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Mercy Health Partners News
Mercy HomeCare Service Earns Bonus From CMS
March 18, 2010 - Mercy HomeCare Services earned more than a half million dollar bonus from the Centers for Medicare ...
Gynecologic Robotic Surgery Topic of Next Healthy In The City Seminar
March 12, 2010 - Mercy Health Partner’s next downtown women’s healthcare seminar will focus on advancements in minimally invasive and ...
LESS Is More In Robotic Surgery at Mercy Medical Center St. Mary's
Feb. 24, 2010 - A Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s surgeon is the first in the Southeast to use just ...
Mercy Medical Center St. Mary's Named Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery and Knee/Hip Replacement
Feb. 22, 2010 - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee has designated Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s as a ...
St. Mary's Jefferson Memorial Hospital Holds Groundbreaking Ceremony for Facility Expansion
Feb. 18, 2010 - Below-freezing temperatures and a dusting of snow on the ground didn’t dampen the excitement or deter ...
Mercy Heart Specialists Use Cutting-Edge Catheterization Procedure To Close Holes In Hearts
Feb. 8, 2010 - Cardiologists at Mercy Medical Center West are repairing holes in the wall between the chambers of ...
Mercy Unveils New Names For Metro Area Hospitals
Feb. 4, 2010 - Officials with Mercy Health Partners today unveiled the new name and signs for the Metro Knoxville ...
A Mercy Medical Team To Help in Relief Efforts In Haiti
Feb. 2, 2010 - Chaplain Dan Hix and several Sisters from Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s led a prayer of ...
Robotic Surgery Coming To Mercy Medical Center West
Jan. 18, 2010 - Mercy Health Partners’ Metro Division COO Jeff Ashin announced today that Mercy Medical Center West will ...
New Surgery Center Open on Mercy Medical Center West Campus
January 12, 2010 - Mercy Surgery Center West is now open for a variety of outpatient procedures in the ambulatory ...
Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s Earns Robotic Epicenter Designation
Dec. 15, 2009 - Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s is the only hospital in Tennessee to be named as an ...
Mercy Cancer Centers Sponsor Smoke Cessation Course Starting In January
Dec. 14, 2009 - Mercy Cancer Centers are making it easier for people to make a 2010 New Year’s resolution ...
London Resigns From Mercy Health Partners
December 1, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners President and CEO Debra London has resigned her position, effective November 30, 2009. ...
Hot to Trot Thanksgiving Day Race Benefits Sister Martha's Food Pantry and Catholic Charities
November 19, 2009 - Hot to Trot races will take place on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, in Turkey Creek ...
Mercy Foundation's Impact Group Announces Awards for 2009
Nov. 18, 2009 - When it was formed last year, the members of Mercy Foundation’s Impact Mercy wanted to advance ...
Mercy Health Partners Works With Scholastic Book Clubs ClassroomsCare Program To Support Literacy
November 17, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners is proud to partner with Scholastic Inc. in Scholastic Book Clubs ClassroomsCare initiative ...
Mercy Cancer Centers Present Oncology on Canvas Art Exhibit at Mercy Medical Center North Campus
Nov. 16, 2009 - Lilly’s Oncology on Canvas, a free art exhibit honoring the physical and emotional journeys people face ...
St. Mary's Hospice House Celebrates 10 years of Service With Open House on Nov. 16
Nov. 12, 2009 - The Mercy Residential Hospice Program will celebrate 10 years of service to the community during an ...
Mercy Cancer Center's Diet and Cancer Series to Focus on Preventing Lung Cancer
Nov. 2, 2009 - The November program in the Diet and Cancer Series will help people learn to pump up ...
St. Mary's Home Health Services Scores Tops In Knoxville Area
Oct. 28, 2009 - Mercy HomeCare Services is the only agency in the Knoxville area to score at or better ...
National Expert on Improving the Community Response to Abuse Victims to Speak at the Annual Anita Gregg Memorial Luncheon
Oct. 27, 2009 - The Mercy Health Partners Foundation and the Community Coalition on Family Violence will host the annual ...
Mercy Physician First in the Knoxville Area to Implant New Wireless Pacemaker
Oct. 20, 2009 - A cardiologist with East Tennessee Heart Consultants is the first physician in the Knoxville area to ...
Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s Ranked Among The Top 5% in Nation for Overall Orthopedic Services
Oct. 13, 2009 - Mercy Medical Center St. Mary’s formerly St. Mary’s Medical Center, ranked among the top 5% in ...
Learn How To Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer Through a Healthy Diet
Oct. 8, 2009 - Mercy Cancer Centers dietitian Teresa McCusker says adopting a healthier lifestyle can help to lower your ...
Mercy Marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Several Educational Programs
Oct. 2, 2009 - October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Mercy Health Partners is hosting several educational programs ...
Sisters of Mercy Lead Mercy Month Celebrations
Oct. 1, 2009 - The Sisters of Mercy led the Mercy Health Partners celebration of Mercy Month at its 27 ...
HPV - What Adolescents and Young Adults Need To Know
Sept. 17, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners is hosting an educational program to answer questions about the human papillomavirus (HPV) ...
Your Plate and Your Prostate
Sept. 15, 2009 - The second in Mercy Cancer Centers’ Cancer and Diet series will focus on reducing the risk ...
MHP Sponsors Free Screenings and Programs During Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sept. 2, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners is a member of the daVinci® Surgery Awareness Initiative that supports the Lance ...
London Accepts Opportunity to Take Sabbatical
August 28, 2009 - Debra K. London, President and CEO of Mercy Health Partners, today announced that she will take ...
Mercy’s Wellnesse For Women Wants You To Have Healthy and Great-looking Skin
August 25, 2009 - The September Downtown Women’s program, hosted by Mercy’s Wellnesse for Women, will focus on skin problems. ...
Eating Smart For Cancer Prevention
August 18, 2009 - Does grilled meat cause cancer? Should I buy organic fruit and vegetables? How important is fiber? ...
Christopher Nolte, M.D. Joins Mercy Sleep Centers
August 11, 2009 - Christopher Nolte, M.D. has joined Mercy Sleep Centers. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, ...
Mercy Introduces Newsletter for Mercy GOLD Membership
August 13, 2009 - Members of Mercy GOLD, the free membership program for those 50 and older, now have a ...
Mercy Opens Pediatric Sleep Centers
August 11, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners is now offering comprehensive assessment and treatment of children with a variety of ...
CHP Ranks In The Top 10 of U.S. Health Systems
August 10, 2009 - Catholic Healthcare Partners was named to the Top 10 list of health systems in the United ...
Mercy Cancer Centers Sponsor Program on Reducing Your Risk of Breast Cancer by Eating Right
July 10, 2009 - A registered dietitian from the Mercy Cancer Centers will explain how to lower the risk of ...
MHP Sponsors All About Women Event on Aug. 29, 2009
July 9, 2009 - You know it’s going to be a good day when, in a single stop, you can ...
Mercy CFO Promoted to CHP Vice President
July 2, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners President and CEO Debra London announced today that the system’s chief financial officer, ...
Mercy Announces Decision Not To Build New Hospital
June 11, 2009 - The Mercy Health Partners Board of Directors has determined that it is no longer economically feasible ...
Mercy Wellnesse for Women Begins Healthy In The City Series
June 4, 2009 -
Mercy Wellnesse for Women will present the first Healthy In The City lunch and learn program ...
Mercy ERs Ready To Help in Case of a Summertime Injury
June 1, 2009 - Summertime fun in the sun can lead to summertime bumps, bruises or more serious injury. Mercy ...
St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County Hosts Diabetes Class
May 22, 2009 - St. Mary’s Diabetes Center and St. Mary’s Medical Center of Campbell County will host the Choose ...
New Parking Lot Shuttle Service Available on Mercy Medical Center North
May 22, 2009 - Neither rain nor sleet nor snow stops Al Comley from making his rounds in the new ...
Pat Medley Honored as Mercy Woman of the Year
May 19, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners President and CEO Debra London announced that the Pat Medley has been honored ...
St. Mary's Surgeon Using the Robot in Battle Against Cancer
May 7, 2009 - A St. Mary’s Medical Center women’s cancer specialist is using the da Vinci S Robotic System ...
Mercy Wellnesse for Women Program Launched
April 23, 2009 - Navigating the healthcare system can be a challenging task. A new program launched by Mercy Health ...
Hand Washing Still the Best Defense Aginst the Flu
April 28, 2009 - The Mercy Health Partners Metro Infection Control Director says that the best way to avoid contracting ...
Mercy Says Champion Green. Make it a Habit.
April 22, 2009 - Hospitals are often the biggest consumers of energy and produce the most waste in a community. ...
Two MHP Hospitals Named to Thomson Reuters Top 100 List
April 8, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners Community Hospital Chief Executive Officer Jack Bryan announced today that St. Mary’s Medical ...
Mercy Cancer Center Nurse Earns Back-to-Back State Honors
April 7, 2009 - For the second year in a row, Tammy Nickles, RN, OCN, the cancer care coordinator for ...
Mercy is on Facebook and Twitter
March 26, 2009 - Mercy Health Partners now has a page on Facebook! If you are a ...
Mercy Provides Heart Surgery for Haitian Teen
Jan. 12, 2009 - A teenager from Haiti received surgery to repair a hole in her heart at Mercy Medical ...
Media Inquires
From the merger of two health systems, to the initiation of new services, to the delivery of one of the most powerful MRIs in the state, exciting things are happening at Mercy.
Mercy Public Relations provides media access to the newsmakers and opinion leaders at Baptist and St. Mary's hospitals and facilities. We will help connect you to the sources you need.
Someone from Public Relations is on-call 24-hours-a-day, 365 days a year for media requests. To reach the staff after business hours, dial our medical center information number at (865) 545-8000 and ask the operator to contact the on-call person. Be prepared to give the operator information concerning your request, which will be delivered to the on-call person.
For all media inquiries for St. Mary's facilities or Mercy Health Partners:
Craig Griffith
cgriffith@mercy.com
(865) 545-7565
For all media inquiries for Baptist facilities:
Gretchen Church
gchurch@mercy.com
(865) 549-4838
After 5 p.m. and weekends, call the operator at (865) 545-8000.
They will put you in touch with the on call person.
For St. Mary’s Jefferson Memorial Hospital:
Craig Griffith
cgriffith@mercy.com
(865) 545-7565
For St. Mary’s Medical Center of Campbell County:
Emily Noss
enoss@mercy.com
(423) 907-1447
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