Author: Holly Fletcher
vumc2go: User guide, new features
Apr. 7, 2020—vumc2go, the new workforce app, is being updated frequently with features to make navigating the app and Vanderbilt University Medical Center easier. This page will be updated with guides on how to use the app’s growing list of features. Do you have ideas about features you would like to see? Email holly.m.fletcher@vumc.org. App features, in...
Download vumc2go, a new workforce app, to connect to COVID-19 updates
Mar. 16, 2020—A new mobile app connects members of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center community to current COVID-19 news and updates with just a few taps of the finger.
5 highlights from Leadership Assembly
Feb. 20, 2020—A focus on bolstering and supporting the people who put the “personal” in personalized care is fueling initiatives around Vanderbilt University Medical Center as leaders look to boost connectivity of an expanding workforce that’s taking on more patients in a rapidly changing environment.
Tennessee Receives Grant from Federal Government to Address Opioid Crisis
Dec. 20, 2019—The Division of TennCare will partner with VUMC as part of the MOM program focusing on 26 rural and urban counties to improve the outcomes for women with opioid use disorder and their infants.
AI’s Future Potential Hinges on Consensus: NAM Report
Dec. 18, 2019—The current explosion of investment and development in health care AI is happening without an underpinning of consensus of responsible, transparent deployment, which potentially constrains its potential.
‘Melting pot of capabilities’: Five Highlights from November’s Leadership Assembly
Nov. 15, 2019—The exceptional capabilities that stem from the fusion of research and training with clinical practice is the core of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s longstanding success and is the philosophy underpinning an era of unprecedented growth and partnerships around the region.
Digital study to evaluate how behavior strategies impact sleep in children with autism
Oct. 31, 2019—VUMC is recruiting nationally for a study on how to improve sleep in children with autism using a behavioral intervention given to parents entirely online, tracked by a digital portal.
Martin to help guide Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health’s education, training efforts
Oct. 25, 2019—Marie Martin, PhD, MEd, has been named associate director for Education and Training in the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health
Osher Center debuts integrative medicine lecture series
Oct. 24, 2019—Renowned integrative health expert Helene Langevin, MD, CM, is set to be the inaugural speaker of a new lecture series hosted by the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt.
Langevin to headline inaugural Osher lecture series
Oct. 18, 2019—Dr. Helene Langevin is the inaugural speaker of a new lecture series on Oct. 29, 2019, hosted by the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt.
Orthopaedic organization elects Wright president
Oct. 17, 2019— Rick Wright, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, will serve as president of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) for a one-year term. Wright, who joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center on Sept. 1, was elected to the ABOS board in 2013 and has previously served as the chair of the organization’s...
Grant bolsters Schrag’s Alzheimer’s disease research
Oct. 17, 2019—Matthew Schrag, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Neurology, has received a Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging for research into the function of a novel protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease risk.
