Paul Govern

Patients’ genetic data helps hone warfarin dosing

Warfarin dosing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center just got safer and more effective.

New tool speeds medical record documentation

The less time nurses and staff spend documenting their work in the medical record, the more time they can spend with patients.

Initiative set to improve patient transitions

Vanderbilt University Medical Center will undertake sweeping changes to ensure smoother, more tightly coordinated transitions from the hospital to each patient’s home or other post-acute care setting.

By Paul Govern

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

October 11, 2012

New affiliate clinics debut in Franklin and Springfield

A ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house was held Tuesday for the Vanderbilt Franklin Women’s Center at Williamson Medical Center (formerly known as the Franklin Women’s Center).

By Paul Govern

October 11, 2012

New software lets researchers filter enormous proteomic data sets

An upcoming issue of the journal Nature Biotechnology announces the release of ProteoWizard Toolkit 3.0, a free set of cross-platform (PC, Mac, Linux) software libraries and applications designed to facilitate proteomics research. The article is now available on the journal’s website.