Baptist’s New Hybrid OR Most Technologically Advanced in Mississippi

JACKSON—When Baptist Medical Center administrative leaders began planning new cardiovascular surgical suites, they huddled with cardiovascular surgeons on staff at the hospital—William J. Harris, MD, Charles S. O’Mara, MD, and W. Stewart Horsley, MD—to determine the best design

Long Wait Over

OLIVE BRANCH—After years of wrangling, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare has been given the green light to build a new 100-bed acute care hospital in Olive Branch.

Final Rule Options, E-Rx Mandates, Newly Introduced Federal Legislation among Practice Management Challenges

The "meaningful use" requirements outlined in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) final rule released mid-July will provide practice managers with an abundance of content to digest before the New Year rolls around.

Health care providers in Mississippi are converting to electronic medical records as required by federal Health Care Reform. Some state providers, however, have a head start. After Hurricane Katrina, the State Health Information Exchange was established to set up an electronic health care records system in the six coastal counties, ensuring that medical records would never be lost in storms again.

The Continuing Battle to Keep Athletes Safe from Supplements

Turn to the sports page in any paper, and the headlines serve as a constant reminder that professional athletes of all stripes have been tempted to step outside the straight and narrow path of good nutrition and hard work to get an edge on the competition. From baseball to bicycling, athletes are under tremendous pressure to be bigger … faster … stronger.

Hitting the Mark

The Arthroscopy Association of North America (AANA) recently selected Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center (MSMOC) as an elite participant for its prestigious Arthroscopy Traveling Fellowship Program. 

Knoxville Company Offers Turnkey Option

The mother of a sick 6-year-old pushes a double stroller out of the pediatrician’s office, the feverish first-grader trailing behind. In the stroller are a 3-year-old and a hungry and crying 8-month-old. What’s next? A 30-minute wait with three kids in tow for the two prescriptions at a chain pharmacy across town.

Orthopedic Surgeon, Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center

Jay O'Mara, MD, makes the Energizer bunny appear lazy.

When football season starts, O'Mara, a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon at Mississippi Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center in Jackson, will be on the sidelines of a game most Thursday nights, every Friday night and most Saturdays, clocking 16-hour days.