CRMC Looking For Approval On New Prostate Care Treatment
Cookeville Regional Medical Center’s Finance Committee approved the purchase of a new aquablation system used for prostate care Tuesday.
Wound Care Center Improving Patient Experience
Cookeville Regional’s new Advanced Wound Care Center will allow for more efficiency and a better patient experience alongside the extra space.
Rader Requests Hospital Consider $100K Maintenance Contract
Cookeville Regional Finance Committee Chair Danny Rader requesting the hospital look into a software maintenance agreement costing the hospital some $100,000. Rader said the agreement is for a hands-free communication system nurses use to talk to one another while working. Rader said he is impressed with the system itself but the maintenance agreement may be […]
CRMC’s New Wound Care Center Opens Monday
Cookeville Regional Medical Center will be opening its new Advanced Wound Care Center Monday, March 3.
1 Suspect Identified, Car Found In Shooting
The Tennessee Highway Patrol and law enforcement statewide continue the search for two black men involved in an shooting of a Cookeville-based Highway Patrol officer Friday night. The Patrol identified Braze Rucker as the passenger in the vehicle overnight. He is considered armed and dangerous. The TBI added Rucker to the state’s Most Wanted List. […]
Cookeville Trooper Shot On I-40
A Cookeville-based Highway Patrol Trooper shot during a traffic stop Friday evening near Interstate 40 mile marker 288. The interstate down to one lane in the eastbound direction as of 9:15pm as the investigation continues into the shooting. The Highway Patrol said it is searching for two suspects in a white Kia Forte. The car’s […]
CRMC Inks Agreement Vanderbilt Cancer Center
Cookeville Regional Medical Center entering a partnership with the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center to have Vanderbilt employees on-site in the CRMC Cancer Center. CEO Buffy Key said Cookeville Regional oncologists will collaborate with Vanderbilt physicians and mid-level physicians. She said the hospital sends some patients to Nashville for treatment now, but the partnership will allow more […]
Cookeville Employees Would Continue CRMC Benefit Pending Vote
Cookeville city employees would be able to continue visiting Cookeville Regional’s Medical Clinic if City Council approves a new agreement Thursday. The benefit ended this summer when the city moved from a self-insured system to an outside firm. At issue, federal rules that prevented employees with a Health Savings Account from using the clinic. City […]
Cookeville Crews Poised To Begin Phase Two Of Cedar Avenue Work
Cookeville City Manager James Mills said city crews hope to begin work on phase two of the Cedar Avenue renovations in the next week or so. Mills said the city completed phase one work earlier this year. The next phase will focus on the section from Broad Street to Second Street. It will include installing […]
Psychiatric Unit Stripped, Renovations Continue On CRMC 4/5W
Cookeville Regional’s 5 West wing has been completely stripped, another milestone in the 4 West/5 West renovations. The 5 West wing had been used as a mental health facility, meaning many of the typical patient-room medical facilities had been removed. CEO Buffy Key said the wing was shut down at the start of the pandemic. […]
