Baptist Hospital Media Policies

To interview Baptist Hospital or Saint Thomas Health Services associates, physicians or other health experts, consider the Public Relations Department your primary contact. We are available to assist all news media with questions about our hospital, patients, locating an expert for a story or obtaining more information about a news release or event.

Advance notice of on-site interviews is requested so we can arrange interviews with experts or obtain appropriate patient permission if necessary. To ensure federal patient privacy standards are upheld for all hospital patients and their families and in accordance with Baptist Hospital/Saint Thomas Health Services policy, a member of the Public Relations team must accompany all reporters and photographers while on hospital property.
 
Our office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday with Public Relations staff available by cell phone or pager after hours and on weekends. During office hours, call 615-284-5446 or email kristi.gooden@baptisthospital.com. After normal office hours, call 615-428-1039 or our main hospital phone number at 615-284-5555 and ask for the PR representative on call to be paged. In addition, the Public Relations Department sends out press releases on a regular basis. To be added to our media distribution list, please contact us at kristi.gooden@baptisthospital.com.

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