Women’s Auxiliary shows love and support for Baptist DeSoto

Members of Baptist DeSoto’s Women’s Auxiliary recently wore Baptist shirts to show their support for the hospital and the Baptist system. The group, whose members…

Getting to Know Dr. Seema Abassi

Hometown: I was born in Pakistan, grew up in Saudi Arabia and have lived in Memphis, my adopted home, for 18 years now. Education: Attended…

Baptist Health Sciences University professor wins award

Baptist Health Sciences University professor Debbie Sweeney won the 2013 John W. Runyan Community Nursing Award, given by the Tennessee Nurses Association. The award recognizes…

Baptist Teams Begin the Transition to Epic Electronic Health Record System

As Baptist Memorial hospitals, clinics and physician groups prepare to transition to Baptist OneCare – the electronic health records system powered by Epic – a…

Baptist Trinity, Baptist Home Care & Hospice-Huntingdon named top home health providers for the eighth consecutive year

Baptist Trinity Home Care & Hospice and Baptist Home Care & Hospice-Huntingdon were named to the 2013 HomeCare Elite™, a compilation of the top-performing home…

Baptist Memorial president and CEO announces retirement

Stephen Reynolds, Baptist Memorial Health Care’s fourth president and CEO and a 42-year Baptist colleague, announced today he will retire next May. Jason Little, Baptist’s…

Baptist Memorial Hospital-Tipton improves patient care through technology

Baptist Tipton has acquired a GE LightSpeed VCT computed tomography imaging system to provide highly detailed images of the human body while reducing radiation exposure…

Baptist hospitals win Press Ganey awards

Six Baptist Memorial hospitals – Baptist Booneville, Baptist Collierville, Baptist Memphis, Baptist Restorative Care Hospital, Baptist Union City and Baptist Union County – recently received…

Flag ceremony honors Baptist Memphis heart transplant recipients

The Mid-South Transplant Foundation recently honored three heart transplant recipients at a flag ceremony in Blytheville, Ark. The three patients, Brittney Tracy, Charles “Mike” Travis…

Baptist Cancer Center offers lung cancer screening

Lung cancer kills more men and women than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control…