Reporter Nov 9 2018

November 8, 2018

Hockey Fights Cancer

Patient ambassador Lily Hensiek, center, served as Mayor of Smashville at the Nashville Predators Hockey Fights Cancer Night on Saturday, Nov. 3.

By VUMC News and Communications
November 8, 2018

Multi-factor authentication coming for C2HR users

Like employees the world over, Vanderbilt University Medical Center email system users are prey to frequent email spoofs, by which would-be identity thieves attempt to steal employee login credentials.

By Tom Wilemon
November 7, 2018

Low health literacy associated with early death for cardiovascular patients

Patients hospitalized with a cardiovascular event are more likely to die within one year if they have low health literacy, according to a Vanderbilt University Medical Center study released this week in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

By Craig Boerner
November 6, 2018

Patel to succeed Johnson in Health IT leadership role

Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) and Senior Vice President of Health Information Technology, will step down from his role as leader of Vanderbilt University Medical Center HealthIT on Jan. 1, 2019.

By John Howser
November 2, 2018

VUMC again ranked among nation’s ‘most-wired’ health care systems

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has again been named one of the nation’s “most-wired” hospitals and health systems for its innovation and leadership in medical technology and health care information management.

By Doug Campbell
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