Reporter January 2024

January 11, 2024

VWCH recognized by Wilson County Commission

Scott McCarver, president of Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital, recently presented an update on the state of the hospital at the December meeting of the Wilson County Commissioners.

January 11, 2024

VUMC’s James Nichols to lead lab standards institute

James Nichols, PhD, medical director of Clinical Chemistry and Point-of-Care Testing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has begun a two-year term as president of the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute.

January 10, 2024

Vanderbilt nurse managers take part in inaugural cohort of the Health Management Academy’s Nurse Manager Idea Labs

Through the nine-month program, high-performing nurse managers participated in thinking workshops to collaboratively develop solutions to common frontline operational challenges.

January 10, 2024

Stanford, Essentia Health join VUMC-based clinical research network

The STAR Clinical Research Network, based at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has added two new partners — Essentia Health, a Minnesota-based rural health care system, and Stanford University School of Medicine, one of the country’s leading academic medical centers.

January 10, 2024

VUMC Emergency Medical Services Center of Excellence teams up with Mt. Juliet Fire Department

The Mt. Juliet Fire Department joined forces with Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s EMS Center of Excellence, naming Jared McKinney, MD, associate professor of Emergency Medicine, as medical director.

January 9, 2024

Chic Awearness supports mentoring program for ovarian cancer patients

Chic Awearness is now supporting two new ovarian cancer research initiatives at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and providing matching funding for a social worker to coordinate Woman to Woman, a peer mentoring program launched at VUMC in 2023.