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NewsChannel 5 WTVF
Why did Tennessee remove all nursing home inspection reports from state website?
Sumner County Source
Highpoint Family Wellness and Pediatric Clinic Opening in Portland
A new school-based healthcare clinic is opening inside J.W. Wiseman Elementary School, and the community is invited to celebrate during a grand opening event this week. Click for More News Highpoint Family Wellness and Pediatrics – Portland with Ascension Saint Thomas was created through a partnership between Highpoint Health with Ascension Saint Thomas and Sumner […] The post Highpoint Family Wellness and Pediatric Clinic Opening in Portland appeared first on Sumner County Source .
The Tennessean
Cyclospora infections are rising in Tennessee. What a Nashville food safety expert says
You brush your teeth and your hair. Now, a Metro Nashville Public Health Department manager said you should add fruits and vegetables to the list to help protect against Cyclospora and other foodborne illnesses. Metro Nashville Health Manager Ivone Rodriguez said the recent spotlight on food safety due to the national outbreak of Cyclospora, which can cause explosive diarrhea, underscores the importance of taking precautions at home. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first known Tennessee case of cyclosporiasis, the illness caused by the Cyclospora parasite, on July 1. As of July 18, the most recent provisional data available, Tennessee had 79 probable or confirmed cases of the illness that causes watery diarrhea with frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements, according to state health department data. The Nashville-Davidson County region reported nine cases, health records show. The Jackson-Madison County region had the most with 22 cases, followed by 17 in the Mid-Cumberland region and 11 in the West Tennessee region, which doesn't include Memphis-Shelby County, where there were four cases. The national outbreak has been driven by a few heavily impacted states, such as Michigan, West Virginia, and Ohio. But officials said that the actual
NewsChannel 5 WTVF
Nursing home patient ends up on streets after facility refuses to take him back
Nursing home patient Johnny Ensley was left with no place to go after the Waters of Springfield refused to take him back after he went to the hospital for testing. He ended up on the side of the road.
The Commercial Appeal
UT health science center expanding Health Hubs program across Tennessee
What began as an effort to improve healthcare access in Memphis is now expanding across Tennessee, bringing preventive care and chronic disease support to more underserved communities. The United Health Foundation has committed $4 million to expand a Memphis-born health initiative designed to improve access to preventive care and chronic disease support in underserved communities across Tennessee. This investment will allow the University of Tennessee Health Science Center to expand its TennesseeCares Health Hubs network from five locations to 13 by the end of 2027. The model, started by Dr. James Bailey, executive director of the Tennessee Population Health Consortium and TennesseeCares Health Hubs, began in Memphis and Shelby County and has since expanded into rural West Tennessee communities. According to UTHSC, the program has served more than 4,000 people through more than 20,000 visits since launching in 2022. "This is really an example of partnerships and people coming together to help people that are disadvantaged in the communities of Memphis, and now increasingly in rural communities," UTHSC Chancellor Peter Buckley said. Buckley said the program's expansion will rely on partnerships the university has built across Tennessee with healthcare systems and community organizations. Rather than replicating the Memphis model exactly,
svalleynow.com
Tennessee Valley Hospitals Among Those Warned Over Federal Price Transparency Rules
Several hospitals serving the Tennessee Valley were among more than 500 nationwide recently notified by the Trump administration to improve compliance with federal hospital price transparency requirements, according to reports by the Associated Press. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), 519 hospitals across the country received...
WSMV
Report names 9 Middle Tennessee-area hospitals in federal price-transparency crackdown
A watchdog group says nine hospitals in the Nashville area were among more than 500 nationwide flagged by the federal government over hospital price-transparency requirements. Price transparency is intended to help patients, employers and insurers compare the expected cost of care before treatment, the group says. Federal officials can require...