“Instead of giving patients a one-size-fits-all answer, the tool takes those findings and turns them into an individualized estimate,” said Alex Sundermann, MD, PhD.

Vanderbilt Health’s clinical care and support program for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorder has served 27 pregnant patients at VWCH, with the goal of serving 50-100 patients annually.

“This is the first cardiovascular society guidance that has been published on postpartum care for women with cardiovascular disease and is a major step forward in evidence-based care to reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in pregnant women.”

The Tennessee Department of Health, through the Opioid Abatement Council Community Grant program, recently awarded $1.2M to The Naloxone Project, a nonprofit dedicated to patient-centric care for individuals with opioid use disorder.

As the depot enters its second year, VCH remains committed to expanding access to donor breast milk for the region’s most vulnerable newborns.

The authors reviewed nine clinical preventive services for maternal cardiovascular health and found sufficient evidence to call for updated clinical guidelines in two areas — better management of chronic hypertension and stronger postpartum blood pressure monitoring.

This minimally invasive and cost-effective alternative to tissue biopsy offers “an accessible tool for tailoring treatment strategies in breast cancer,” researchers reported April 22 in the journal Science Translational Medicine.