Reporter April 22 2016 Archive — Page 2 of 2

Nurse in blue scrubs checks on a patient lying in a hospital bed in an observation room equipped with bedside monitors and medical supplies.
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
A suited speaker gestures onstage beside large red TEDx letters, under blue and red stage lighting.
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
A healthcare professional in a white coat speaks with a hospitalized patient in bed while two family members sit nearby; medical equipment and supplies are visible in the room.
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