Jill Clendening

The health care proposal to provide Medicare for all was the focus of a panel discussion at the fall Research into Policy and Practice Lecture. Panel participants included, from left, Chip Kahn, Carol Paris, MD, and moderator Dan Gorenstein.

Lecture explores Medicare for All’s potential impacts

The concept of a single-payer, government-run health care program — Medicare for All — has sparked national debate, and that proposal was the focus of a spirited discussion on Nov. 19 at the Research into Policy and Practice Lecture sponsored by the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Griffith honored for her contributions to telehealth initiatives

Michelle Griffith, MD, recently received an award for her work building networks for and advocacy of telehealth.

Value-Based Care University hosts first educational event

On Oct. 30, Value-Based Care University is hosting its first educational event for frontline clinicians, and the free event can be attended either in person or through a live webinar.

The Clinical Research Center (CRC) was one of 27 clinical areas at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that received a 2019 Excellence in Patient Experience award in recognition of exceptional performance and commitment to service excellence. Shown here, Scott McCarver, MHA, left, and Robin Steaban, MSN, RN, right, present the Clinical Research Center’s award to, from left, Crystal Rice, RN, BSN, Lana Howard, RN, CCRP, and Lamar Bowman, RN, BSN. Not pictured: Deloris Lee, RN, BSN.

Awards honor employees’ patient experience efforts

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has recognized 183 clinicians and 27 clinical areas with Excellence in Patient Experience awards in recognition of exceptional performance and commitment to service excellence.

OpenNotes gives patients full access to clinician notes

Patients who receive treatment at three VUMC clinics were recently given full access to their clinicians’ notes in their electronic medical records as part of an OpenNotes pilot.

Vanderbilt health policy expert explains TennCare block grant proposal

Tennessee has made an “opening bid” in its negotiations with the federal government about a block grant that could significantly change how TennCare functions for more than 1 million children and low-income individuals, and making sense of the complex proposal can be tricky.

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