Category: healthcare

HHS start-up tour to stop in Nashville to connect companies to agency channels

~ Holly Fletcher

Continue reading “HHS start-up tour to stop in Nashville to connect companies to agency channels” →

VC and growth equity investors on how to get their attention: Be different, be smart

~ Holly Fletcher
Anna Haghgooie of Sandbox Industries speaks at the Nashville Health Care Council’s “Council Panel: Financing the Deal” on May 22, 2018. Courtesy/Donn Jones Photography

Continue reading “VC and growth equity investors on how to get their attention: Be different, be smart” →

Prediabetes is scary and dull so the CDC is using hedgehogs to raise awareness about a disease that has a ‘tremendous impact economically’ for Tennessee

~ Holly Fletcher
A national ad campaign uses hedgehogs living their best life on vacation to get people to take a 1-minute test about how many risk factors they have for prediabetes. Screenshot

Continue reading “Prediabetes is scary and dull so the CDC is using hedgehogs to raise awareness about a disease that has a ‘tremendous impact economically’ for Tennessee” →

Tennessee leaps 5 spots, stays in Commonwealth Fund’s last quartile as obesity, mental health and vaccines plague the state

~ Holly Fletcher
Read about: “It’s as big a problem as the opioid epidemic.”

Continue reading “Tennessee leaps 5 spots, stays in Commonwealth Fund’s last quartile as obesity, mental health and vaccines plague the state” →

‘Excuse me doctor, this is your interpreter speaking’

~ Holly Fletcher
The demand for medical interpreters is increasing.

Continue reading “‘Excuse me doctor, this is your interpreter speaking’” →

LifePoint: ‘Cast of thousands’ needed to tackle problems facing health, hospitals

~ Holly Fletcher

The number of hospitals trying to treat an older, sicker population with a smaller clinical staff is set to decline, leading hospitals and health systems to spearhead the building of community partnerships to prepare for that era, health care executives said. Continue reading “LifePoint: ‘Cast of thousands’ needed to tackle problems facing health, hospitals” →