Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that tends to strike young people, usually between their 20s and 50s, with unpredictable and often disabling symptoms. The immune system attacks the coating around nerve fibers, hampering the system's ability to communicate -- resulting in symptoms ranging from blindness to fatigue to paralysis.
Hospitals across Tennessee and the nation have seen major drops in their early elective deliveries. These numbers for elective deliveries deliveries include all that occurred between 37 and 39 weeks' gestation except those that are medically justifiable. The target is 5 percent.
After a whirlwind week of meetings with state and federal officials, Erlanger Health System leaders say they are rethinking priorities for the struggling public hospital's immediate future while remaining "optimistic" about gaining new sources of funding.
Part of the intent of the Affordable Care Act was to create what's called the "no wrong door" rule.
Erlanger's final audited financials since 2009:
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As the clock struck midnight last night, Parkridge Health System CEO Darrell Moore showed up at Grandview Medical Center in Jasper, Tenn., to perform his first official task as the rural hospital's new executive:
A dozen white-coated Erlanger emergency room physicians stood before Erlanger's board Thursday as hospital officials voted to name the hospital's chest pain center in honor of emergency physician Dr. Francis Fesmire, 54, who died suddenly last month.
