HATTIESBURG — Epic, an integrated electronic medical record (EMR) and practice management system, has gone live across Hattiesburg Clinic’s network of locations and providers, changing the technology of the practice.
Since then, patients who have visited Hattiesburg Clinic have experienced a different kind of appointment where they have left the office more informed and with increased [...] [...]

In this week’s MBJ — GET ‘EM WHILE THE LAST: One Mississippi business can make your life at home better in the next two weeks. By Amy McCullough
Also in this week’s paper:
>> Change on tap?: Modernizing small business laws gets a boost. Read the real story — by Clay Chandler
>> Taking stock: Mississippians brace for [...] [...]

She may be retiring, but Sister Dorthea will keep on working
In January president of St. Dominic Health Services Sister Dorothea Sondgeroth will step down from the leadership role she has held since 1995, remaining active as a board member for the organization and fund-raiser for St. Dominic’s Foundation.
Sister Dorothea earned a bachelor’s degree in arts [...] [...]
Utilizing an innovative procedure recorded in only 5-7 percent of interventional cardiology cases in the U.S., Olurotimi J. Badero, M.D., has successfully completed the first radial approach percutaneous coronary angioplasty and first left heart catheterization at Central Mississippi Medical Center (CMMC). Badero is an interventional cardiologist and interventional nephrologist at CMMC.
In the U.S. today, Badero [...] [...]

Cloverleaf Immediate Care, a service of Hattiesburg Clinic, recently welcomed Kenneth L. Gooch, M.D. Gooch completed his medical degree from the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He received additional education and training in emergency medicine from the University of Louisville in Louisville, Ky.
Gooch is board certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine.
His [...] [...]
Dr. Katherine Nugent, director of the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Nursing, has been appointed to a second term as vice president of the Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Nugent has been a part of the SREB for 24 years, and has served on the advisory [...] [...]

Hattiesburg Clinic welcomes Melissa M. Smith, FNP-BC, to Connections. Smith received her bachelor’s in nursing from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She also completed a master’s in nursing at the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Ala.
Smith is board certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and is a member of Sigma [...] [...]

Central Mississippi Medical Center (CMMC) has added Robert M. Brooks, FACHE, as COO. Brooks comes to CMMC with over 10 years of executive experience in the healthcare industry. Prior to moving into management positions, Brooks worked for several years as a specialized critical care transport nurse and paramedic.
Most recently, he served as vice president, operations [...] [...]

by MBJ Staff Published: October 6,2011
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In this week’s MBJ, Amy McCullough examines the explosion of solar companies in Mississippi and whether the companies can keep up with the technology. Only time will tell how Twin Creeks and Stion hold up as Mississippians have bet nearly $400 million on green energy companies
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>> ‘YES ON 26’ CREATES UNCERTAINTY [...] [...]

Memorial Physician Clinics welcomes Chrystal Griffis, M.D. Griffis, an internal medicine physician, joins Dr. Thomas Blanks, Dr. Johnny B. Franklin and Dr. Richard Tilley, Internal Medicine Clinic, Gulfport.
Griffis is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. She received her doctor of medicine and completed her internship and residency at the University of South Alabama College [...] [...]