BCBST News Center, May 8, 2020 COVID-19 has left no community untouched. Infecting more than 1 million Americans and resulting in the deaths of more than 75,000 people as of May 8, the coronavirus has taken an especially dramatic toll …
Real story: How to prepare for a telehealth visit
BCBST WellTuned, May 7, 2020 Jennifer Brantley was diagnosed with cancer in October 2019. After months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment, she had to have a tumor removed at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Her surgery was set for …
How Tennessee food banks are keeping hunger at bay
BCBST News Center, May 5, 2020 The rise of COVID-19 has caused Tennessee’s food banks to be overwhelmed by first-time visitors, while also seeing increased need among populations they already serve. To help support these organizations as they assist Tennesseans …
New telework arrangements putting people on their pets’ home turf
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Lisa Denton, May 2, 2020 In mid-March, thousands of Chattanooga-area workers traded office environs for the comforts of home in a bid to let teleworking help curb the spread of the coronavirus. In many households, children …
Telehealth rises to the COVID-19 challenge for Tennesseans | Opinion
Tennessean, Dr. Andrea Willis, April 21, 2020 During the last few weeks, we’ve become intimately familiar with the concept of social distancing and all it entails — limiting travel, working from home, even covering our faces at the grocery store. …