CRMC Trustee Owens Honored As He Steps Down
The Cookeville Regional Board of Trustees honored Dr. Carl Owens for his work on the board during their Thursday meeting. Owens will be stepping down after six years of service. He said it has been his pleasure to serve on the board. “I will continue to be an advocate for CRMC having been in this […]
Cookeville Regional Committee Approves New Fiscal Budget
The Cookeville Regional Finance Committee passed the medical center’s 2025 fiscal year budget Tuesday night, with some $14.5 million for expansion and innovation projects. Chief Financial Officer Tommye Rena Wells said the lion’s share of the expansion costs are budgeted for the 4 West and 5 West projects, a combined $9.3 million. She said the […]
Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist Now On CRMC Staff
Cookeville Regional’s Kayla Sircy has earned her Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist certification. Sircy is a Pediatric Occupational Therapist. Sircy said some 90 percent of the kids she works with daily have autism. She said she learned play-based learning mechanisms that help these children meet their goals and function in their daily lives. “It’s just […]
Council To Replace Owens On CRMC Board Thursday
Cookeville City Council will vote Thursday night to appoint a new member of the Cookeville Regional Medical Center Board of Trustees. Cookeville Mayor Laurin Wheaton said Justin Cumby has agreed to serve. City Manager James Mills said Carl Owens has resigned from the board with two years remaining on his term. Mills said after serving […]
Bike Lane Addition On Cedar Nearing Completion
A project to resurface and add striping for bike lanes on Cookeville’s Cedar Avenue is scheduled to finish up in the next few weeks. City Manager James Mills said the project includes milling and resurfacing from Broad Street to Seventh Street. He said he is excited to connect Cookeville Regional Medical Center and Tennessee Tech […]
CRMC Foundation Celebrates 20-Year Anniversary
The Cookeville Regional Medical Center Charitable Foundation is celebrating 20 years of serving the Upper Cumberland community. Foundation Director John Bell said healthcare has become much more challenging over those 20 years. Those challenges have made the issues faced by local families even more difficult in many cases. Bell said the ticket to 20 years […]
CRMC Reps To Lobby Against 80-Year Old ER Law
Cookeville Regional CEO Buffy Key headed to the state capital to testify against a law that prevents the hospital from hiring certain members of the ER team. Key said the “PARE Law” was put in place in the 1940s. It forces non-teaching medical facilities to contract pathologists, radiologists, anesthesiologists, and other ER workers from outside […]
CRMC To Buildout New Wound Care Center On Cedar
The Cookeville Regional Finance Committee voted Tuesday night to move forward with renovations to a building that will house the hospital’s Wound Care Center. CFO Tommye Rena Wells said the estimated cost for the project will not exceed $500,000. CEO Buffy Key said the hospital has been leasing the space from a local medical facility, […]
CRMC 5 West Project Takes Next Steps Toward Fall Completion
Cookeville Regional Medical Center’s 5 West renovation project has taken its next step, with facilities now being built out. CEO Buffy Key said the patient rooms in 5 West are now being built out and the improved facility is taking shape. She said the hospital is having furniture fairs now to determine what kind of […]
Cookeville Mended Hearts Discontinued After 20+ Years
Cookeville Mended Hearts Chapter 127 will end its visitation services at Cookeville Regional due to a lack of volunteers. President Blanche Smithers said Mended Hearts is a group of accredited visitors that meets with patients and their families during the process of heart surgery. She told the Cookeville Regional Board of Trustees Thursday night that […]
