Year: 2012 Archive — Page 15 of 50

Children's Hospital exterior
October 18, 2012

Improved patient ‘handover’ process bolsters outcomes

Patient handovers matter. A lot. That’s the conclusion from Vanderbilt researchers who reviewed three years of patient data and found that major complications occurring within 24 hours after cardiac surgery were cut in half following the adoption of an improved handover process.

By Paul Govern
Volunteers gather around tables with sewing machines, fabric, and thread during a scarf-making event.
October 18, 2012

Sew fun

By Vanderbilt Health News
Black-and-white stippled line-art portrait of a smiling man with short wavy hair, wearing an open-collar shirt.
October 18, 2012

NPR correspondent Palca to deliver Discovery Lecture

By Bill Snyder
October 18, 2012

VUMC honored for patient safety initiatives

By Craig Boerner
Poster for “The Younger Games: Serotonin Science Comes of Age,” listing speakers and affiliations, and advertising the Fifth Annual Vanderbilt Conte Center Symposium on Friday, November 2, 2012, at Flynn Auditorium, Vanderbilt Law School. The design features a large stylized neuron and colorful neural illustrations.
October 18, 2012

Conte Center to host symposium Nov. 2

By Bill Snyder
A smiling medical professional in blue scrubs stands in a vaccination tent while a staff member in a red vest prepares his upper arm for a flu shot; other vaccination staff and attendees are visible in the background.
October 18, 2012

Flulapalooza

By Nancy Humphrey