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Thursday, March 21, 2013
Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is pleased to introduce the most advanced da Vinci® Si™ Surgical System in the Memphis area. The system is designed to facilitate complex procedures using a minimally invasive approach that allows surgeons to perfo...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been honored with an “A” Hospital Safety ScoreSM by The Leapfrog Group, an independent, national nonprofit leader and advocate in hospital transparency. The Hospital Safety ScoreSM was calculated under the gui...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 This morning Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett cut the ribbon on a $1.5 million emergency room expansion project, which increased the number of treatment rooms from 19 to 33. This includes six fast track rooms for less serious illnesses and minor inju...
Wednesday, August 01, 2012 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett was named “Best Hospital” and “Best Business” in The Bartlett Express 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards. This marks the ninth consecutive year that Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has received accolades in The Bartlett Expr...
Saturday, June 16, 2012 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is now performing percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). This expansion of services is representative of the hospital’s commitment to providing comprehensive cardiac services to residents of Northeast Shelby Count...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) today announced that Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett appointed Jeremy Clark as its new chief executive officer. Clark joined the 156-bed acute care hospital located in Bartlett, Tenn., on June 11.“Jeremy is a...
Friday, March 30, 2012
The employees of Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett held their annual Doctors’ Day celebration on March 30th. Activities included a luncheon for the physicians, a departmental Doctors’ Day poster contest, and an artist available to create caricat...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett employees celebrated the hospital’s facility expansion with physicians, political leaders, members of the business community and the public taking part in a ceremonial ribbon cutting. The result will be 56 additional...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett Imaging Center now features digital mammography as one of the diagnostic services offered to patients. This will provide the highest quality of care in the prevention and early detection of breast cancer in a...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is now offering its InQuickER service at no charge. InQuickER is an emergency room service that facilitates patient satisfaction by allowing consumers to hold a place at the ER online, while waiting in the comfor...
Monday, August 22, 2011 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association for its excellence in the treatment of patients with heart failure. This award is given o...
Tuesday, August 09, 2011 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett was named “Best Hospital” and “Best Business” in the Bartlett area in The Bartlett Express 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards. This marks the eighth consecutive year that Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been honored in ...
Friday, July 01, 2011 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in both computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This is based on the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
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Friday, April 15, 2011 Tenet Healthcare Corporation [NYSE: THC] announced today that Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett in Bartlett, Tenn., has been named to the company’s 2011 Circle of Excellence.The Circle of Excellence honors Tenet hospitals that have achieved the highes...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 Saint Francis Medical Partners has opened up a third primary care clinic in the Memphis area. The new clinic is located at 1144 N. Houston Levee Rd. in Cordova, one half mile south of Macon Rd.
The internal medicine practice will be staffed by Det...
Thursday, February 17, 2011 Northeast Shelby County residents needing outpatient diagnostic imaging have a new facility dedicated to their needs. The Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett Imaging Center is a 6100 square foot, $5.1 million facility located on the hospital’s campus. ...
Monday, November 08, 2010 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is providing a solution to the problem of emergency room waiting with the first InQuickER in Tennessee. The system allows patients to make an online reservation to be seen in the emergency room.
Patients with a non-...
Monday, November 01, 2010 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has received a Center of Excellence designation from Cigna for total knee replacement. The Center of Excellence designation indicates that Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has achieved Cigna’s highest standards for qu...
Thursday, September 23, 2010 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett today looked to the future with a groundbreaking for the hospital’s facility expansion. The $34 million dollar project will result in 96 additional hospital beds for Bartlett and the surrounding area.
The expans...
Thursday, September 09, 2010 Northeast Shelby County residents needing outpatient diagnostic services will soon have a new facility dedicated to their needs. Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is renovating a building on the hospital’s campus that will become home to a new diagno...
Monday, July 19, 2010 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett announced today that it has acquired the iE33 cardiac ultrasound system from Philips Medical Systems. This system will provide the hospital’s patients and physicians with a state-of-the-art echocardiography system.
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Thursday, June 03, 2010 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has received the Get With The Guidelines–Heart Failure Silver Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has reached an aggressive...
Friday, May 28, 2010 A recent Saturday morning at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett featured the shouts of young children enjoying their time spent on the moon bounce. Other children were getting their faces painted while some were watched in amazement as a balloon artis...
Thursday, April 01, 2010 The first Doctor's Day observance was March 30, 1933 in Winder, Georgia. Eudora Brown Almond, wife of Dr. Charles B. Almond, wanted a day in which physicians would be honored. It was the beginning of a tradition which continues to this day. In fac...
Monday, February 01, 2010 Kem Mullins, Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett CEO, has been named chairman of the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce’s 10-Year Economic Development Strategic Plan. He currently serves on the Bartlett Area Chamber’s Board of Directors and is its Vice ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE: THC) announced today that Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been named to the company’s 2009 Circle of Excellence. The Circle of Excellence honors Tenet hospitals that have achieved the highe...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has 441 physicians in 31 specialties serving on its medical staff. Hospital employees recently took time to honor these physicians at their annual Doctors’ Day celebration. “We are so proud of our physicians and the w...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is ranked as the second best travel nurse friendly hospital in the country according to TravelNursing.com. The ranking was based on ratings from over 4,500 travel nurses. Nurse staffing levels, staff friendlin...
Wednesday, March 04, 2009 Based on patient satisfaction scores from throughout the year, Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been named a Tenet Healthcare five star hospital for 2008. The designation is based on an independent survey of Saint Francis Hospital...
Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been recognized for service excellence for a second consecutive year under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Program. This distinction acknowledges a strong commitment by Saint Francis Hospital-...
Tuesday, June 03, 2008 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is proud to announce that digital mammography has been added to the hospital’s scope of services for women. This new equipment incorporates advanced imaging technology that provides incredibly sharp images. Di...
Friday, February 08, 2008 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett announced today that is has reached an agreement with CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI). Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is part of a national agreement entered into by its parent company, Tenet Healthcare Corporat...
Thursday, January 17, 2008 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett operating rooms now have new, high definition visualization systems. This equipment enables physicians to see better and maneuver instruments more easily during minimally invasive surgery. The 1088...
Wednesday, January 02, 2008 The American Alliance of Healthcare Providers (AAHCP) has named Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett a recipient of the 2007 Hospital of Choice Awards. The awards are designed to identify America’s most customer friendly hospitals. The se...
Monday, November 19, 2007 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been awarded an accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) based on the results of a recent on-site inspection. George Patton, Saint Francis-B...
Thursday, November 15, 2007 We are excited to announce that Saint Francis Healthcare is now “Tobacco Free.” Tobacco use of any kind will not be permitted anywhere on our properties. This includes inside and outside of hospitals, clinics and medical buildings; parking lots...
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 Based on patient satisfaction scores for the month of August, Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been named a Tenet Healthcare five star hospital. A five star designation represents the highest patient satisfaction rating that can be attained....
Monday, July 23, 2007 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett was named “Best Hospital” in the Bartlett area in The Bartlett Express 2007 Readers’ Choice Awards. This marks the fourth consecutive year that Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been honored in The Bartlett ...
Thursday, April 05, 2007 Saint Francis Hospital - Bartlett has been recognized for service excellence under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Program. This distinction acknowledges a strong commitment by Saint Francis Hospital - Bartlett to provide...
Thursday, January 25, 2007 The Saint Francis Hospital Auxiliary is composed of more than 200 members of the volunteer staffs of Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett and Saint Francis Hospital. The organization raises money to provide items needed by patients and families at...
Friday, November 17, 2006 Prior to Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett opening in June, 2004, Bob Kennedy was already an important part of the hospital. As a volunteer, Bob stocked items, assisted with clerical work, and did whatever was asked of him to help ensure the hosp...
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett is working in conjunction with the March of Dimes to inform the local community that November is Prematurity Awareness Month. Saint Francis-Bartlett will light the hospital walkway and building in pink and blue l...
Tuesday, August 08, 2006 (August 8, 2006 – Bartlett, Tenn.) Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett was voted as the top Bartlett area hospital by readers of the Bartlett Express. This is the third straight year that the hospital has been selected “best hospital” in the newspaper’s...
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Bartlett, Tenn- February 22, 2006- Tenet Healthcare announced today that Kem M. Mullins has been named chief executive officer for Saint Francis-Bartlett Hospital, effective March 20, 2006. Mullins will oversee all strategic, operational and clinica...
Tuesday, February 14, 2006 MEMPHIS, Tenn. – February 14, 2006 – Tenet’s Central Northeast-Southern States Region today announced that David L. Archer was named chief executive officer for its Memphis market. In this newly created role, Archer will remain chief executive...
Monday, January 16, 2006 (January 16, 2006 – Bartlett, Tenn.) Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has unveiled a new cardiac catheterization lab. A cardiac catheterization is a non-surgical procedure in which a thin plastic tube is introduced through an artery in the arm or l...
Saint Francis Healthcare is pleased to announce a new agreement with Blue Cross-S. Effective, April 1, 2011, Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis and Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett are now in-network with Blue Cross-S.
“Saint Francis is currently in-net...
Based on patient satisfaction scores for the month of May, Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett has been named a Tenet Healthcare five star hospital. A five star designation represents the highest patient satisfaction rating that can be attained.
Patie...
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Our facility expansion is rapidly moving towards completion. We recently received life safety approval from the State of Tennessee. This allows our non-patient care departments (Lab, Medical Records, Biomed, Medical Staff, Case Management, and Admin...
Friday, June 10, 2011
On June 9th, the employees of Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett and the Hoar Construction team held a "topping off" ceremony for the hospital’s facility expansion. The ceremony celebrated the completion of the highest part of the structure...
Monday, May 02, 2011
The weather has been the big story this week. Mother Nature provided us with approximately eight inches of rain. Despite the inclement conditions, some construction efforts moved forward on our facility expansion. Wall met...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The 2nd floor of the East Tower was installed and columns up to the 3rd floor are in the process of being installed. In addition, the 2nd floor of the North Tower has seen progress with rebar, plumbing, HVAC and the i...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 Significant progress has been made on the Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett facility expansion. Foundation grade beams have been completed and the perimeter foundation walls are being placed. Columns are also being placed from first to second floor ...
Monday, March 14, 2011 The construction crew continues to fight the weather, as we have received plenty of rain the past few weeks. The process of installing the gravel sub base for the slab on grade at the surgery expansion area began. In addition, the first of three fo...
Monday, February 28, 2011
The Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett facility expansion is beginning to take shape. This week the concrete placement of first story columns and west end foundation was completed. There is a definite feeling of excitement as we see the future of ...
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Friday, January 21, 2011 Mother Nature didn't cooperate this week, as rain on Monday, rain on Tuesday, and snow on Thursday created conditions that were not favorable to construction. The dedicated workers of Hoar Construction did manage to make progress on readying rebar ...
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Monday, December 20, 2010 As we head towards the Holidays, work continues on the Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett facility expansion. We hope that by this time next year we'll have a target date for the opening of the new tower.
This week Hoar Construction was able to tie n...
Monday, December 06, 2010 Construction continued on Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett's facility expansion with a busy week in which progress was made towards the 2012 grand opening.
The focus this past week was on work required to relocate existing utilities which are in con...
Monday, November 22, 2010
It is an exciting time on the Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett campus. Construction is moving forward on our 96-bed facility expansion project. This past week, Hoar Construction installed 100% of the new drainage underground from the...
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