UTHSC In the Media


Cohesive Care Team Ups Health Benefit of EHR Use in Diabetes

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Ilana Graetz, Ph.D., from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and colleagues conducted a retrospective longitudinal study to examine whether team cohesion among primary care team members impacts the association between EHR use and changes in clinical outcomes for patients with diabetes.


SPRINT study likely to change BP treatment

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Pipkin says he feels great, thanks to the SPRINT study team members at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). They worked with him to reduce his systolic blood pressure from about 140 to under 120, through a carefully monitored regimen of medication.


2015 a Big Year for Memphis Health Community

The Daily News

Vaxent chief scientific officer James B. Dale, who also serves as a professor of medicine and chief of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, invented the vaccine based on more than 25 years of laboratory research.


Local law enforcement train for active shooter scenarios

There were about 400 homicides in the workplace last year,” said Dr. Daniel Sumrok … director of the Center for Addiction Science at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


Dr. James Wheless Interviewed for Infantile Spasms Week

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“We have Dr. James Whelees. He’s a professor and chief of pediatric neurology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center … “


The largest colleges and universities in the Mid-South

The Memphis Business Journal

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center was near the top of the list.


West Cancer Center Opens New Wolf River Facility

The Daily News

The West Cancer Center serves all adults impacted by cancer, and the partnership behind it helps fulfill that mission by pulling together the resources from three institutions – West Clinic, Methodist and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.


One woman’s plastic surgery gone wrong; learn how to protect yourself

WREG

Wallace is the head of the University of Tennessee’s plastic surgery department. He said the problem with this procedure isn’t the technique but usually who’s allowed to perform it. “It’s not that the technology is bad,” he said. “It’s that their patient might not be aware that they’re seeing a physician who doesn’t have formal… Read More