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October 14, 2016 Our Abysmal Maternal Health Statistics And How To Improve Them

By: Bill Frist, M.D. This piece is coauthored by Saketh R. Guntupalli, MD, FACOG, FACS. Dr. Guntupalli is assistant professor of gynecologic oncology at University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver. This past year, the United States received the dubious…

September 9, 2016 September 2016

CDC Urges Community-Wide Approach to Health NashvilleHealth and the Metro Public Health Department were pleased to recently host John Auerbach, director of policy with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for a candid discussion on reducing Nashville’s hypertension rates. Dr….

September 9, 2016 New collaboration takes aim at infant mortality in Nashville

By: Holly Fletcher The Metro Public Health Department, Tennessee State University and NashvilleHealth are putting together a collaboration to decrease the rates of infant mortality and preterm births in Davidson County. The collaboration is going to look at a variety of…

May 12, 2016 May 2016

In recent weeks, we have launched our working group on hypertension, hosted a stakeholder session on tobacco, and participated in state and national discussions on cross-community engagement in health. Tobacco Group Gathers for Work Session NashvilleHealth recently hosted a second gathering of…