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Callie Howard, RN Receives DAISY Award

Emergency Room Nurse Recognized for Compassion During a Rabies Scare Callie Howard, registered nurse at Roane Medical Center, was recently honored with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. The DAISY Award was established in 1999 by the family […]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

As the holidays approach, I want to take a moment to say “thank you” to our community for supporting Roane Medical Center this year. You are our hospital’s first priority, and our reason for being here in Roane County. This past year, in addition to providing high-quality patient care, we have added new services and […]

Celebrate the Holidays with Us!

Join Santa and Roane Medical Center for our annual Christmas celebration on Tuesday, December 3 from 5:30-7pm! We’ll decorate cookies and enjoy caroling from local choirs. We’ll also have refreshments and host a wreath and Christmas tree auction, with proceeds benefiting the Covenant Health’s WeCare, our patient and employee giving program. See you there!   […]

Amazing Gracie

A Patricia Neal Outpatient Clinic Success Story  “Everything has a purpose,” Gracie Hyde says as she sits with her parents at the Patricia Neal Outpatient Clinic at Roane Medical Center. “Even if you can’t see it.” Wise beyond her years and with a fighting spirit, Gracie, 15, has a condition called complex regional pain syndrome […]

Roane Medical Center Earns Nuclear Medicine Reaccreditation

Roane Medical Center has been awarded another three-year term of accreditation in nuclear medicine as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). Nuclear medicine is a branch of medical imaging that uses small amounts of radioactive material, ingested by the patient, to diagnose and treat a variety of disease, […]

RMC Hosts Take Charge of Your Diabetes Workshops

Roane Medical Center is proud to host the Take Charge of Your Diabetes Workshops with Lisa McMahan, FCS Agent with the UT Extension Roane County Office. Lisa will be in our Community Room* at Roane Medical Center over several dates in September and October. Are you tired or hurt all the time? Do you feel […]

Case Manager Shelia Staggs Receives BSN

Congratulations to Roane Medical Center’s Case Manager, Shelia Staggs, BSN, RN, CCM, for recently earning her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree! Shelia has worked at Roane Medical Center for over 25 years and has touched many patients’ lives and departments during her time of employment here. A BSN is registered nurse that is […]

Erin Randall Earns Vascular Technologist Certification

Congratulations to Roane Medical Center’s Ultrasound Technologist, Erin Randall, for becoming certified as a Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT). To earn this certification, Erin had to meet the examination prerequisites and pass the two specialty exams that pertained to her knowledge in physics and the vascular ultrasound specialty. This credential raises the standard of vascular ultrasound […]