Reporter Dec 18 2015

December 18, 2015

Vendor for VUMC clinical systems upgrade named

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has announced an agreement with Epic Systems Corp., a privately owned health care software company based in Verona, Wisconsin, to provide key clinical, administrative and billing software to the Medical Center.

By Paul Govern
December 17, 2015

Year in Review 2015: Medical Center recognized in multiple national rankings

During the past year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) placed highly in several of the various rankings conducted by U.S. News and World Report.

By Doug Campbell
December 17, 2015

Year in Review 2015: Achievements, milestones abound at VUMC

The following is a roundup of the news that made headlines at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2015.

By Doug Campbell
December 17, 2015

Season of giving

Santa stopped by Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt last week to visit with patients and families and pass out gifts to children.

By VUMC News and Communications
December 17, 2015

New in-house software development group set to assist VUMC teams

Vanderbilt teams in the market for specialized software have a new in-house information technology group to call upon.

By Paul Govern
December 17, 2015

Gerontological Society of America honors Frontera

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) — the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging — recently presented Walter Frontera, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, with its 2015 Excellence in Rehabilitation of Aging Persons Award.

By John Howser
December 17, 2015

Advanced Practice Nurses Association honors Jayaram

The Middle Tennessee Advanced Practice Nurses Association recently named Vanderbilt’s Jennifer Jayaram, MSN, FNP, its Advanced Practice Nurse of the Year. The organization is an affiliate of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
By Matt Batcheldor
December 17, 2015

Frequent flyer Grubbs set to retire from LifeFlight

After 31 years and nearly 6,000 patient flights, LifeFlight’s Tom Grubbs has decided to hang up his helmet and retire.
By Jerry Jones
December 17, 2015

Nominations sought for this year’s Vanderbilt Prize Scholar

Nominations for this year’s Vanderbilt Prize Scholar are now being accepted. The deadline is Feb. 8, 2016.
By Bill Snyder
December 17, 2015

Flu vaccination compliance at VUMC rises dramatically

As of Dec. 1, employee compliance with the influenza vaccination policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has reached 99.9 percent, up from 80 percent on Dec.1, 2014
By Paul Govern
December 17, 2015

Shine Bright

Country music artists Maddie & Tae recently performed for patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 13, 2015

Personalized medicine is topic of new Vanderbilt massive open online course

Enrollment has opened for Case Studies in Personalized Medicine, Vanderbilt's latest free massive open online course, or MOOC. The six-week course starts Jan. 15.
By Paul Govern
December 10, 2015

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt and Ryan Seacrest Foundation partner to open Seacrest Studios

By Christina Echegaray
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