Vanderbilt University Hospital Archive

VUMC’s first Pursuit of Excellence Award winners include, from left, Johnny Woodard, MSN, RN-BC, Tiffany Lewis, MSN, RN, Kevin Harvey, BSN, RN VA-BC, Jarylin Bishop, BSN, RN, Randy Cox, MPH, CPPS, Phil Cook, MHA, Bill Wester, MD, MPH, Cristin Fritz, MD, MPH.

October 25, 2023

New award program celebrates improvement work across the VUMC enterprise

Winner’s of this year’s Quality, Safety and Risk Prevention Pursuit of Excellence Awards were recognized during a poster session and ceremony held recently in Langford Auditorium.

By Kathy Whitney

Chief Patient Experience Officer David Haynes, MD, center, presented Excellence in Patient Experience awards to Cassandra Bruns, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, left, and Inder Raj Grewal, MBBS, who had perfect top box scores of 100%. Not pictured is Bethany Sanders, MSN, CNM, who also received a perfect score. (Photo by Susan Urmy)

October 19, 2023

Patient Experience awards honor excellence of clinical teams and individual clinicians

By Jill Clendening

Music therapist Tori Langham, MT-BC, works with patient Kevin Keach in the adult Palliative Care unit. (photo by Susan Urmy)

August 30, 2023

Music therapy program now offered to patients on three additional units at VUH

Following a successful pilot program, music therapy is now being offered to patients on three additional units at Vanderbilt University Hospital.

By Jessica Pasley

August 17, 2023

Trauma Center anniversary

Faculty and staff gathered last week to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Trauma Center’s debut in its current location on the 10th floor of Vanderbilt University Hospital.

By VUMC News and Communications

VUMC’s new virtual nurse program allows Katy Byers, RN, to talk with patient Jimmy Sawyers remotely. (photo by Susan Urmy)

August 11, 2023

New teleconference program helps give nurses more time to care for patients in person

Through Vanderbilt’s new virtual nurse program, certain tasks such as documentation can be done remotely via a teleconference in the patient’s room, giving nurses at the bedside more time to care for patients in person.

By Matt Batcheldor

August 10, 2023

Mobile MRI locations announced

By VUMC News and Communications

August 1, 2023 U.S. Army North Division executing dense urban terrain exercise using VUH helipad, Aug. 9 & 10 By Kylie Avery
June 15, 2023 Stahlman NICU transitions to new resuscitation unit
Vanderbilt's The Stahlman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, one of the first modern neonatal intensive care units in the world, cared for its last baby and closed at the end of May.
By Danny Bonvissuto
June 15, 2023 Team refines protocol for emergency surgical event
A multidisciplinary team at Vanderbilt recently collaborated on a live simulation to develop a new protocol for a rare but high-stakes cardiothoracic event — when a team has to perform a re-sternotomy at a patient’s bedside as a lifesaving measure.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 9, 2023 Dwyer departing from VUH leadership role
Shon Dwyer, MBA, RN, President of Vanderbilt University Hospital (VUH), is leaving her role as the facility’s leader at the end of the fiscal year. Lee Ann Liska, MBA, VUH’s Chief Operating Officer, will step in as Chief Operating Officer and Interim Hospital President.
By John Howser
June 8, 2023 Dread credits Anticoagulation Clinic for continued health after his stroke
Then-Nashville Metro Councilman Adam Dread suffered a major stroke 20 years ago. To this day, he credits Vanderbilt's Anticoagulation Clinic for his continued health.
By Matt Batcheldor
June 1, 2023 Patel named chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery
Mayur Patel, MD, MPH, has been named chief of the Division of Acute Care Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
By Jill Clendening
April 20, 2023 Patients, families share positive feedback on their VUMC experiences
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s mission is “personalizing the patient experience through our caring spirit and remarkable capabilities,” and the positive feedback from patients and families will be celebrated during Patient Experience Week, April 23-29.
By Kathy Whitney