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Parkwest Medical Center performs Tennessee’s first ROSA® shoulder procedure
Covenant Health’s Parkwest Medical Center has performed Tennessee’s first robotic-assisted ROSA® Shoulder System procedure. Parkwest is one of only 15 centers worldwide to perform a robotic-assisted ROSA Shoulder replacement and among the first hospitals in the Southeast to offer the technology. Image submitted. KNOXVILLE — Covenant Health’s...
The Rogersville Review
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Pathways to Healthcare gives UT students medical experience
The Jackson Madison County General Hospital welcomed over a hundred students from the University of Tennessee. In order to give students a first look at the medical field. 39 News asks some of the students what they hope to learn during their visit.
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WATE
Covenant Health helicopters take flight to speed up medical transport in East Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Covenant Health Air is lifting off the ground, saving lives in East Tennessee. It unveiled two new medical helicopters on Monday, one based out of Rockwood and the other out of Morristown, making it easier to transport patients in critical condition. “We want to bring the hospital to the bedside,” said […]
The Oak Ridger
New health science center to be featured at Altrusa Oak Ridge meeting
The Knox Regional Health Science Education Center , a new Roane State Community College campus that is now open in West Knoxville, will be focus of the Wednesday, Oct. 28, meeting of Altrusa International of Oak Ridge. The 130,000-square-foot facility is located at 9575 Sherrill Boulevard, across from Parkwest Medical Center, and houses health science programs offered by both Roane State and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Knoxville. Scott Neirmann and Victoria Battershell will lead the program. The center expands Roane State’s presence in Knox County and allows both Roane State and TCAT Knoxville to expand health science courses and programs. The facility’s flagship Roane State Simulation Center is the first of its kind in Tennessee, immersing students in real-world scenarios that elevate their training, according to a news release. The first Roane State classes offered in the new location include nursing, emergency medical services (EMS), and medical laboratory technology. Polysomnography and respiratory therapy courses will be available soon along with Roane State’s continuing education courses that assist healthcare professionals with maintaining professional licensure. With the added space, Roane State is also planning to launch diagnostic medical sonography (ultrasound), echocardiography, and neurodiagnostic technology programs. Battershell received her bachelor's
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World Spine Day brings attention to new Knoxville spine specialist
For people living with chronic back or neck pain, finding relief can mean returning to the everyday activities they once enjoyed. On World Spine Day, Oct. 16, Knoxville Orthopaedic Clinic is introducing a new specialist dedicated to helping patients do just that. Dr. Patrick Albright, a fellowship-trained spine surgeon and...
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Knoxville Boy, 7, Beams From Times Square Billboard After 500 Hospital Days
Everett Kinkade has spent roughly 500 days of his seven years in a hospital bed, facing medical challenges that include a serious heart defect. Now the Knoxville boy’s image is beaming down from a billboard in Times Square, a long way from the pediatric intensive care unit where he has spent so much of his young life.