Author: Holly Fletcher
Leadership Assembly takeaways: Speaking up makes a difference
Nov. 4, 2021—The importance of supporting Vanderbilt University Medical Center's workforce is highlighted in this quarter’s Leadership Assembly theme, “Speaking Up, Lifting Up,” which is focused on strategies to amplify well-being.
Vanderbilt Health DNA podcast garners 2021 ‘Gold’ from Modern Healthcare
Nov. 1, 2021—The Vanderbilt Health DNA: Discoveries in Action podcast has been selected by Modern Healthcare as an award winner in the 2021 Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards and was named the ‘Gold Podcast Campaign of the Year' in the provider/insurer category.
Jackson, Winkfield selected among ‘Women to Watch’ in health care
Oct. 25, 2021—Gretchen Purcell Jackson, MD, PhD, and Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, are honored among top health care leaders in the 2021 “Women to Watch” by Nashville Medical News.
Trevathan announces plan to step down from role as VIGH director
Oct. 11, 2021—Edwin Trevathan, MD, MPH, has announced plans to step down from his role as director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health.
‘DNA’ podcast Season 2 explores COVID, science and trust in communities
Aug. 23, 2021—Listen to Episode 1, Blueprint for a Pandemic-Ready Society, and subscribe on your favorite platform. The first episode of the second season of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s original podcast series, Vanderbilt Health DNA: Discoveries in Action, tackles bold questions and issues pushed to the surface by COVID-19. This season, the award-winning 10-episode series delves into...
Churchwell, Creech, Wilkins among NBJ award winners
Aug. 18, 2021—Three leaders of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center community are among the winners of the Nashville Business Journal’s 2021 Health Care Innovation awards.
First Listen: Season 2 ‘Vanderbilt Health DNA’ podcast trailer
Aug. 16, 2021—New episodes of the #ListenDNA podcast series drop every week starting Aug. 23.
Digital growth, improvements, vaccinations: Leadership Assembly takeaways
Aug. 5, 2021—Vanderbilt University Medical Center completed its first full fiscal year of the COVID-19 era having achieved remarkable outcomes in digital health, growth and quality because of consistently strong performance from its workforce.
Edwards among Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame Inductees
Jun. 29, 2021—Kathryn Edwards, MD, is among a new set of inductees into the Tennessee Health Care Hall of Fame.
Flexibility, trust: Takeaways from Leadership Assembly
May. 6, 2021—The flexibility and adaptability of Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been center stage as the pressures of COVID-19 and ongoing strategic imperatives have transformed how and where care is delivered.
Vanderbilt, Zambia researchers identify predictive factors of delirium in Sub-Saharan Africa
Apr. 22, 2021—Severity of illness, history of stroke, and being divorced or widowed were independently predictive of delirium in hospitalized patients in Zambia, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.
COVID-19 lessons: VUMC, other hospital leaders pinpoint opportunities in National Academy Review
Apr. 7, 2021—The versatility of health systems in the national COVID-19 response underscore the challenges and opportunities for leaders to strengthen and design systems to better care for communities and respond to ever-changing needs, top health care delivery system leaders outline in a discussion paper for the National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
