Transition Management Office

June 21, 2022

Kristen Kerkhove aims to ease the transition home for palliative care patients

“My goal is to make sure our patients have everything they need when they leave the hospital so they can spend their time focusing on what’s important to them.”

By Nancy Humphrey
Erika Rodriguez-Muñoz, LMSW, receives her plaque from Josh Owens, LCSW, director of Transition Management, after she was named Carolyn Edwards Social Worker of the Year at the annual Social Work Luncheon. Rodriguez-Muñoz works at Vanderbilt Women’s Health One Hundred Oaks and is project coordinator for the Obstetrics Opioid Use Disorder Quality Improvement project and a leader for Team HOPE, a multidisciplinary team that focuses on the optimization of opioid exposed newborns. She was one of 20 nominees for the honor, which is named for longtime VUMC social worker Carolyn Edwards. The luncheon and award presentation were part of the Transition Management Office’s observance of March as Social Work Month.
April 11, 2019

Social Worker of the Year

Erika Rodriguez-Muñoz, LMSW, receives her plaque from Josh Owens, LCSW, director of Transition Management, after she was named Carolyn Edwards Social Worker of the Year at the annual Social Work Luncheon. Rodriguez-Muñoz works at Vanderbilt Women’s Health One Hundred Oaks.

By VUMC News and Communications
hand holding a smartphone
April 26, 2017

New Medical Center visitor wireless network now available

Vanderbilt University Medical Center unveiled its new guest wireless network, VUMCGuest, May 1.

By VUMC News and Communications
April 6, 2017

VUMC social workers make positive impact on patients, families

Whether it be helping families cope with the loss of a loved one, connecting homeless patients to community services or providing drug-addicted mothers with treatment options, social workers all work toward the common goal of facilitating positive change in the lives of patients and families.

By Matt Batcheldor
February 10, 2017

TechShare discusses off-site data center, IT service management

The Transition Management Office hosted its second TechShare on Feb. 6 with a focus on changes to an off-site data center, IT service management and identity management.

By VUMC News and Communications