By Jennifer Bringle Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of our day-to-day lives has changed significantly. And the same goes for clinical environments. While it may be tempting to skip routine screenings to avoid COVID exposure, forgoing preventative care like annual mammograms can be far more detrimental to your health. Rachel McEachern, MD, […]
By Michele Pilon, MS, BSN, RN, NE-BC It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and those of us in healthcare are devoted to educating, screening and treating women for breast cancer in addition to raising awareness. I’m proud of the technology we have at our disposal at Transylvania Regional Hospital (TRH) to screen women for breast cancer, […]
By Cherry Odom, BSN, RN-BC “We found 1,241 breast cancers across the Mission Health system in 2019. That is a lot of lives and families touched.” Annual screening mammograms remain a woman’s first defense in early recognition of breast cancer. Advances in detection of breast cancer now provide women with options that tailor screenings adapted […]
By Jennifer Bringle Lori Smith never thought she’d be the one receiving bad news after a mammogram. After years of helping area women get screening mammograms through her job as regional radiology manager for Angel Medical Center and Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, she knew there was always a chance an exam might reveal an abnormality. But Smith […]
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