News Announcements: David Adair, MD presents at BCBS Infant Mortality Best Practices Forum
September 9th, 2011
On August 31, 2011, the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Health Foundation held a conference in Nashville entitled “Infant Mortality Best Practices Forum,” where the most successful programs funded by the Foundation were showcased. Dr. David Adair, CEO of Regional Obstetrical Consultants was asked to present information regarding ROC’s highly successful STORC telemedicine program (Solutions to Obstetrics in Rural Counties). Initially funded by the Foundation in 2009, STORC opened its first rural telemedicine clinic in Tullahoma, Tennessee in April 2009, and has since grown to include 9 active sites in Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina, with 2 more sites slated to open within the next two months. STORC has served over 700 patients since inception, 88% of whom have been able to deliver in their own local hospital despite their high risk pregnancy diagnosis. Additionally, only 7% of births among STORC patients have required a NICU stay, which is a very favorable outcome considering the high risk population served. Dr. Adair’s presentation was very well received by the forum participants, particularly as he described how the great state of Tennessee was originally founded by pioneers such as Davy Crocket, who walked the territory with little more than a backpack, and today, STORC is able to cover this same territory with the latest in medical technology in a backpack as well. To find out if there is a STORC clinic near you, check the “LOCATIONS” tab here on our site.
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Offices Closed for Memorial Day
May 27th, 2011
All ROC offices will be closed Monday, May 30, in observance of Memorial Day. Our regular schedule will resume on Tuesday, May 31. If there is an emergency, you can reach a physician on duty through the answering service at 423-664-4460. All physicians and staff or ROC wish everyone an enjoyable and safe holiday weekend.
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Blue Ridge Joins Telemedicine Network
May 25th, 2011
Blue Ridge, Georgia is the latest area to join ROC's growing network of telemedicine sites. On Thursday, May 26, the first patients will be seen at Fannin Regional Hospital in Blue Ridge. The telemedicine program allows patients to be seen in their hometown areas rather than having to travel to ROC's offices in Chattanooga. A ROC physician located in Chattanooga uses the latest video and audio technology to provide top level care to the patient in the remote facility. With Blue Ridge, ROC now has nine telemedicine sites in operation with several others scheduled to be added within the next year. ROC welcomes the partnership with Fannin Regional Hospital and the obstetricians in that area as we work together to provide the best health care possible to mothers and babies in the growing region served by ROC physicians.
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ROC Rocks The Boat
May 24th, 2011
Contratulations to ROC employees, family members and friends (and a couple of ringers) for placing fourth in the Hospital/Medical Practice Division of this year's Dragonboat Races, held Saturday, May 21 in Chattanooga. The annual event, held on Chickamauga Lake, raises money for Children's Hospital at Erlanger Medical Center. ROC employees and family members who participated include Dr. Carlos Torres, Dr. English Rockholt, Kim Barnes, Chuck Barnes, Lesley Hall, Deirdre Matthews, Carol Weaver, Keith Weaver, Amy Amerson, Daryl Amerson, Millie Amerson, Anna Bolt, Lily Bolt, Nona Smith, Gloria Quillen, and Freda Miller.
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Roads Open to ROC
May 10th, 2011
Update -- 4:30 p.m. May 10 -- While demolition crews work to remove debris from the nearby collapsed building, all roads except Park Avenue are now open.
Original Story: The collapse of an old, vacant building on McCallie Avenue near ROC's Chattanooga office building on the morning of Tuesday, May 10, has caused the closing by the police department of McCallie Avenue and Park Avenue, the two main streets leading to ROC's office building. Traffic police at McCallie and Central and at Park and Eighth will help patients get to ROC's parking area if you identify yourself as a ROC patient. If you have any difficulty, please call ROC at 423-664-4460 and we will assist you. It is unknown how long the streets will be closed. Posted at 11 a.m. May 10
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