by Dr. Manoj Jain | Nov 29, 2010 | Washington Post
On an unusually quiet Sunday afternoon in the intensive care unit, Memphian Kristen Sharp lay in bed attached to a heart pump. Her tightly braided hair was pulled to the side of her thin, brown face. She gave me a beaming smile. It was Halloween day, and life had...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Nov 24, 2010 | Interview Videos
There are no A’s or F’s, but a new doctor ranking system is in place in the Bluff City and its creators are hoping it will improve healthcare. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation teamed up with Healthy Memphis Common Table to publish the results for...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Nov 15, 2010 | Washington Post
Nearly a decade ago when I was newly settled into private practice in Memphis, a drug representative for a new and powerful antibiotic stood in my office and asked whether I would like to attend a consultants’ meeting about the drug in Washington. He said I was...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Oct 18, 2010 | USA Today TN
Published: October 18, 2010 A nurse who tracks hospital infections displayed her name tag with a green dot. “It means I have had my flu shot this year.” We were at a meeting strategizing on how to reduce hospital infections through initiatives such as...
by Dr. Manoj Jain | Oct 11, 2010 | USA Today TN
Published: October 11, 2010I was standing at the bedside of a patient who was having shaking chills with a temperature of 103. Sweat covered his balding scalp like dew, then coalesced and rolled down his neck like raindrops. Just 20 minutes earlier, a specialist had...