Month: November 2014

November 14, 2014

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center take steps to ensure continued vibrancy and growth

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Nicholas S. Zeppos today announced the institution is embarking on a process to reconfigure Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a not-for-profit academic medical center that is financially distinct from the university. The move will give the medical center increased financial independence while preserving and growing the collaboration that has resulted in Vanderbilt’s research, education and medical excellence.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 14, 2014

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center Announce Steps to Strengthen Future

By VUMC News and Communications
November 14, 2014

Message from the Chancellor about steps to ensure continued vibrancy and growth for VU and VUMC

By VUMC News and Communications
November 13, 2014

Overnight road closure near hospital entrance continues Nov. 17-21

The north entrance drive for Vanderbilt University Hospital will be closed from Monday, Nov. 17, through Friday, Nov. 21, between 10 p.m.–4:30 a.m. each night.

By VUMC News and Communications
two nuclear plant silos
November 13, 2014

Vanderbilt team examines human factors in nuclear power plant operations

A multidisciplinary Vanderbilt team with deep experience in improving patient safety and technology usability has received a three-year, $800,000 Department of Energy grant to help nuclear power plant operators better perform their jobs.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 13, 2014

Transplant Center celebrates 25 years of giving gift of life

The charter that was written in 1989 upon the creation of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center (VTC) continues to hold true to its mission — to propel and direct organ transplantation, research, medicine, technology, education and the public education of transplantation into the future as the recognized leader and national authority of multi-organ transplantation.

By Jessica Pasley
November 13, 2014

Grant bolsters inguinal hernia repair research

Martin Blakely, M.D., M.S., has been awarded a $3 million federal grant for a multi-center, multi-disciplinary study to examine the safety outcomes of early versus later inguinal hernia repair for premature infants.
By Christina Echegaray
November 13, 2014

Standardized social, behavioral data key to EHR success

In recent years the federal government has used financial incentives and penalties to promote use of electronic health records (EHR), but in these regulations the issue of EHR data interoperability — that is, data standardization — has been left largely unresolved, dimming prospects for data exchange, population health surveillance and systematic improvement across health networks.
By Paul Govern
November 13, 2014

Speaker explores promise of ‘bioelectronic medicine’

Can an implanted electrical device like a cardiac pacemaker effectively treat inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, including cases that have not responded to drug therapy?
By Bill Snyder
November 13, 2014

VUSM students land Sarnoff Foundation awards

Two Vanderbilt University School of Medicine students are among 11 individuals nationwide to receive Sarnoff Foundation Medical Student Research Fellowship awards for 2014-2015.
By Kathy Whitney
November 13, 2014

Photo: Veterans Day visit

Personnel from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, took part in a special Veterans Day Panel at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Tuesday.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 13, 2014

THA honors Vanderbilt staff, faculty

Six Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty and staff were honored by the Tennessee Hospital Association (THA) at last week’s annual meeting in Nashville.
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