Did you know that last year Grandview Medical Center paid over $640,000 in local and state taxes in 2012? These include property and sales taxes that go to help support city, county and state governments, including the funding of schools, public safety, building of roads and assistance for people in crisis. Did you know that the [...]
Grandview Medical Center welcomes John Erdman M.D., otolaryngologist (ear, nose, and throat or ENT specialist), as the newest member of its medical staff. Dr. Erdman received his medical degree from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Penn. prior to serving 16 years in the United States Navy. While in the Navy, he completed his internship at [...]
This week, May 6-12, the nation officially celebrates and recognizes the profession of nursing during National Nurses Week. One specific week can never adequately acknowledge the contributions of nurses past, present and future, but it is certainly a well deserved and certainly appropriate gesture to reflect and offer sincere gratitude to those without whom many [...]
An innovative, personalized online health information resource has been launched by Grandview Medical Center. Called IntensiveShare Health e-News, the new service allows subscribers to designate the health information they want to receive via several free services. “Our hospital is committed to improving the health of our community, and this new resource will help us do [...]
When it comes to down to it, there’s nothing that means more to us as individuals or as members of our community than our children. That’s why Grandview Medical Center Emergency Department (ED) is proud to have scored a 90 out of a possible 100 in Emergency Pediatric Awareness. The organization scoring Grandview and other [...]
Grandview Medical Center was recently recognized by one of the nation’s largest hospital and health care provider supply companies for its excellence in preventing hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers, commonly known as “bed sores”, affects millions of people each year. Pressure ulcers are localized injuries to the skin and/or underlying tissue as a result of [...]
Long time Grandview Medical Center volunteer Jim Gohlmann recently received the Governor of Tennessee’s Volunteer Star Award. Along with a select group of distinguished nominees from across the state, JIm received his award March 4 at a banquet in Franklin, Tenn., from presenter Chandler Lawson, Miss Tennessee 2012. Alongside Jim at the ceremony was Marion [...]
Communication with others is an aspect of life that many take for granted. We ask, someone answers. It can be as simple – or as complex – as that. But what if a person’s ability to communicate is compromised either by birth, illness, or injury? The inability to communicate effectively can be a major hindrance [...]
But disease may be controlled with proper medical oversight and a healthier lifestyle To many, diabetes is simply referred to as the “sugar disease” and it ends there. But that paints too simple a picture to be aware of other health ailments to which this complex “sugar disease” contributes. According to Grandview Medical [...]
Dr. Richard Levine has been appointed to serve on Capella Healthcare’s National Physician Leadership Group for 2013, according to CEO Bruce Baldwin. At Capella’s family of hospitals, physicians are integrally involved in providing leadership where they practice, according to Erik Swensson, MD, Chief Medical Officer of Capella Healthcare. In addition to leadership roles on the [...]
