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Who is the team behind the Regional One Health rebuild?

lwilliams@dailymemphian.com (Lydia Williams) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:16:15 -0500

“This isn’t about outside firms coming in, taking out dollars and leaving,” the Regional One president and CEO said. “This is about combining specialized health care expertise with Memphis proven capabilities, ensuring that Memphis business grows.”

Plans for new Regional One campus move forward as price moves up

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:08:56 -0500

The plan to replace Regional One Health’s outdated Memphis Medical District campus with a modern facility now totals $1.9 billion.

Opinion: Regional One’s billion-dollar modernization is ‘flawed vision for Memphis’

jeff.warren@memphistn.gov (Dr. Jeff Warren) — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:00:07 -0500

“The assumption that services like trauma care, obstetrics and burn treatment cannot be relocated or integrated into other campuses is misleading. ... The real barrier isn’t logistics — it’s turf protection.”

Opinion: Jeff Warren’s new Regional One alternative 'lacks practical merit'

editor@dailymemphian.com (Reginald Coopwood) — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 16:11:18 -0500

“The suggestion to bring all local health systems together to operate a single academic medical center is also not a viable option,” the Regional One Health president and CEO writes.

County closes on last land needed for new Regional One Health hospital

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Thu, 22 May 2025 18:37:00 -0500

Shelby County has closed on the office building and warehouse on the site of The Commercial Appeal’s former 16-acre campus at 495 Union Ave.

Regional One's Union Avenue plan happened at breakneck speed

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 06:39:12 -0600

A week before Thanksgiving, a local real estate agent got a call to look for a 16-acre site close to the Medical District.

Head of Regional One advocates for academic medical center

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:18:51 -0500

Dr. Reginald Coopwood continues his community outreach to drum up support for transforming Shelby County’s public hospital into an academic medical center in partnership with UTHSC.

Steve Cohen tours federally funded projects underway at Regional One

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 18:04:10 -0600

Regional One Health is using community-project funding to bring state-of-the-art technology, updated waiting rooms and renovated workstations to the aging county hospital.

Regional One CEO presents vision to Shelby County leaders

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Fri, 2 Jun 2023 13:24:37 -0500

Dr. Reginald Coopwood said the hospital’s aging infrastructure does not match the quality of care it provides.

$750M project would replace all but one tower at aging Regional One center

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Tue, 9 Aug 2022 05:45:30 -0500

The capital initiative would entail replacing the aging hospital with a contemporary facility, but the financing for the project drew concerns from Shelby County Commissioners yesterday.

Departing commissioner hopes for $750M to replace aging hospital

amaki@dailymemphian.com (Aisling Mäki) — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:07:50 -0500

Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner said Regional One Health saved his life following a horrific car wreck. Before he terms out, he hopes to see progress in the ambitious plan to replace the aging hospital buildings.

Regional One to get $3.6M county cash infusion, more to come

bdries@dailymemphian.com (Bill Dries) — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 22:33:00 -0500

The county-owned hospital is hiring to reopen 21 beds with $2 million in city funding approved last week. The county funding will also help over the next 13 weeks as Regional One competes with other hospital systems across the country to hire skilled health care workers to meet the demand from the latest COVID surge.

Nursing ranks are gutted; those left feel unappreciated, overworked

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 04:00:03 -0500

Travel nurses filling the gaps make two to three times more an hour than staff RNs; it rankles, nurses say. But there are other reasons, including appreciation, exacerbating the nursing shortage.

Regional One makes vaccination mandatory for staff

editors@dailymemphian.com ( The Daily Memphian Staff) — Mon, 9 Aug 2021 13:38:25 -0500

Regional One Health is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Fund to help service industry workers announced amid COVID surge, new directive

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:27:42 -0600

Fund to help service industry workers is created as new Health Directive 16 will put more strain on service industry workers.

Black leaders speak from heart about COVID, Christmas

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 17:31:55 -0600

Leaders implore citizens, particularly those of color, to gather virtually for the holiday.

Houses quieter but medical families will be giving thanks

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:44:38 -0600

Health officials have been giving safety advice to the public for months. Local health care leaders told us how they plan to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Health care leaders: Racism is another pandemic

editor@dailymemphian.com (Reginald Coopwood) — Thu, 4 Jun 2020 06:14:22 -0500

We, the leaders of the health care systems in the Mid-South, recognize that we must continue to do better in reaching at-risk populations. We must develop more effective intervention strategies. We must make engaging with our system easier and more practical.

Regional One Health cuts salaries, other costs in COVID crisis

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 12:11:07 -0500

Regional One Health has cut pay by 10% for all salaried workers, including executives and the doctors and nurses caring for COVID-19 patients, as it tries to navigate a financial crisis without furloughs.

Regional One corrects course, gains competitive edge under Coopwood

jroberts@dailymemphian.com (Jane Roberts) — Mon, 9 Mar 2020 12:43:33 -0500

The surgeon in the CEO's seat came with high ideals. Ten years later, the chips are falling in place.