Baptist North Mississippi pharmacy program receives maximum accreditation

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi recently received accreditation from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists for its PGY1 residency program. The program, which began in July…

Selfless nurse honored as Baptist North Mississippi Service First Champ

Vickie Nardozzi, a registered nurse, recently was named Baptist North Mississippi’s third quarter Service First Champion. Linda Ford, the Baptist North Mississippi registered nurse who…

New Branding Campaign Touts What’s ‘Better’

“Better” is the theme of Baptist Memorial Health Care’s new branding campaign, which focuses on promoting what differentiates Baptist from other Mid-South health care systems….

Baptist North Mississippi welcomes new chief nursing officer

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi recently announced that Mark Ottens, MHA, BSN, RN, has joined its leadership team as the hospital’s chief nursing officer. Ottens will…

Baptist North Mississippi, Booneville welcome new HR directors

Baptist North Mississippi has named Debbie Swan its new human resources director, and Josh Lowery was named to the same position at Baptist Booneville. Swan…

Baptist DeSoto receives grant from Komen Memphis-MidSouth to provide breast health services

The Memphis-MidSouth Affiliate of Susan G. Komen recently awarded a $60,000 grant to Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto to provide screening and diagnostic mammograms and ultrasounds to…

Baptist North Mississippi’s ER team is fighting sepsis with early detection

Every year, 750,000 Americans are diagnosed with sepsis and of those, 220,000 die. With mortality rates estimated between 28 – 50 percent, it far exceeds…

Video conferencing gives neurologic patients quick access to specialty care at Baptist

Baptist Memorial Hospitals across the system are treating patients with the physician in one location and the patient in another through a camera and a…

Baptist honors lab teams during Laboratory Professionals Week

     During National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 22 -26,  Baptist recognized its laboratory professionals and celebrated their dedication as a crucial member of the…

Himmelstein joins Baptist North Mississippi

     Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi recently announced Stevan Himmelstein, M.D., a longtime cardiologist who is now part of Stern Cardiovascular Foundation, will be joining its…