Even Minutes Matter It’s important for the NICU to collaborate with the High-Risk Obstetrics program to determine the right moment to deliver the baby. “We know that the interval between 25 and 28 weeks is crucially important for these small babies,” Dr. Mari says. “For each week that we can keep the baby in [...]
Where no expectant mother wants to find out that there are high-risk complications with her pregnancy, over 1,300 premature or critically ill newborns are treated every year at Regional One Health, some entering the world weighing less than one pound. When Jennifer and Ashton Hall first learned they were expecting rare identical triplets, they [...]
Home to the High-Risk Obstetrics Program, multiple births are not uncommon at Regional Medical Center. But quadruplets? That's a little more rare. In the last two years, staff at Regional Medical Center has delivered one set of quadruplets, compared to five triplets and 150 twins. Erica Moering was surprised when she learned she was [...]
Regional One Health was recently recognized as a Champion of the Week by CHAMPS (Communities and Hospitals Advancing Maternity Practices), a breastfeeding-focused initiative geared toward improving maternal and child health outcomes through the promotion of Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative practices. Regional One Health is one of the largest hospitals currently enrolled in the CHAMPS Initiative working to [...]
Pam Castleman accepting the Exceptional Performance for Maternity Care award at the Memphis Business Group on Health luncheon. The Memphis Business Group on Health (MBGH) distributes awards annually to hospitals in the Memphis area who exemplify excellence in patient safety as evidenced in patient safety measures. At the MBGH annual awards luncheon [...]
How the High-Risk Obstetrics Program at Regional One Health Delivered Two Miracles Do you believe in miracles? BJ and Mark Mazurkiewicz of Corinth, Mississippi certainly do. After a long struggle with infertility issues, the couple received the first of several miracles when they learned they were going to be the parents of not just [...]
Thanks to the generous support of our Regional One Health family, the 2014 Employee Giving Campaign raised $155,000 to help advance medical excellence for the future of our community. Employees from throughout the Regional One Health system commit to donate to the Foundation each year in the month of May. At the end of [...]
Three of the mid-south’s newest residents were featured in the December 9, 2014 issue of The Commercial Appeal. Ashton and Jennifer Hall were living in London, England when they got the news – she was pregnant with identical triplets. According to Dr. Giancarlo Mari, medical director of the high risk obstetrics program at Regional [...]
Bonnie Miller, perinatal safety nurse coordinator, received the Clinical Nurse Distinction Award from the Tennessee Hospital Association at their annual meeting on November 7, 2014. Miller was recognized for her consistency and compassion while serving patients at Regional Medical Center, a part of Regional One Health. She joined the system in 2007 as a [...]
Bonnie Miller, Perinatal Safety Nurse at Regional Medical Center, was featured in a recent issue of Memphis Magazine. Bonnie is the only perinatal safety nurse in this region, a role that is emerging across the country particularly in hospitals with high-risk obstetrics programs. Read the article here.