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January 8, 2026

Melynor Fraker leads by helping her team members become the best versions of themselves, ever expanding what a regional hospital staff can do for its community

As the first recipient of the newly rechristened C. Wright Pinson Award, Fraker’s outstanding leadership reflects the award’s tradition of recognizing those who move VUMC forward.

By Evan Dorian
Greg and Monica Barton at home with their sons, Carter, left, and triplets Matthew, John and Weston.
July 31, 2025

Turn left for the plan, turn right for the miracle: When triplets couldn’t wait for Nashville

Triplets decided to enter the world at 26 weeks. The plan was Nashville, but it was a left turn and an hour away. Would choosing the local hospital be right?

By Danny Bonvissuto
February 10, 2025

Regional Hospitals adopt Vanderbilt Health professional accountability programs

The Vanderbilt Center for Patient and Professional Advocacy has exported its system for professional accountability to some 300 hospitals and physician groups around the country. Now it’s the turn for Vanderbilt Health’s Regional Hospitals.

By Paul Govern
January 10, 2025

MyHealth Bundles program expands to VTHH, VBCH

VUMC health plan members can now access the MyMaternity Health and MyOrthoHealth bundles at Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital in Tullahoma and the MyWeightLoss-Surgical Weight Loss Bundle at Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital in Shelbyville.

January 2, 2025

2025 New Year’s baby Siora Ray arrives only 12 minutes after midnight

First baby at VWCH: Cash Mitchell; first baby at VTHH: Gwennyth Trinity Grace Freeze-Stele.

By Bill Snyder
May 28, 2024

Nurses support one another as they grieve colleague

Nurses are accustomed to comforting patients and families through loss, but when they lose one of their own, it hurts in a unique, palpable way. Fortunately, they can count on each other.

By Kathy Whitney