Reporter April 22 2016

April 21, 2016

Additional beds enhance patient access, service

An initiative to add beds in strategic locations throughout Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), decrease patients’ length of stay and focus on morning discharges is paying off with improved patient access to services, hospital leaders say.

By Jill Clendening
April 21, 2016

VUMC speakers shine at TEDx Nashville symposium

Provocative questions, posed by three experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), were among the highlights last Friday at TEDx Nashville 2016, an exposition of “ideas worth sharing” at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium.

By Bill Snyder
April 21, 2016

Patient satisfaction advisory program sees rapid growth

More than 5,600 people are participating in Advise Vanderbilt six months after Vanderbilt University Medical Center launched the program of online advisers to help leadership improve patient satisfaction and patient and family engagement in care.

By Matt Batcheldor
April 21, 2016

University faculty and staff: Systems availability update

Several Vanderbilt University systems are back online following the legal separation of the university and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. University faculty and staff should check back often for updates on availabilities.

By VUMC News and Communications
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