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'Wii-hab' Technology Makes Recovery Like Fun and Games
A hit video-game device that's made its way into family rooms across the nation has arrived in hospitals, too.
Methodist Rehabilitation Center in Jackson is among the growing number of facilities to introduce "Wii-habilitation" to its therapeutic activities...
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Governor Proposes New Medicaid Funding Plan
Mississippi lawmakers ended their summer-long special session with a whimper Aug. 4, failing to resolve the Medicaid funding impasse but allowing Gov. Haley Barbour to enact his latest plan to fund the program, which is set to run out of money in March 2009...
ROBYN JACKSON |
Doctor Making Good Use of "Spare" Time
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — There is little cause for hope for the 20 million people living in modern day Mozambique.
It's a country where the average life expectancy is only 34 years; 60 percent of children die before reaching the age of five, succumbing to HIV-AIDS, malaria and childhood diseases that are seldom fatal when vaccines are available...
KELLY PRICE |
Medical School Doesn’t Prepare You for This
Hiring and firing employees. Work and patient flow problems. Creating a team spirit among employees. Payroll. Scheduling. Expanding. Monitoring expenditures
and income. Developing a risk management plan.
They are all aspects physicians must deal with in their practices on a daily basis, but although doctors receive plenty of training so they can save lives, most receive precious little education on how to run a small business, which is
what a practice really is...
ROBYN JACKSON |
Most Comprehensive Trauma System in the Nation
Special from the Mississippi State Department of Health
Mississippi, a state traditionally known as a national leader in unhealthy statistics – obesity, infant mortality, diabetes and heart disease – will now be known as a leader for all the right reasons as it sets the standard nationwide in Trauma Care System development...
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Sports Medicine Update with the AOSSM
Founded in 1972, the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) is an association of orthopaedic surgeons dedicated to helping everyone who is active, from the professional athlete to the weekend warrior. In addition to research into the biomechanics of injury and honing techniques for repair, the membership is very focused on preventing sports injuries through educating the public –– including young athletes, parents and coaches –– about the best ways to keep healthy and stay in the game...
CINDY SANDERS |
Dr. Nick A. Fabrizio, MGMA Consultant |
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"Get Your Hands in the Air, Doc!"
New York's tony Upper East Side was in shock last February after Kathryn Faughey, a 56-year-old psychiatrist, was slashed to death with a meat cleaver while at work in her office. Charged with the crime is a former patient of Faughey's partner in the practice, Kent Shinbach, 70, who was seriously injured trying to save Faughey...
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
Grand Rounds September
Samarion CEO Mark Rodgers Named CAST Commissioner
Local Healthcare Professional Honored as Lactation Consultant Hall of Excellence Inductee
Dr. Oden Named Medical Director of Central Mississippi Medical Center
Hattiesburg Clinic Welcomes New Providers
Duckworth promoted to executive director of Wesley Physician Services
Physicians Join Medical Staffs
Dr. Olutade Named Physician of the Quarter at Central Mississippi Medical Center
U.S. News Recognizes UMHC for Heart Care
Sitzman invited to China for lecture
Help the American Cancer Society in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
Hattiesburg Clinic Physician Elected Governor of Mississippi Chapter of American College of Physicians
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Physician Spotlight: Keith Melancon, MD
Keith Melancon, MD, has traded the delicate precision of a scalpel for the clumsy grip of a fist-size pen.
But in losing his surgical career as a result of brain injury, he's gained new insight into his patients' experience — and also a new reason to focus on the things that matter...
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Selling Grace
How Microeconomics and Education Lead to Better Health
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Recently, when Tennessee physician David Vanderpool was on a mission trip to Mozambique with a medical team, something caught their eye.
A few of the women in the poverty-stricken South African country of 20 million were sporting beautifully handcrafted bags they had fashioned themselves...
LYNNE JETER |
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