Reporter July 14 2017 Archive — Page 1 of 2
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July 13, 2017
Study seeks to improve emergency event management
Anesthesiology has a long history of scrutinizing its practice and developing strategies for improvement. -
July 13, 2017
Pageant of fun
The newly crowned Miss Tennessee, Caty Davis, visited with patients and families at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt last week. -
July 13, 2017
Children’s Hospital ED adds new rooms to speed treatment
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has added seven new rooms to its Emergency Department (ED) to help increase the speed with which the team assesses and treats pediatric patients for minor emergencies. -
July 13, 2017
New approach for staph-related skin abscesses explored
New multicenter research that includes Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) investigators, could change treatment approaches to simple skin abscesses, infections often caused by Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria. -
July 13, 2017
Kachnic named one of the ‘Women to Watch’ in health care
Lisa Kachnic, M.D., Cornelius Vanderbilt Chair in Radiation Oncology and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has been named one of the “Women to Watch” in health care by Nashville Medical News. -
July 12, 2017
VUMC to operate retail clinics in Walgreens stores in Middle Tennessee area
Walgreens and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have announced that a subsidiary of VUMC will operate and provide all clinical services at 14 retail health clinics within Walgreens stores across Middle Tennessee. -
July 12, 2017
Conference to focus on link between viruses and cancer
The association between tobacco use and cancer is well known. But there are other risk factors for cancer that are less recognized, including the link between cancer and certain viruses.