telemedicine Archive — Page 1 of 3
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January 14, 2021
Neurology survey reveals high satisfaction for telehealth
A post-visit outpatient survey from VUMC’s Department of Neurology, conducted under an ongoing departmental quality improvement initiative, has turned up additional evidence of high satisfaction with telehealth among both patients and clinicians. -
October 16, 2020
Clinical trial to test HIV drugs to treat COVID-19
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in collaboration with the University of Colorado and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, is leading one of the first “telemedicine” clinical trials to test a potential treatment for COVID-19. -
June 24, 2020
Use of VUMC’s patient portal is surging
Enrollment in the Vanderbilt Health patient portal, My Health at Vanderbilt (MHAV), has surged in recent months. -
June 4, 2020
Employees working from home bring value, safety to VUMC
As of early May, an average of 8,000 VUMC employees were working remotely each day, equaling more than 25% of VUMC’s total workforce. -
April 23, 2020
VUSM students help patients, clinicians with telehealth
When in-person visits to Vanderbilt Eskind Diabetes Clinic needed to be quickly converted to telehealth appointments in response to COVID-19, a novel solution was hatched to bring both clinicians and patients up to speed on videoconferencing. -
December 18, 2019
Telehealth grant boosts diabetes prevention efforts
Vanderbilt’s Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) has demonstrated its effectiveness at helping employees lose weight as a means of preventing Type 2 diabetes and has received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to expand the program using telehealth. -
November 7, 2019
Griffith honored for her contributions to telehealth initiatives
Michelle Griffith, MD, recently received an award for her work building networks for and advocacy of telehealth.