WCYB – More than 300 top executives and community leaders from all across Southwest Virginia gathered hoping to work together to improve the region’s educational and health outcomes. The Southwest 2020 Summit kicked off Thursday in Abingdon. This year’s summit included a new community input session dealing with the two healthcare providers’ ten year strategic…
read more →Editorial by Dr. Wendy M. Nehring, professor and dean of the East Tennessee State University College of Nursing Johnson City Press – Everyone deserves optimal health and nursing is one discipline that can play a role in achieving that goal for people. There are approximately 7,253 licensed registered nurses in northeast Tennessee, which is 1.4 nurses…
read more →Bart Hove, CEO of Wellmont Health System, and Alan Levine, CEO of Mountain States Health Alliance, answered viewer questions about the proposed merger on WJHL. View the broadcast clips below. Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6
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read more →Community round table meetings to solicit public input on important health issues in the region KINGSPORT and JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – (August 5, 2015) – Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System have scheduled a series of community meetings to solicit input as the organizations work together to solve some of the region’s most…
read more →By Dr. Chad Couch Bristol Herald Courier – Change is frequently hard. This is especially true when it comes to something as important as the health care of our community. The proposed merger of Wellmont Health System and Mountain States Health Alliance will change how health care is delivered in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, and I…
read more →By Joe Macione Bristol Herald Courier – Wellmont Health System and Mountain States Health Alliance, the two hospital systems in our area, propose to merge. These two systems are very important to all who call this area home, so some of us are watching this proposal closely, and wondering how this might affect my family and…
read more →Work groups to hold public meetings, provide input to assist health systems in development of long-term plan for improving the health of the region KINGSPORT and JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – (June 10, 2015) – Mountain States Health Alliance and Wellmont Health System officials are creating four community work groups designed to provide public input as the…
read more →Task force to assist each system’s governing body as proposed merger process moves forward Wellmont Health System and Mountain States Health Alliance leaders have appointed a joint board task force as work continues to explore the creation of a new, integrated and locally governed health system. The joint board task force is a committee of…
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