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Mississippi Physician Assistants Scarce but Valuable
In emergencies people rarely yell, “Is there a physician assistant in the house?” In Mississippi, odds are, there would not be. Physician assistants (PAs) have had a limited presence in the state for more than 20 years and have been licensed in the state for eight years, but Mississippi still lags far behind every other state in numbers of PAs employed.
JENNIFER BOULDEN

Dr. Alyson Jones, Methodist Rehabilitation Center

Stroke Recovery Addresses Mind, Body, Spirit
When it comes to stroke survivors facing debilitating effects, recovering the ability to hope can be as critical as relearning how to walk, talk and care for oneself. “Depression is a big deal as they consider their own mortality,” said Dr. Alyson Jones, who recently joined the Methodist Rehabilitation Center stroke-care program in Jackson as a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist.
LUCY SCHULTZE

Healthcare: A Look at the Future
The status of today’s American healthcare system can best be described as dysfunctional. The healthcare payment and pricing systems are based on illogical systems that are grossly unfair, creating problems for all Americans. The budgetary constraints of federal and state governments have caused hospitals and primary healthcare delivery systems to experience payment shortfalls.
DAVID A. WILLIAMS

State Lawmakers Mulling Legislative Action for MSDH
When the State Board of Health convenes April 9, members should have good intelligence on whether State Health Officer Ed Thompson succeeded in persuading state lawmakers to dole out more money for staffing and general obligation bond authority for a new public health laboratory that Mississippi’s public health system needs.
LYNNE JETER

Financial Planning for Physicians
Remember during “Star Trek” episodes when Spock would raise his hand, separate his fingers and wish his colleagues an “uneventful trip”? Physicians should set that same goal for themselves when planning their financial future.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD

Grand Rounds April

Deaconess HomeCare is Named Nurse Employer of the Year

Hattiesburg Clinic Executive Earns Top Healthcare Management Credential

MS Hospital Association Health, Research & Educational Foundation Awarded National Jobs Initiative Grant

Heart Association Gives Nod to Oxidative Stress Research

National Ataxia Foundation Awards Vig for SCA1 Study

SBJ Surgeon to Serve on Hip Resurfacing Panel in New York

New GulfCoastSurgeryCenter Receives Three-Year Accreditation

SissonJoinsWesleyMedicalCenter as COO

Magnolia Regional Health Center Breaks Ground on New CancerCenter

New Additions to Medical Staff at CentralMississippiMedicalCenter

University of Mississippi Medical Center Establishes New Faculty Practice

QuadraMed Successfully Transitions QCPR Solution to InterSystems’ CACHÉ Database to Enhance Care and Patient Safety

KDMC Announces Changes in Departmental Management

Lisa Slay Named Top 40 Under 40

Johnson Joins NMMC’s AdvancedWoundCareCenter

Respected Burn Surgeon Opens New Outpatient Burn Clinic at RankinMedicalCenter

Hattiesburg Psychologist: “This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen to Me”
Hattiesburg psychologist Beverly Smallwood often gives presentations to healthcare groups such as her Magnetic Healthcare Leadership series. But she is perhaps better known for her seminars on resilience based on her new book, This Wasn’t Supposed to Happen to Me: 10 Make-or-Break Choices When Life Steals Your Dreams and Rocks Your World.
BECKY GILLETTE

Physician Spotlight: Dr. Stephanie Robinett
It’s the pure potential of her young patients that rewards Dr. Stephanie Robinett as she helps babies, kids and teenagers through treatment for neurological disorders. As the only full-time pediatric neurologist in the Pine Belt area, Robinett enjoys the chance both to aid her patients in forming healthy habits early on and to preside over their typically swift recoveries.
LUCY SCHULTZE

Red Cross Focuses on Year-Round Mission
The American Red Cross is well known for its role in disaster response. But not many people understand the organization’s comprehensive 365-day mission on the local level, which includes CPR training, responding to fires, working with groups to certify lifeguards and babysitters, communicating emergency messages to the military overseas, and much more.
LYNNE JETER

Stopping Strokes
An Aggressive Push for Primary and Secondary Prevention
We all know the stats. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in America and the number one cause of disability. The southeastern United States is known as “The Stroke Belt.” Approximately 780,000 Americans suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year — on average, that’s one stroke every 45 seconds.
CINDY SANDERS

Symposium Urges LTC Nurses to Aim for the Next Level
Motivational speaker Earl Suttle, PhD, convinced some 75 long-term care (LTC) nurses from throughout Mississippi that they can “become the greatest” through excelling at what they do and enjoying it in the process. At the 5th Annual LTC Nursing Symposium, hosted by the Mississippi Health Care Association (MHCA) on March 4 at the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum in Jackson,
NKS WESSMAN

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