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    KaBoom Playgrounds: Building playgrounds in underserved areas helps give kids a safe place to play

    KaBoom’s mission is to give underserved kids more opportunities to run around, use their imagination, and just have fun.
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    Health Issues & Paths to Wellness: 3 of Tennessee's biggest health issues — and some solutions

    Soda consumption, nutrition and smoking are all serious health issues in Tennessee. Here’s what the state is doing about them.
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    Talk to Me: Care coordinators team with patients, doctors to improve health communication

    “She scores off the charts.” That is one patient’s assessment of Brenda Jones, a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) care coordinator housed at Fayetteville Medical Associates.
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    Powered by the People

    Regional Roadmap for a Healthier Appalachian Tennessee aims to get local leaders in education, health and business out of their silos and bring them together to link their expertise.

    Powered by the People: Rural communities deliver big results with small investments from Regional Roadmap

    Regional Roadmap for a Healthier Appalachian Tennessee aims to get local leaders in education, health and business out of their silos and bring them together to link their expertise.
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    How to Save a Life

    Each time the phone rings, a life is on the line.

    How to Save a Life: Suicide prevention continues beyond the first call for help

    Each time the phone rings, a life is on the line.
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    Virtual Reality on the Table

    Memphis-based training school and bioskills lab creates and conducts hands-on educational courses to help healthcare providers improve their skills.

    Virtual Reality on the Table: Rural hospitals improve pediatric emergency care with simulation training, lifelike mannequins

    Memphis-based training school and bioskills lab creates and conducts hands-on educational courses to help healthcare providers improve their skills.
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    See The World

    Madden Fields-Rogers never complained that he couldn’t clearly see what was going on around him — likely because he didn’t know what he was seeing was different from everybody else.

    See The World: FocusFirst seeks out preschoolers with vision problems

    Madden Fields-Rogers never complained that he couldn’t clearly see what was going on around him — likely because he didn’t know what he was seeing was different from everybody else.
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    Growing Responsibility

    “What can I do to save a life?” It’s a daunting question. At 16 years old, Maya Thirkill has it answered: fighting infant mortality.

    Growing Responsibility: Teens take on infant mortality and learn about themselves in the process

    “What can I do to save a life?” It’s a daunting question. At 16 years old, Maya Thirkill has it answered: fighting infant mortality.
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    Giving Back Is in the BlueCross DNA

    In 2014, BlueCross invested more than $14 million in community outreach efforts with more than 270 organizations.

    Giving Back Is in the BlueCross DNA

    In 2014, BlueCross invested more than $14 million in community outreach efforts with more than 270 organizations.
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    Special Delivery

    Geography is the enemy. That’s what it all comes down to for a woman who lives in a sparsely populated area if she is dealing with a complicated pregnancy.

    Special Delivery: Rural women get high-tech help with high-risk pregnancies

    Geography is the enemy. That’s what it all comes down to for a woman who lives in a sparsely populated area if she is dealing with a complicated pregnancy.