COOKEVILLE – Cookeville Regional Medical Center has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry–GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2015. Cookeville Regional is one of only 78 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. The award recognizes Cookeville Regional’s … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Cookeville Regional Medical Center has achieved the certification of Bronze Safe Sleep Hospital through their commitment to reduce infant sleep-related deaths by establishing a hospital infant safe sleep policy. Cribs for Kids®, a Pittsburgh-based organization dedicated to preventing infant, sleep-related … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Cookeville Regional Medical Center has earned the 2014 Gold Performance Achievement Award from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry for demonstrating sustained achievement of performance measures in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) patients through implementing the ACTION Registry- … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Cookeville Regional Medical Center is the first hospital in the state of Tennessee and only one in eleven nationwide to earn The Joint Commission’s certification for sepsis treatment. They received this award for their sepsis program by demonstrating compliance with … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Cookeville Regional Medical Center is raising the Donate Life Tennessee flag during the month of April in honor of those who have given and received organ and tissue donations. The month long celebration honors the generosity of organ, eye and … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Hunters, sportsmen, marksmen and outdoorsmen are invited to attend the Cookeville Regional Turkey Shoot on March 28 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The event will be held at Ebenezer Acres, located just beside Hidden Hollow in Cookeville. Gate admission … Continue reading
By KEVIN DONALDSON Cumberland River Media Service Cookeville Regional Medical Center has experienced significant growth in recent years, and has developed into a true regional referral center. Those were observations made by CRMC Chief Executive Officer Paul Korth in a … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Cookeville Regional Medical Center has been nationally recognized for its participation in the Tennessee Surgical Quality Collaborative (TSQC), which has reduced surgical complications by 19.7 percent since 2009. This reduction represents at least 533 lives saved and $75.2 million in … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Dr. Bert Geer, urogynecologist, will be presenting a free women’s health seminar on Monday evening, November 3 at 6:30 p.m. in the Cookeville Regional Medical Center Education Center. Dr. Geer will be speaking about current treatment options for bladder leakage … Continue reading
By Dr. Sullivan Smith COOKEVILLE – Hundreds of people die each year across the country from heat-related causes, but the encouraging news is that heat illness is 100 percent preventable. The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and Cookeville Regional … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE – On Wednesday morning at 10:12 a.m. a “patient” entered the Clinton County Hospital Emergency Department with signs and symptoms of a heart attack. This was the setting for the mock Code 37 drill that began as a collaborative … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Cookeville Regional Medical Center proudly welcomes Hemamalini Karpurapu, M.D. to its medical staff. She has joined the medical staff in the Cancer Center at Cookeville Regional. Dr. Karpurapu is a board eligible Hematologist/ Oncologist. She moved to Cookeville from Washington … Continue reading
Covenant Health has named Jeremy Biggs, vice president of operations for the health system, to be president and chief administrative officer at Cumberland Medical Center, effective March 1, 2014. He will succeed Ed Anderson, who has served in various leadership … Continue reading
FAIRFIELD GLADE – After a year of construction, the much anticipated 25,000 square foot CMC Medical Arts Building at Fairfield Glade is finally open. Though over 550 visitors got a sneak peak at the facility during the recent open house, … Continue reading
KNOXVILLE – The merger of Covenant Health and Cumberland Medical Center is now final, following completion of regulatory requirements. Cumberland Medical Center becomes the ninth hospital member of Covenant Health, a comprehensive not-for-profit health system headquartered in Knoxville. “This is … Continue reading
CROSSVILLE – 49 employees were honored by Cumberland Medical Center for their combined 720 total years of service during the hospital’s semi-annual Employee Service Awards luncheon. Ed Anderson, CEO of Cumberland Medical Center and Dr. James Barnwell, Chairman of the … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE – Dr. Bert Geer and a surgical team at Cookeville Regional Medical Center are now performing da Vinci® Single-Site™ hysterectomies and are among the first 50 in the nation to do so. Dr. Geer, gynecologic surgeon, of Cookeville is … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-Cookeville Regional Medical Center proudly welcomes rheumatologist Sangeetha Pabolu, M.D. to its medical staff. She has joined Cookeville Regional Medical Group and is located in the CRMC Professional Office Building at 145 West Fourth Street, Suite 201 in Cookeville. Dr. … Continue reading
COOKEVILLE-The Foundation at Cookeville Regional’s ART for Healing program is well underway and beginning to make the walls of Cookeville Regional Medical Center come to life. Jim Haney, supervisor of Plant Facilities at Cookeville Regional; Sally Crain-Jager, chair of the … Continue reading
New National Report Identifies CRMC among the Top Hospitals Nationally for Excellence in a Number of Specialties COOKEVILLE-Cookeville Regional Medical Center today announced that it has been recognized by Healthgrades for clinical excellence in cardiac care, cardiac surgery, orthopedics, spine … Continue reading