Wayne Wood Archive — Page 99 of 110

February 12, 2018

“Carmen from Chicago,” mystery good Samaritan nurse, identified

She’s very relieved that Geoffrey Lee, injured in the bicycle wreck, is doing OK.

By Wayne Wood
February 12, 2018

Project Register promotes online voter registration

To help drive awareness and increase voter participation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has joined more than 70 other Middle Tennessee businesses, nonprofits and professional organizations in support of Project Register, an effort to raise awareness about the ease of online voter registration in Tennessee

By Wayne Wood
February 8, 2018

Think it’s flu? Now you can ask Alexa

If you think you have the flu, making decisions about whether to seek care is as easy as asking Alexa. Vanderbilt’s Flu Tool, an online resource that uses a series of questions to help patients determine if they or a family member may have the flu, has now been adapted for use with Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service.

By Wayne Wood
February 7, 2018

A bike wreck left him dazed, hurt and bleeding. Then a Vanderbilt nurse came by.

Where in the world is Carmen from Chicago? Geoffrey Lee would like to be sure she gets credit for a good deed.

By Wayne Wood
January 17, 2018

Scenes from snowy days

Enjoy these scenes of a beautiful VUMC snow, and bookmark the page to recall fondly in July.

By Wayne Wood
January 15, 2018

Martin Luther King Jr. Morning Tribute features choir, calls for unity, Churchwell solo on “Go Down, Moses.”

“This is an important day in the context of what’s going on in our country,” said André Churchwell, MD, chief diversity officer for VUMC.

By Wayne Wood