Medical information, schedules, video games and movies – all are options with MyChart Bedside, a tablet-based app provided to patients and their families in pediatric intensive care and in the medical-surgical units of Children’s of Mississippi. When patients go home, their parents can still access their hospital details through MyChart.

After receiving more than 100 calls and overwhelmingly positive feedback during its month-long trial run, the behavioral response team was elevated to full-time effective July 25, with four police officers patrolling hospital floors, intervening and de-escalating potentially volatile situations to prevent violent incidents.

Columbus native Dr. Robert Gilbert and neurology chair Dr. Alissa Willis, a graduate of the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science at Mississippi University for Women, were introduced by professor emeritus and former vice chancellor Dr. James Keeton, who also hails from Columbus. The result is the start of a fund to endow a chair of neurology at UMMC.

Medical Center leadership is proud to promote a culture of wellness for all team members and students through health programs, policies and benefits. Each month the Office of Well-being will provide tips that contribute to your physical, emotional and professional well-being.

The Medical Center extends its sympathy to the family of a former faculty member in appreciation for the loved one’s contributions to the academic health sciences center.

Several interesting events are scheduled for the upcoming week at the Medical Center.

Medical Center leadership is proud to announce the following additions to its faculty and leadership staff.

Medical Center leadership is proud to acknowledge those employees who will celebrate service anniversaries during the week of August 15 – 21.