Matt Batcheldor
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January 10, 2020
Fourth quarter DAISY Awards honor four extraordinary nurses
DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. This is Vanderbilt's latest group. -
January 9, 2020
Interim directors of Cardiovascular Medicine named
Dan Roden, MD, and Daniel Munoz, have been named interim directors of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. -
December 20, 2019
Hepatitis C–positive donors a viable option to expand heart donor pool
Hepatitis C-positive heart donors offer a strategy to safely expand the donor pool and allow more patients to undergo transplant. -
December 19, 2019
Study tracks impact of noise in operating rooms
Research shows that noise negatively affects individuals and patient safety, and the operating room is one of the noisiest clinical areas due to information sharing among the clinical team, various technology devices and surgical equipment. -
December 12, 2019
Study explores burnout among APRNs, physician assistants
In one of the first studies to document burnout among advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs), Vanderbilt researchers examined causes and solutions. -
November 21, 2019
Study finds cardiac rehab underused among Medicare patients
Cardiac valve surgery patients who participate in a cardiac rehabilitation program have a 34% lower risk of hospitalizations and a 4.2% lower risk of mortality than patients who do not enroll in cardiac rehab in the year after surgery.