Nancy Humphrey

January 10, 2013

Patient and Family Promise readies for next month’s rollout

Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty and staff are gearing up to roll out the Vanderbilt Patient and Family Promise, a six-point commitment to all patients and their families.

By Nancy Humphrey
December 13, 2012

Patients, families at heart of new ‘Promise’ campaign

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is taking its commitment to a patient-centered experience to a new level through the Vanderbilt Patient and Family Promise, a six-point commitment statement being rolled out publicly in February.

By Nancy Humphrey
November 29, 2012

ADA, Vanderbilt united in fight against diabetes

The statistics are jarring. More than 25.8 million children and adults in the United States — 8.3 percent of the population — have diabetes. And predictions are that one in three people will have the chronic disease by 2050.

By Nancy Humphrey
November 29, 2012

Family’s experience spurs creation of fellowship

Carol Ann Gavin became critically ill on Super Bowl Sunday in 2010 while vacationing in Florida. But after two surgeries for a bowel obstruction at a Florida hospital, her husband, Charles Gavin III, asked that she be flown home to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he knew she would get unequaled health care at one of finest medical centers in the country.

By Nancy Humphrey
November 1, 2012

McCulloch named to health informatics board

George McCulloch, deputy chief information officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has been named to the board of trustees of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

By Nancy Humphrey
October 18, 2012

Flulapalooza

By Nancy Humphrey
October 11, 2012

VU mourns loss of Pediatrics icon Sell

Sarah H. Sell, M.D., professor of Pediatrics, Emerita, one of the key players in the development of the childhood vaccine to protect against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children younger than 5, died Saturday, Oct. 6. She was 99.
By Nancy Humphrey
October 11, 2012

Day set to promote hand hygiene efforts

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s hand hygiene committee will host its annual Hand Hygiene Awareness Day with hand hygiene tables set up outside the Flulapalooza tent on Wednesday, Oct. 17, and Thursday, Oct. 18.
By Nancy Humphrey
October 10, 2012

Additional volunteers needed for Flulapalooza Oct. 17 and 18

By Nancy Humphrey
October 3, 2012

Flulapalooza set for Oct. 17-18

By Nancy Humphrey
September 27, 2012

Sequel to record-breaking vaccination event scheduled

Vanderbilt University and Medical Center faculty, staff, students and volunteers will once again have the opportunity to be part of a mass flu vaccination plan that last year more than doubled the current world record for the total number of vaccinations given in an eight-hour period.
By Nancy Humphrey
September 13, 2012

Family mass vaccination exercise set for Sept. 29

Vanderbilt employees with children between 4 and 14 are being invited to participate in a free four-hour Family Mass Vaccination exercise on Saturday, Sept. 29, at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks.
By Nancy Humphrey
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