16-acre parcel on the former Royal Oaks Golf Course property from residential to commercial use in the city’s Business/Transportation zone. Commissioners voted 6-0 to recommend approval to the Maryville City Council, with Chair Keri Prigmore abstaining. Because the surgery center as presented exceeds the city’s 10,000-square-foot maximum for construction within a commercial zone, Prisma Health officials will need to receive a variance from the city’s Board of Zoning Appeals in order to proceed further. The parcel in question has been owned by the hospital since 2013, when former Royal Oaks Golf Course operator Tinker Richmond sold the land for around $600,000. Richmond continued to lease the property from the hospital for course use until he was forced to close in 2018. The land has sat vacant since. At the time of the sale, BMH officials indicated they may use the land for a new assisted- and independent-living facility, an
WATE
Blount County hospital moves closer to getting new surgery center, outpatient offices
WATE
Maryville could soon approve construction of surgery center at former golf course
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Maryville City Council could soon give the go-ahead for a new surgery center and outpatient medical office to be built. If approved, the proposed 129,000-square-foot building would be located at the former Royal Oaks Golf Course off of Legends Way in Maryville. It would be operated by Prisma Health, the […]