(Joplin, MO) – McKinley Elementary third graders got a bird’s eye view of new technology that will bring telemedicine to their school as Freeman Health System demonstrated the mobile unit that will be placed in every […]
(Joplin, MO) – Marilyn Alley is a former elementary school principal who wants others to learn from her experience with coronary artery disease (CAD). “My parents both had high cholesterol but lived into their late […]
(Joplin, MO) — Mercy is pleased to announce that Dr. Mark McNemar, a longtime orthopedic surgeon in the Southwest Missouri and Southeast Kansas communities, has been named the permanent president of Mercy Clinic Joplin. Dr. […]
(Joplin, MO) — Comer Parks walks a treadmill for up to forty minutes, three days a week, as part of his cardiac rehabilitation after having a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure at Freeman Health […]
Learn about what’s new in local healthcare with Freeman Health System’s newsletter, Freeman in a Flash. Read about important changes to express drug testing at OccuMed, the Galentine’s Sip & Shop event, the #WalkJoplin initiative, and much more below. Freeman […]
(Joplin, MO) – Freeman Health System recognizes that many rural communities are underserved when it comes to the number of primary care doctors. According to data published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the […]
(Joplin, MO) – Kate Spencer, a 43-year-old mother of four, went into her kitchen Thanksgiving morning to prepare for a day of baking turkey, but as she started to drink her first cup of coffee, a […]
JOPLIN, Mo. – March O’ the Kidney is moving back indoors to Northpark Mall this year, after being held outside during the pandemic in 2021. Mark your calendar for the walk, which will be held […]
(Joplin, MO) – COVID-19 has created an ongoing strain on health care providers for almost two years. Spiking hospitalizations, limited resources and co-worker quarantines are, sadly, nothing new. What is new is a variant of […]
(Joplin, MO) – Freeman Health System is bringing cancer care closer to home for southeast Kansas residents with the addition of oncologist/hematologist Dr. Boban Mathew to the Freeman Physician Group of Pittsburg. “This is an […]
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