Month: August 2017

August 10, 2017

Focus on Epic: eStar training for employees to be ‘all hands on deck’ effort

Training an entire organization on how to use a new computer system isn’t a simple task — especially when it involves adequately training more than 17,000 employees during a span of just 10 weeks.

By Kelsey Herbers
August 10, 2017

Focus on Epic: eStar creates galaxy of interconnected applications

In an effort to continue its constant search for ways to enhance patient care, VUMC has embarked on a journey to reach for the future of health care — a new galaxy equipped with the resources needed to take its work to new heights.

By Kelsey Herbers
August 10, 2017

Assembly outlines how Epic aligns with organizational goals

Much more than a just software replacement, eStar, the Epic-based clinical software platform replacing StarPanel, will be the backbone of a new information technology ecosystem for Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) that will usher in future successes and create the potential to better serve patients, said Jeff Balser, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of VUMC and dean of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

By Tom Wilemon
August 10, 2017

Awards honor dedication to excellence

The most recent Credo Award and Five Pillar Leader Award winners were announced at this week’s Clinical Enterprise Leadership Assembly at Langford Auditorium. The awards are conferred on a quarterly basis.

By Jill Clendening
August 10, 2017

Cancer patient creates artwork for Radiation Oncology suite

In her life, Jessi Zazu, 27, has toured the world as a musician in the group Those Darlins, recorded three studio albums, starred in music videos and exhibited her original artwork in individual and group art shows.

By VUMC News and Communications
School of Nursing Dean Linda Norman (far left) and Assistant Professor Brittany Nelson (far right) at the August 2017 pinning ceremony in Langford Auditorium. (Vanderbilt University)
August 9, 2017

School of Nursing celebrates accomplishment during August pinning ceremonies

The Vanderbilt University School of Nursing recognized more than 350 students for the completion of their programs with pinning ceremonies held at Langford Auditorium Aug. 6. Pinning is a tradition unique to nursing that signifies entry into the profession.

By VUMC News and Communications
August 9, 2017

Breast Cancer Genomic Profiling Reveals Clues to Treatment Resistance

Thanks to advances in treatment, the relative five-year survival rate from all combined subtypes of breast cancer now exceeds 90 percent and yet the disease remains the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States after lung and colorectal cancers.
By Bill Snyder
August 9, 2017

Stress may switch on bone “mets”

New findings could explain the link between chronic stress and reduced survival in women diagnosed with breast cancer, and could lead to new strategies to improve treatment outcomes.
By Bill Snyder
August 8, 2017

McSeveney, historian of the Gilded Age, dead at 86

Retired history professor Samuel T. McSeveny has died at the age of 86.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 8, 2017

Early drivers of gastric cancer

Using bioinformatics approaches, Vanderbilt investigators have identified gene expression networks that are deregulated in mouse and human stomach cancers.
By Leigh MacMillan
August 8, 2017

One lane of Medical Center Drive closed Aug. 12

From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12, Medical Center Drive will be reduced to one southbound lane of traffic. The lane reduction will extend from the intersection of Medical Center Drive and 21st Avenue South to the crosswalk at the west exit of East Garage.
By VUMC News and Communications
August 8, 2017

VUMC named among country’s elite health care providers by U.S. News and World Report

Once again, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has been named among the country’s finest providers of adult specialty care by U.S. News and World Report, and has also been named as the No. 1 hospital in Tennessee and the Metro Nashville area for the sixth consecutive year, having topped these rankings since they were introduced in 2012.
By Doug Campbell
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