U.S. Senator tours new Baptist Union County emergency department

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran recently visited Baptist Union County to tour the hospital’s new emergency department. Hospital CEO and Administrator Walter Grace led the tour,…

U.S. News & World Report ranks Baptist DeSoto No. 1 hospital in Mississippi

In its annual Best Regional Hospitals rankings, U.S. News & World Report rated Baptist DeSoto Mississippi’s No. 1 hospital. Baptist DeSoto earned the ranking in…

Grief center helps Baptist team members deal with tremendous losses

[button color=”blue” size=”medium” link=” http://bpt.st/901goodgrief” icon=”” target=”true”]To donate, please click here.[/button] The next story in our series about how the Kemmons Wilson Family Center for…

10 Tips for Buying a House

Buying a house can be confusing and overwhelming, but being freed from a landlord and no longer throwing away rent payments can also be liberating….

National Health IT Week: What it means for you

By Jill Powelson   September 15-19 was National Health Information Technology week. The focus of National Health IT week is to: “Raise[s] awareness of Health…

Baptist Booneville honors 90-year-old team member

Baptist Booneville recently celebrated a milestone in the life of one of its team members. Lola Kuykendall, a housekeeper at the hospital, turned 90 years…

Baptist University’s third ‘Tooms Lectures’ addresses teamwork in health care

Baptist Health Sciences University recently hosted its third annual Dr. Robert Tooms Lectures, named for a longtime Baptist orthopedic surgeon, researcher, professor and Baptist University…

Baptist OneCare super user named Women’s Hospital Service First Champion

Kristi Davis, a Baptist Women’s Hospital registered nurse and Baptist OneCare super user, recently was named the hospital’s third quarter Service First Champion. Several team…

Multiple nominations earn Baptist Union County med-surg nurse DAISY award

Rebecca Churchill, a medical-surgical nurse at Baptist Union County, recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, an award given in appreciation of the work…

Baptist University makes degrees more affordable for Baptist nurses

The Baptist Health Sciences University is starting a new tuition assistance program for Baptist nurses through the generous support of the Baptist Memorial Health Care…