Vanderbilt University Hospital Archive — Page 15 of 20
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December 12, 2019
New training materials help clinicians stay opioid compliant
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, through the offices of its Opioid Oversight Executive Committee, is offering its employees an online tutorial, Opioid Laws — Prescribing at VUMC -
December 2, 2019
New VUMC service education focuses on strategies to “power up” positivity
The fourth module of Defining Personalized Care – Elevating Our Culture of Service, focuses on the effect positivity can bring to an individual’s own well-being and to those they serve, including colleagues. -
October 17, 2019
Effort to remove penicillin allergy labels seeing success
A program in the Medical Intensive Care Unit has successfully removed penicillin allergy labels from more than 45 inpatients at high risk to receive antibiotics, but whose penicillin allergies were low risk. -
October 16, 2019
When ABC’s “World News Tonight” was broadcast live from VUMC
A specially built platform outside the hospital allowed anchor Peter Jennings to deliver the news with a VUMC backdrop -
September 25, 2019
Bridge Clinic tour
Anne Hazlett, JD, senior adviser for Rural Affairs in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), recently visited Vanderbilt University Medical Center for a tour of the addiction Bridge Clinic. -
September 12, 2019
Study shows benefit of palliative care for liver disease patients
A Vanderbilt study sheds new light on the impact of palliative care. -
September 12, 2019
New clinic helps high-risk patients get ready for surgery
At VUMC's High-Risk Surgical Encounter (Hi-RiSE) Clinic, patients at higher risk of developing complications are comprehensively evaluated and interventions are efficiently coordinated and completed in the weeks leading up to surgery.