Middle Tennessee Medical Center News

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Contact: Angie Boyd-Chambers
Angie.boydchambers@mtmc.org
Phone: (615) 396.4959

MTMC SEEKS LOCAL ARTISTS FOR NEW HOSPTIAL

Murfreesboro, Tenn. – Middle Tennessee Medical Center is requesting artwork proposals for its new hospital on Medical Center Parkway. The artwork should reflect the new hospital’s advanced technologies and services along with the hospital’s faith based mission and values.

“Studies have proven that integrating the arts into healthcare settings helps to cultivate a healing environment, support the physical, mental, and emotional recovery of patients, communicate health and recovery information, and foster a positive environment for caregivers that reduces stress and improves workplace satisfaction and employee retention,” says Leigh Fogle of Fogle Fine Art Consultants.

MTMC seeks to include art that conveys a sense of spirituality while also serving as a vehicle with which to address the culture and diversity of the populations in the community it serves. A mixture of mediums and styles will be incorporated, all with the foundation of being geographically located in Middle Tennessee.

Art must be submitted by April 1, 2010. For more details on the various projects, view the Request for Proposals at http://www.foglefineart.com/press/archive/category/proposals/ or contact Leigh Fogle at leigh@foglefineart.com.

The new $267 million, 286 bed replacement facility will open for patients on Oct. 2, 2010.

Saint Thomas Health Services is a faith-based ministry with more than 6,500 associates serving Middle Tennessee. Saint Thomas Health Services' regional health system consists of four hospitals - Baptist and Saint Thomas in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville - and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures in diagnostics, cardiac services and ambulatory surgery as well as medical practices, the Center for Spinal Surgery, clinics and rehabilitation facilities. STHS is a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.sths.com.