CRMC Using New Opioid Funds For Navigator Program
Cookeville will send additional opioid abatement money to Cookeville Regional to assist residents through its Substance Abuse Navigator Program. Substance Abuse Navigator John Johnson told the CRMC Board of Trustees Thursday the program is designed to help connect patients who visit the hospital to recovery services and navigate the recovery process. Johnson said navigating the […]
Wound Care Move Complete, 4 West Changes Progressing
Cookeville Regional Medical Center’s relocation of the Wound Care Center is complete. The Wound Care Center opened at the new location on Cedar Avenue back in March, but CEO Buffy Key said it took several months to finish the move. “We’ve got a great team over there,” Key said. “We actually partnered with a company […]
CRMC Budget Passes; Concerns About ER & Medicaid Cuts
Cookeville Regional’s new fiscal year budget approved by Cookeville City Council on first reading, but not before some concern about ER wait times. A resident asked CEO Buffy Key what was being done in this budget to reduce those times. Key said the problem is universal in health care today. “We have been working on […]
CRMC Celebrates Tennessee Heart Expansion Grand Opening
The Tennessee Heart expansion project celebrated at a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon. The expansion doubles the size of the Cookeville facility and puts all of the Cookeville Regional cardiology resources under one roof. Director of Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab Debbie Baker said a center like this has been a dream for nearly two decades. […]
CRMC Borrowing $13 Million For New Inpatient Hospital
Cookeville Regional Medical Center will borrow funds up to $13 million to construct a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital. CRMC received authorization from the Cookeville City Council to borrow the funds on Thursday. Mayor Laurin Wheaton said the expansion is needed. “We are keeping people in the community, which is so important as a health care […]
CRMC Helped Repeal Old Law To Benefit Rural Hospitals
Senator Paul Bailey said Cookeville Regional championed the repeal of an old law, which will benefit rural hospitals statewide. The regulation, passed in the 1970s, required Tennessee hospitals to hire anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists, and emergency room doctors through an outside company. Bailey said this year, legislators passed a partial repeal that allows counties that have […]
Cookeville Regional Holds Ground Breaking Ceremony For Wing Renovations
Cookeville Regional held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for an expansion project that will bring 40 additional beds. The 4 West/5 West project is further along than what a groundbreaking would suggest. Rooms are framed and drywall is up in some places, though some wiring and pipes are still exposed. Chief Executive Officer Buffy Key said […]
Cookeville Regional CEO Named To Tennessee Non-Profit Position
Cookeville Regional Medical Center CEO Buffy Key has been appointed to a board of directors position. Key will serve on the Tennessee Hospital Association Board of Directors. The THA is a not-for-profit organization that advocates for the interests of hospitals, health systems and other healthcare organizations in the state. Key brings 32 years of healthcare […]
Putnam Health Department Begins Fall Into Fitness Program Wednesday
The Putnam County Health Department is sponsering the Fall Into Fitness effort at Cane Creek Park. Each week the health department is bringing public servants around Cookville to walk around the park to prompt physical fitness. The event begins at 11 a.m. in the parking lot across from the Cane Creek Sportsplex. Putnam Public Health […]
CRMC Finance Committee Delays Contract On Health Record System
Cookeville Regional’s Board Of Trustees Finance Committee voted Tuesday night to table a contract extension on the center’s health record system. Committee members, led by Dr. Ernest Buchanan, voiced concerns about the system and ongoing problems that have not been fixed. Altera Digital Health had proposed a five-year contract extension at a price of some […]
