Vanderbilt Health clinics

November 16, 2017

Alternatives to emergency room visits abound

More than 50 percent of emergency department visits are unnecessary or avoidable, meaning care could have been provided by a primary care physician or urgent care facility, according to a study from Aetna.

By Matt Batcheldor
November 14, 2017

Vanderbilt University Medical Center now operating retail clinics in Walgreens stores in Middle Tennessee

By John Howser
September 28, 2017

No appointment necessary

Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials cut the ribbon at the Sept. 21 open house celebrating Vanderbilt Health’s new Bellevue Walk-In Clinic.

By VUMC News and Communications
September 14, 2017

New Vanderbilt Health Walk-In Clinic in Bellevue debuts Sept. 22

Vanderbilt Health is opening a new Walk-In Clinic in Bellevue on Friday, Sept. 22.

By Paul Govern
July 12, 2017

VUMC to operate retail clinics in Walgreens stores in Middle Tennessee area

Walgreens and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have announced that a subsidiary of VUMC will operate and provide all clinical services at 14 retail health clinics within Walgreens stores across Middle Tennessee.

By John Howser
May 25, 2017

New diabetes technology clinic informs patients about innovations

Shichun Bao, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Medicine, unclips an insulin pump smaller than a deck of cards from her waistband to glance at its digital readout — but she doesn’t actually have diabetes and the pump contains only saline.

By Jill Clendening
April 20, 2017

Pharmacy debuts self-serve kiosks for VUMC employees

Vanderbilt employees will soon be able to bypass lines at the pharmacy counter and get their medications at a self-serve kiosk.
By Tom Wilemon
November 10, 2016

Clinics look to Lean to improve patient care, boost efficiency

When patient appointments at The Vanderbilt Clinic (TVC) weren’t beginning on time, everyone thought they knew the reason. Either patients weren’t getting checked in on time or physicians were delayed, or maybe both issues were contributing to the problem.
By Jill Clendening
October 17, 2016

Eskind family makes $6 million gift to keep library on leading edge of health education innovation

A visionary $6 million gift to Vanderbilt from the Eskind family ensures that the Eskind Biomedical Library will support the next generation of scientists, physicians, students and patients.
By VUMC News and Communications
March 3, 2016

Over 50? Let us schedule your colonoscopy

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and the goal of the Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Center is to encourage and help all Vanderbilt employees to schedule their colonoscopies.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 21, 2016

Belle Meade Walk-In Clinic debuts

Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials cut the ribbon at Tuesday’s open house celebrating the debut of Vanderbilt Health’s new Belle Meade Walk-In Clinic.
By VUMC News and Communications
January 14, 2016

Walk-in clinic set to make debut in Belle Meade

Vanderbilt Health is opening a new Walk-In Clinic in Nashville’s Belle Meade neighborhood on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
By Nancy Humphrey
January 14, 2016

New tool in fight against pediatric diabetic retinopathy

The Children’s Diabetes Program at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently unveiled its latest tool in helping to prevent diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of acquired blindness in the United States.
By Jessica Pasley
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