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December 2, 2021

VUMC celebrates 20th anniversary of custom-built EHR

Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently commemorated the 20th anniversary of StarPanel, the first fully integrated electronic health record (EHR) in use in a major health system and developed independent of a vendor.

By Fehintola Olumide
November 15, 2018

One year after Go Live, focus remains on advancing eStar

This month marks the one-year anniversary of VUMC’s transition to eStar, and, as expected, there have been challenges and successes along the way.

By Kelsey Herbers
August 10, 2017

Focus on Epic: EpicLeap to make care seamless at VUMC

EpicLeap, a project that will transform patient care at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) through new technology and processes, started in 2015 with a notification from a technology vendor. A few of the key pieces of software VUMC uses to currently provide care were no longer going to be supported by the vendor. Vanderbilt’s HealthIT team was then faced with a crucial decision — they could provide support for the software bundle themselves, upgrade to the vendor’s suggested replacements, or consider a totally different solution altogether.

By Madison Agee
January 5, 2016

Unauthorized access of patient information can result in termination

Unauthorized use of Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) clinical databases — Epic, Medipac or Star Panel — to check on the health status of fellow employees or to peer into the medical records of other individuals not under someone’s care, can result in progressive discipline or even termination.

By VUMC News and Communications
January 8, 2015

Patient education materials linked to electronic health record

In recent months Vanderbilt University Medical Center has begun delivering patient education materials to patients and their care teams using a technology called Infobutton.

By Paul Govern
October 30, 2014

New interface for StarPanel helps speed clinical workflow

SmartVU is a new user interface for Vanderbilt’s network application for electronic medical records and clinical workflow, StarPanel.

By Paul Govern
July 17, 2014

EMR tool improves process of documenting medications

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is rolling out a new electronic tool to facilitate the documentation of every patient’s home medications. Called the Med List Tool, this new part of the electronic medical record is a way for providers of all disciplines to accurately collect, record and communicate the medications a patient takes.
By VUMC News and Communications
November 21, 2013

Initiative seeks to anticipate discharge dates for patients

An initiative is afoot to document each patient’s anticipated date of discharge in StarPanel (the electronic medical record system) upon admission to Vanderbilt University Hospital, then update it daily and remind patients of it daily.
By Paul Govern
January 31, 2013

Innovative outpatient orders system set for wider use

On Jan. 15, an information systems glitch rendered Vanderbilt Outpatient Orders Management, or VOOM, temporarily unavailable for some users. Shubhada Jagasia, M.D., MMHC, medical director of the Eskind Diabetes Clinic, was among clinicians who suddenly had to return to using paper forms to order clinical labs, radiology and other diagnostic tests.
By Paul Govern
January 24, 2013

‘Task list’ to boost StarPanel’s messaging capabilities

Within StarPanel, the medical records system used at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, patient care team members each have an electronic message “basket,” making it simple to store messages and link them to medical records.
By Paul Govern
October 25, 2012

New tool speeds medical record documentation

The less time nurses and staff spend documenting their work in the medical record, the more time they can spend with patients.
By Paul Govern