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Delta Regional Takes Giant Step Toward Limb Rehabilitation
Breakthrough Technology Benefits Stroke and Neurological PatientsBy helping stroke victims regain hand control and grasp objects, they can now master tasks once believed impossible, thanks to highly sophisticated technology now available at Delta Regional Medical Center.
Through a partnership with Bioness Inc., the rural hospital is among the first in the nation to offer the breakthrough therapy and serve as a regional evaluation and treatment site for patients interested in trying out the new device.
LYNNE JETER |
Mississippi Gulf Coast Healthcare Industry Healing
In late October, Jackson County supervisors approved loaning $35 million to the Singing River Hospital System for projects at its two medical centers. The reconstruction project includes adding 20 beds to the Ocean Springs hospitals, bringing the total to 156 beds, and renovating and upgrading the emergency department at the 415-bed Singing River Hospital in Pascagoula.
LYNNE JETER |
Program Prepares USM Students for Jobs in Pharmaceutical Sales
Drug Companies Recruit Marketing Majors at Job FairA median salary of more than $50,000, no boss breathing down your neck and the ability to set your own schedule... who wouldn't want a job like that? Maybe that's why jobs as pharmaceutical sales representatives are in such demand.
Dozens of job-seekers attended a career fair at the University of Southern Mississippi on Oct. 22. Representatives from Forest Pharmaceuticals, Pamlab LLC, Eli Lilly and Company, Sanofi Aventis and others set up booths in the lobby of the Joseph Greene Hall to recruit students and local residents interested in pharmaceutical and health care sales careers.
ROBYN JACKSON |
Hattiesburg Based Ministry Organizes Foreign Mission Trips for Physicians, Dentists
When Petal dentist Chuck Harrell made his first mission trip to Honduras, he thought he was just going to use his knowledge and skills to help poor people. He didn't realize how much the trip would help him.
"It made me appreciate what I have more. I don't gripe and complain about things so much. I realize how blessed we are, not only as Americans," said Harrell, who will make his fifth trip in January.
ROBYN JACKSON |
Physical Therapists Oppose Stark Laws Loophole That Allows Physicians to Offer In-Office PT
Physical therapists across the Southeast would like to see an exemption removed from the Stark Laws that allows physicians to offer physical therapy services in their offices. They say it interferes with patient choice and costs private practice therapists money.
"It's killing private practices," said Sylvia McCandless, president of the Mississippi Physical Therapy Association.
ROBYN JACKSON |
Endocrine Society Releases New Practice Guidelines to Prevent, Treat Childhood Obesity
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
In light of today's lifestyle choices, however, the old adage should probably be rephrased to more accurately depict 21st century America — the deep fried apple pie doesn't fall far from the fast food chain.
Considering the number of overweight and obese adults in this country, it shouldn't be surprising that the nation is raising more and more overweight and obese children. Still, this issue somehow seems to catch many parents and healthcare providers off guard.
CINDY SANDERS |
Rhett Hobgood, MD
For E. Rhettson "Rhett" Hobgood, MD, initial interaction with the Jackson medical community came not in the role of practitioner but rather as patient.
It was during his high-school years in Vicksburg that a football injury sent him to a Jackson orthopedist for treatment on a pars defect spinal injury.
"He was very influential to me and helped me get better," Hobgood said. "I think that kind of directed my attention to medicine and probably orthopedics as well.
LUCY SCHULTZE |
Stark Contrast
Is the Stark Law Still Meeting its Original Intent?When Congress passes a bill, any necessary regulations usually follow within a reasonable time. Otherwise, the law's in limbo. When it comes to the Stark Law, you might say that its evolution has been in stark contrast to conventional lawmaking, and that's only one of the reasons why the law keeps physicians and their attorneys up at night.
"This is the law that some people have jokingly referred to as The Full Employment Act for Lawyers," said Joan Krause, professor and co-director of the Health Law and Policy Institute at the University of Houston.
SHARON H. FITZGERALD |
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