Michael Ward Archive — Page 1 of 1

Open orange prescription bottle lying on its side with numerous green-and-white capsules spilled onto a white surface.
April 10, 2025

$4.1 million grant awarded to study unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions 

Antibiotic prescriptions handed out in unplanned care spaces contribute to antimicrobial resistance, especially if they are not necessary to treat infections.

By Evan Dorian
Brick hospital entrance with signs reading “Vanderbilt Adult Emergency,” “Trauma Level 1,” “Adult Emergency Entrance,” and “Adult Emergency” with a left-pointing arrow.
January 28, 2025

New Vanderbilt Health program aims to improve efficiency, quality of ‘unplanned care’

Unplanned care refers to medical care arising from unexpected health issues that require immediate or urgent attention.

By Bill Snyder
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October 2, 2024

VA establishes analytics team to improve acute care for rural veterans

The initiative aligns with the Office of Rural Health’s mission to improve the health and well-being of rural veterans and the VA’s priority of becoming a learning health care system.

By Nancy Humphrey
Stylized 3D anatomical illustration of the human lungs and heart, with the trachea and branching airways visible against a softly blurred background.
February 12, 2024

VISTA grant to fund hospital-based research training in heart, lung, blood, sleep disorders

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a federal grant to establish a first-of-its-kind training program in patient-oriented and health systems research focused on acute heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders in the hospital setting.

By Bill Snyder
Stethoscope resting over a red paper heart marked with two adhesive bandages, symbolizing heart disease or injury.
June 9, 2016

Uninsured heart attack patients more likely to be transferred to another facility: study

A new study finds that uninsured heart attack patients are more likely to be transferred.

By Kathy Whitney
Hands holding a bright red heart-shaped object, overlaid with an electrocardiogram-style heartbeat line and a faint grid; a blurred person appears in the background.
November 20, 2014

Study finds national decline in one type of serious heart attack

The most emergent form of heart attacks is decreasing nationwide, but this declining incidence could affect emergency departments’ quality and timeliness of care.

By Vanderbilt Health News