Importance of Primary Care
Primary care is often interpreted as a general, loose term when it comes to healthcare. We hear it often, but we don’t always know what it means. What does it really mean? What does a primary care provider do and should you have one of your own? Whether you see a family physician, an internal […]
Pizzimenti Serving a Purpose
At Magnolia Regional Health Center, our hospitalists work in a variety of roles to ensure the best care for our patients. As we mentioned in previous articles, a hospitalist is a physician who specializes in caring for patients who are hospitalized. As we continue the series on our hospitalists, we want to introduce these individuals […]
Heat Related Illness in Children
It’s so hot… birds are using potholders to pull worms from the ground. All joking aside, summer heat can cause serious health related problems. In the U.S. more than 300 people die each year from excessive heat exposure. That is more than all other causes of weather related deaths, including tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and earthquakes. […]
Hospital Rolls Out New Vehicle Fleet
A new fleet of vehicles will soon be hitting the roads in Corinth and the surrounding region. Magnolia Regional Health Center is introducing a new vehicle service fleet with 17 new, locally leased Nissan Altima vehicles provided by Enterprise Fleet Management. Enterprise Fleet Management, a full-service fleet management business, is providing these vehicles for use by […]
Homegrown Physician Living Her Dream
By: Hayes Baker, MD In January of 2017, we introduced a group of physicians called Hospitalists who care for patients at Magnolia Regional Health Center in Corinth, MS. That article discussed the many benefits of being under the care of Hospitalists, explained their role, and mentioned how these physicians are living, working, and socializing right […]
Hospitalists Improving Healthcare at MRHC
By: Seger S. Morris, DO, MBA Healthcare is changing. At Magnolia Regional Health Center (MRHC), we seek innovative ways to care for our patients and ensure equal access to the best care offered. That’s why we want you to know about a rather new specialty of physicians who help patients hospitalized at MRHC to be […]
MRHC Welcomes First Baby of the Year
As many individuals were spending the first days of the new year wrapping up a few days off with family, Sheena Fender and Larry Grisham were spending some quality time with family of their own. Their time, however, was a little bit different than most. On Sunday, Jan. 1, Fender and Grisham welcomed their […]
Eating Right ALL YEAR
By: Becky Sharpe, Registered Dietitian, Clinical Dietitian at Magnolia Regional Health Center With a new year comes a renewed sense of hope and optimism towards fitness and nutrition goals. The gyms are packed throughout January, and diet book sales skyrocket. I love hearing patients tell me about their excitement for nutrition this time of year, […]
What is Urgent Care
By: Amanda Comer, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, ACNP-BC, ENP-BC It is 3:30 pm on a Friday afternoon when you start to feel a burn in your throat and an ache over your body. You remember your coworker was out earlier this week with strep throat, so you decide to check your temperature. It is 101! You […]
Safety First
Winter Driving – Skids One of the most dangerous winter driving hazards is skidding. If it happens at a high speed, the result can be deadly. But most skids can be avoided by simply adjusting to driving conditions and knowing how to recover from a skid. Skids are most likely to occur on curves and […]