Nancy Humphrey Archive — Page 23 of 30

Bright, modern lounge area inside a freestanding birthing center, with sofas and armchairs around a coffee table, shelving stocked with folded blankets and supplies, and large skylights and windows overlooking greenery.
July 23, 2015

New freestanding birthing center to make debut Aug. 1

A freestanding birthing center, owned by Raleigh-based Baby+Company and staffed by certified nurse-midwives from the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing (VUSN), opens on West End Avenue on Aug. 1.

By Nancy Humphrey
A person in a black shirt and jeans sits curled up with their head lowered and hands covering their face in a blue-walled room; another person is partially visible at the left edge.
July 8, 2015

Vanderbilt researchers develop potential treatment to fight mosquito-borne chikungunya virus

In late 2013 the Caribbean had its first case of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus. Today there have been almost 1.2 million cases in 44 countries or territories, including 177 cases in 31 U.S. States.

By Nancy Humphrey
Portrait of an older man with gray hair and a mustache wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned tie against a brown background.
July 7, 2015

Vanderbilt mourns loss of former Radiology chair Kaye

Jeremy Kaye, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, died July 4 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He was 75.

By Nancy Humphrey
June 11, 2015

Physician Council seeks to enhance VUMC’s clinical excellence efforts

Communication is a two-way street, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Physician Council for Clinical Service Excellence, formed in 2011, uses its monthly meetings to share ideas, come up with new ones, and take institutional information back to their practices.

By Nancy Humphrey
Three men converse in a medical research laboratory beside a microscope: a seated researcher in a white coat and two men in business attire.
June 11, 2015

Former heart patient inspired to create Discovery Science Fund

Two vastly different causes of heart failure, both of which can devastate a patient’s life, are being studied at Vanderbilt University Medical Center thanks, in part, to the generosity of a grateful patient whose own damaged heart was repaired at Vanderbilt more than five years ago.

By Nancy Humphrey
May 21, 2015

Effort to enhance documentation, coding gains focus

Documentation in the health care world is the fundamental communication method for clinicians in regard to their patients’ care.

By Nancy Humphrey