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Neva Eklund, DMD, oversees a patient’s check-up at University of Mississippi Medical Center’s Batson Children’s Hospital |
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Pediatric Dentists Push for First-Birthday Screenings
Most dentists have said three years old is the right time for children to climb into their exam chairs for the first time.
But when it comes to saving kids’ teeth from bad habits, like candy chewing and soda sipping, age three is often already too late.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Leland Chrisman, DDS |
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Dental Implants in DEMAND DESPITE COST
As a standard today for tooth replacement, dental implants are becoming a more practical choice for both patients and oral surgeons — despite the challenge of paying for them.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Physician Liaisons Gaining Popularity
Scheduling and manpower issues. Dealing with office staff concerns. Answering questions about the admissions policy or compliance and regulatory issues. Overseeing patient care and safety. Surveys and reviews. It’s all part of the job for those who serve as liaisons between hospitals and physicians.
Hospitals in Mississippi are joining a national trend of giving specific employees the task of dealing with staff physicians and any problems or questions they might have.
ROBYN JACKSON |
Special Session Will Address Funding Medicaid
Mississippi taxpayers will be footing the bill soon for a special legislative session to address the Medicaid funding crisis. Gov. Haley Barbour is expected to call the House and Senate back to Jackson in June to come up with a plan to fund the state’s Medicaid program, which faces a $90 million shortfall for fiscal year 2009, which begins July 1. Between 20 and 25 percent of the state’s population, or about 576,000 Mississippians, receive Medicaid. Many of the recipients are children and the elderly.
ROBYN JACKSON |
Mental Health Issues Continue for Hurricane Katrina Survivors
On a recent beautiful spring Saturday, Lori Spaschak spent the afternoon counseling a Hancock County woman who wanted to kill herself. In coastal communities, post-Katrina distress is alive and well.
“We definitely are still seeing mental health issues,” Spaschak, the case manager with Long Term Recovery and Lutheran-Episcopal Disaster Services, said. “This woman is still in a small FEMA trailer that’s in a trailer park that doesn’t allow children, so her son...
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Dr. Pamela Lacy |
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Female OB/GYNs Bring Special Touch to Columbus Clinic
Two young, bright female physicians have brought their special touch to the Physicians & Surgeons Clinic in Columbus.
Drs. Pamela Lacy and Cassie Brook Hill are part of a national trend of an increasing number of female practitioners of obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN). That trend is also on the rise in Mississippi.
LYNN LOFTON |
The Lowdown on Nutritional Drinks and Supplements
Derick Rankin spends a lot of time outdoors. As the owner of a lawn care business in Hattiesburg, he can spend hours a day sweating in the heat and sun and knows that he needs to replenish his body, but you won’t find him swilling a fruit smoothie.
“I never thought I needed anything like that, just water and Gatorade,” Rankin said.
ROBYN JACKSON |
L-R): Keynote Speaker, Whitney Pickering; Mentor Category Winner, Wynde Fitts; Perseverance Category Winner, Barbara Lenard; Promise Category Winner, Candace Dearman; Defender Category Winner, Janet Stewart; Leadership Category Winner, Mary Clare Shaw |
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Pine Belt Strong Women Honored
HATTIESBURG — The women who gathered at Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg on May 7 may not run fast or lift weights or do other activities that indicate physical strength.
Instead, these women were honored for being strong on the inside — as one passionate defender of those less fortunate, one community leader, one cherished mentor, one who perseveres and one who shows promise.
LYNNE JETER |
A Multi-faceted Approach to Saving Kids’ Teeth
The recent standard declaring that children should see a dentist by their first birthday has been endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentists (AAPD)
Now if only there were enough dentists out there to see all those babies and toddlers.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Grand Rounds June 2008
Biloxi Regional Medical Center Named Quality Respiratory Care Provider
Blaylock Is New CEO At Gilmore Memorial Regional Medical Center
2008 Maggie Award Winners Honored at Awards Dinner
Delta Regional Medical Center Recognizes Hospice Volunteers
Governor Barbour Names Key Medicaid Advisory Panel
Hand Surgeon Inducted As Fellow Of The American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Hope Braley Named CEO
Forrest General Home Care Introduces New Telehealth System
Hospital, Healthcare Network Reveal New Names
New Physicians Coming to Corinth
Wesley Medical Center Earns Quality Respiratory Care Recognition in National Program
James Jeter to Head St. Dominic Health Services’ Charitable Foundation
Hattiesburg Clinic Cardiologist Named American College of Cardiology Governor for Mississippi
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R. Mark Hodges is a shareholder with Wise Carter Child and Caraway. He practices primarily in the area of healthcare law |
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Medical Staff Relations in the CMS Quality Initiatives Environment
Market and regulatory forces are creating an increasing need for cooperative efforts between hospitals and their medical staffs. Cost containment, outcomes analysis, quality metrics and other pay for-performance (P4P) initiatives incentivize strategic alliances between physicians and the hospitals at which they practice. Whether this represents a fundamental change in the healthcare delivery system or simply the latest healthcare industry fad remains to be seen.
R. MARK HODGES |
Physician Spotlight: Dr. Hayden Perkins
In a state where the need so overwhelms the resources, Hayden Perkins, DMD, has chosen to focus where the need is greatest.
His Oxford pediatric-dentistry practice is one of few in or around north Mississippi that will accept Medicaid patients. For him, it means a schedule of treating kids from a 20-county area, packing each day’s schedule tightly and going home weary — but also confident he’s made a difference.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
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