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May 21, 2015

VUMC lands high marks on new hospital quality rating from U.S. News and World Report

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) achieved high marks on U.S. News and World Report’s newest rating for hospital quality.

By Doug Campbell
May 21, 2015

Effort to enhance documentation, coding gains focus

Documentation in the health care world is the fundamental communication method for clinicians in regard to their patients’ care.

By Nancy Humphrey
May 21, 2015

Study seeks to bolster outcomes for acute heart failure patients

With support from a three-year, $2 million research grant from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the American Heart Association are teaming up to study heart failure care in the Emergency Department.

By Kathy Whitney
HIV cell
May 21, 2015

‘Redesigned’ antibodies may control HIV: study

With the help of a computer program called “Rosetta,” researchers at Vanderbilt University have “redesigned” an antibody that has increased potency and can neutralize more strains of the AIDS-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) than can any known natural antibody.

By Bill Snyder
May 21, 2015

Grant helps expand training outreach program in Kenya

In an especially underserved region of western Kenya, expectant mothers requiring cesarean section are the focus of a new $2.6 million grant to Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Kenya’s AIC Kijabe Hospital and the Kenya-based Center for Public Health and Development.

By Paul Govern
May 21, 2015

Initiative to speed call response times sees success

For patients who pick up the telephone to call VUMC, one of the first opportunities to make a good impression is how quickly they get a real person on the line.

By Vanderbilt Health News