News Releases

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}A new procedure at Bristol Regional Medical Center is helping physicians assess a patient’s risk for heart attack. Coronary Artery Calcification Scoring measures the amount of calcium ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}KINGSPORT – Wellmont Health System will be the first healthcare provider in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia to utilize a positron emission tomography scanner – a ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}KINGSPORT – Two Wellmont Health System television commercials were among those honored in the 21st Annual Telly Awards. “Spring Planting,” a 30-second commercial featuring neighbors ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}ROGERSVILLE – On the eve of its fourth anniversary, Wellmont Health System today welcomed a fourth hospital member to its regionwide network of providers. Officials from Wellmont and ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}BRISTOL – It’s an uncommon complication but a common fear. Patients scheduled to undergo surgery are often afraid of “waking up” during the procedure. State-of-the-art technology ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}BRISTOL – Rick Gentry, MD, and Nelson Gwaltney, MD, physicians at Bristol Regional Medical Center, recently completed specialized training in the use of endografts in the treatment of ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}KINGSPORT – Physicians, employees and Wellmont Foundation volunteers will gather Thursday, June 15, to celebrate the advancement of cancer treatment at Holston Valley Medical Center. A ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}KINGSPORT – Residents of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia still believe in miracles. In an overwhelming display of generosity, local residents and businesses this year ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}KINGSPORT – Construction of a 90,000-square-foot outpatient campus adjacent to Holston Valley Medical Center is expected to begin this fall. The campus, which will be located on the ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}    BRISTOL – A new non-surgical breast biopsy unit at Wellmont • Bristol Regional Medical Center is saving time, money and – most importantly – lives. The Fischer Mammotest Plus S Table ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}    BRISTOL – A new non-surgical breast biopsy unit at Wellmont • Bristol Regional Medical Center is saving time, money and – most importantly – lives. The Fischer Mammotest Plus S Table ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}BRISTOL – A new non-surgical breast biopsy unit at Bristol Regional Medical Center is saving time, money and – most importantly – lives. The Fischer Mammotest Plus S Table installed this ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}KINGSPORT – A new “short-bore” magnetic resonance imaging unit in place at Holston Valley Medical Center offers unparalleled comfort and superior scanning technology to patients of all ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}KINGSPORT – Holston Valley Medical Center, one of just six designated Level 1 Trauma Centers in Tennessee, now boasts the region’s only complete staff of specially trained, ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}KINGSPORT – Painstakingly preserved newsclippings. Photographs yellowed by age. Healing instruments once so vital, now crude. These are the voices with which Holston Valley Medical ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}Strong health care will be made stronger as a result of Tuesday’s decision by the Hawkins County Memorial Hospital Board of Directors to join Wellmont Health System, officials say. ...

#VOCUSHTML{font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}BRISTOL – Innovative technology in place at Bristol Regional Medical Center is helping physicians perform biopsies and drainages with greater speed and accuracy than ever before. ...