Paul Govern Archive — Page 55 of 55
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December 9, 2011
Informatics team creates gene app, wins national contest
Members of informatics team have been recognized by National Library of Medicine for gene app. -
August 7, 2003
VUMC to adapt aviation safety training
In an effort to guard patient safety, VUMC is taking a leaf from American aviation, where it's been shown that human error and the harm it poses can be substantially reduced through training to improve communication among members of the flight crew. -
May 28, 2003
VUMC offers innovative pastoral education program
Hospital patients who face difficult decisions sometimes turn to a chaplain or pastor and ask, "What should I do?" or "Why is this happening to me?" -
May 28, 2003
VUMC doctors perform first robotic surgery
Vanderbilt's first robotic surgical procedure was performed in mid May by Dr. Joseph A. Smith Jr., William L. Bray Professor and Chair of Urologic Surgery. Smith used VUMC's new $1 million-plus Da Vinci Surgical System, built by Intuitive Surgical, to perform a radical prostatectomy.