UTHSC Set To Open New Training Facility
In less than three weeks, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will launch its new $39.7 million, 45,000-square-foot building packed with high-tech tools and a cutting-edge training environment.
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D. Neil Hayes of UT/West Institute for Cancer Research has 27 manuscripts in prestigious journals in April
Hundreds of new scientific discoveries in cancer reported by D. Neil Hayes’ team and other colleagues involved in the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), has generated an enormous public data repository for thousands of researchers around the world. Dr. Hayes is the Van Vleet Endowed Professor in Medical Oncology in the Department of Medicine at the… Read More
Students lend helping hands in dental hygiene fair
The sounds of dental instruments buzzing filled the halls of Healing Hands Health Center on Friday morning as more than 100 people took advantage of the clinic’s dental hygiene fair. The program brings together dental hygiene students from East Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee to offer dental services to underserved individuals across… Read More
The Medical Report: UTHSC promotion, Methodist expansion and iPhone health records
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) has promoted one of its own, and Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare is expanding again.
New UTHSC facility will offer high-tech simulation of patients
In the new Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation, they’ll be able to hone their skills in virtual reality — using high-tech manikins (jointed, detachable models of humans) and other computer and robotic simulators — before experiencing the pressure of seeing actual patients.
UTHSC set to open new $39M training facility
University of Tennessee Health Science Center is set to open its new $39.7 million center for healthcare improvement and patient simulation.
This visor-like device could be a defibrillator for stroke
Researchers and clinical investigators Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Mount Sinai and the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center reported that patients who had a large-vessel occlusion and used the device could be sent to a comprehensive stroke center that had the capabilities to treat stroke. The device has better potential of identifying occlusion… Read More
New UTHSC facility will offer high-tech simulation of patients
In the new Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation, they’ll be able to hone their skills in virtual reality — using high-tech manikins (jointed, detachable models of humans) and other computer and robotic simulators — before experiencing the pressure of seeing actual patients. Formally opening on May 11, CHIPS, as the state-of-the-art center is… Read More