Academic and Clinical Partnerships
By uniting clinical expertise with academic innovation, we’re creating a sustainable health ecosystem in West Tennessee—one that prioritizes equity, access, and community trust.
Academic Partnerships
Our collaborations with universities and training programs address workforce shortages and advance community health through:
- Clinical training rotations that attract and retain providers in underserved areas, leveraging evidence that clinicians often practice where they train.
- Interprofessional care models integrating nursing, pharmacy, and social work to address social determinants of health, such as food insecurity and housing.
- Community-driven research co-designed with residents to tackle local health disparities, from cancer screening barriers to chronic disease management.
Our partners include:
American Sentinel College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Dyersburg State Community College
Jackson State Community College
University of Arizone Global Campus (formerly Ashford University)
University of Memphis – Lambuth
Clinical Partnerships
By collaborating with regional providers, West Tennessee Healthcare enhances care coordination and resource sharing across West Tennessee. These partnerships enable:
- Coordinated care pathways with larger hospitals, reducing redundancies and streamlining patient referrals.
- Shared clinical protocols to standardize best practices and improve outcomes for chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease.
- Resource optimization, including joint procurement of critical supplies and telehealth infrastructure to bridge gaps in specialty care.
Through these alliances, we ensure patients receive seamless care—from preventive services to complex treatments—without leaving their communities.
These partnerships include:
West Tennessee Rehabilitation Hospital Jackson and West Tennessee Healthcare Rehabilitation Hospital Cane Creek in partnership with Encompass Health
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
Home Health in partnership with LHC Group
West Tennessee Healthcare Specialty Hospital Jackson in partnership with Select Medical
