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healthcare Posted onSeptember 1, 2018September 1, 2018

Alan Levine explains why ‘an unapologetic free market capitalist’ thinks East Tennessee can be healthier with less competition

Alan Levine, CEO of Ballad Health, talked to a group at Health:Further on Aug. 29 about how, and why, the newly merged health system wants […] Read More

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By the Numbers, opioids Posted onAugust 22, 2018

In Charts: Drug, opioid, fentanyl + heroin overdoses in Tennessee

The number of Tennesseans who died from drug overdoses hit another record high in 2017, continuing a troubling trend that’s plagued the state for nearly […] Read More

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healthcare, the future Posted onJuly 29, 2018July 28, 2018

Reporter’s Notebook: Peek into challenges, trends and ideas mental health marketing

The Mental Health Marketing conference, in its third year, puts the spotlight on how companies can more effectively reach the people who need such treatment.

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opioids Posted onJuly 22, 2018July 21, 2018

Cash is king in opioid treatment centers, new Vanderbilt policy center finds

The debut pilot study from the new Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy spotlighted the challenge in finding an opioid use disorder treatment that doesn’t […] Read More

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healthcare Posted onMay 17, 2018May 17, 2018

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

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

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healthcare, the future Posted onApril 25, 2018April 25, 2018

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

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 […] Read More

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Go Long, Race to be Governor Posted onApril 19, 2018April 19, 2018

Tennessee’s gubernatorial hopefuls received 7 health care questions. Some answered.

What you’ll read about: BirdDog sent seven questions to the Tennessee governor hopefuls to illuminate policy stances on a range of health care topics, including […] Read More

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Race to be Governor Posted onApril 19, 2018July 14, 2018

Education, jobs, saving access to care: Governor candidates pitch strategies for sustaining rural Tennessee

Four of the state’s six leading gubernatorial hopefuls met in Jackson to pitch their strategies for boosting and sustaining life in rural Tennessee. Two Democrats […] Read More

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The Weekender Posted onApril 1, 2018

The Weekender: note from Holly, health care profits, quiet road trips, Alzheimer’s + food

What is this? ‘The Weekender’ is a weekly round-up to spotlight what you might have missed on BirdDog and why a few headlines from elsewhere […] Read More

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opioids Posted onMarch 28, 2018March 28, 2018

Ranking puts suboxone at top spot in Tenn., raising questions about how people fill medications and data access

Suboxone, a narcotic film strip used in medically-assisted treatment for opioid abuse, ranked number one in a recent list of Tennessee’s most prescribed drugs. But […] Read More

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