Parkwest Medical Center News & Blog

Staff Feature Friday

Name: Gabby Bounds   Job Title: PCA for the Discharge Team   How long have you worked at Parkwest? Almost 2 years   Why do you love working at Parkwest? I really enjoy the people I work with and I love the patient’s   Where are you from?  Harrogate TN   If you could have 

Nurses Recognized for Excellence with The DAISY Award

Nurses Recognized for Excellence with The DAISY Award Two nurses at Parkwest Medical Center were honored with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the super-human efforts nurses perform every day. The DAISY Award was established in 1999 by the family of a patient who had 

Covenant Health Leads “Shock Initiative” for Community’s Heart Care

Three Covenant Health hospitals – Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center and Parkwest Medical Center in Knoxville and Methodist Medical Center in Oak Ridge – have joined other community health care providers in a new shock initiative for treating heart attack patients. The shock initiative includes a newly developed algorithm which improves survival.  Covenant Health represents 

Staff Feature Friday

It’s Staff Feature Friday! This week we are getting to know Tommy from our cardiac floor!   Name: Tommy Kirkland   How long have you worked at Parkwest? 3/2013   Why do you love working at Parkwest?! Great staff we have and we get to help people   Where are you from?  Rockwood, Tennessee   

Angels on Duty – CPA credits therapists with getting him on course

CPA credits therapists with getting him on course With one angel looking over his shoulder and another hanging on his every word, Dennis Overton knew he was in good hands with the therapists at Parkwest Therapy Center at Fort Sanders West. “When I first got here and began dealing with the people of Covenant Health, 

Staff Feature Friday

Name: Jerry Hornback Job Title: HUC 2 How long have you worked at Parkwest? 2 1/2 years Why do you love working at Parkwest? Orthro floor because of the great people and great teamwork and being able to help people Where are you from? Chicago Do you prefer cats or dogs? Dogs What is your dream vacation 

Former bodybuilder sings praises of Cardiac Rehab

Strength Defined Former bodybuilder sings praises of Cardiac Rehab John Paschal gazes out over the lake behind his home. There is a sense of peace and purpose here. “When I was a boy growing up on the farm in Dandridge we’d go fishing on the lake sometimes,” Paschal says. “I always thought someday I’d like 

Staff Feature Friday

Name: Susan Commons   Job Title: Clinical Specialist-Speech Language Pathologist   How long have you worked at Parkwest? I have been with Parkwest 39 years.  I started the speech pathology department in 1979 as a contract employee along with my private practice.   Why do you love working at Parkwest?! I have loved working with