Vanderbilt Home Care Services

November 12, 2025

Vanderbilt Home Care Services celebrates 40 years of excellence

Founded in 1985, VHCS has grown into a comprehensive home-based care program, serving a daily census of over 650 patients.

By Kylie Avery
Vanderbilt Home Care provides a variety of home care services including nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work and round-the-clock private duty services. (photo by Daniel DuBois)
April 19, 2024

Vanderbilt Home Care joins VUMC in adopting health record software from Epic Systems Corp.

This year Vanderbilt Home Care switched to the same electronic health record system used by VUMC, enabling providers to have a more complete view of their patients’ care at home.

By Paul Govern
Kate Whitley is participating in a free virtual support group at VUMC for those with Long COVID.
June 15, 2023

Program keeps close watch on high-risk home health patients

Vanderbilt Home Care Services’ Chronic Disease Management program complements in-person medical visits and traditional home health services with regular telehealth calls from a registered nurse.

By Jill Clendening
July 14, 2022

New program helps low-vision patients more safely navigate their home environments

By Nancy Humphrey
Nashville resident Bill Boyce’s successful recovery from COVID-19 included phone calls from VUMC nursing staff and his personal physician after his positive test, followed by a 28-day hospitalization and close monitoring by nursing staff after he returned home.
July 9, 2020

Coordinated care network ensures COVID-positive patient makes recovery

On March 27, Nashville resident Bill Boyce, 73, earned the unwelcome distinction of becoming the first patient intubated on Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s dedicated COVID-19 unit.

By Jill Clendening
May 11, 2017

Gillihan named CEO of Vanderbilt Home Care Services

Kerry Gillihan, MHA, D.Sc., has been named president and CEO of Vanderbilt Home Care Services (VHCS), the home health care services of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC).

By Nancy Humphrey
December 1, 2016

Health OnCall service brings care directly to patients’ homes

When you’ve been flattened by the flu, one of the last things you want is the hassle of driving to a medical clinic. Now, with the launch of Vanderbilt Health OnCall, you might not have to.
By Jill Clendening
October 15, 2015

Photo: Home Care Services anniversary

Vanderbilt Home Care Services recently celebrated 30 years of helping patients to receive care in their own home environments.
By VUMC News and Communications
April 30, 2015

Brown receives ATHENA award

By Doug Campbell
January 16, 2014

CHF project shows home monitoring eases readmissions

In preliminary testing, Vanderbilt Home Care Services (VHCS) has found that Internet-based remote patient monitoring reduces hospital readmissions for patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) who are receiving home nursing visits.
By Paul Govern
November 21, 2013

Home Care Services lands on ‘elite’ list

Vanderbilt Home Care Services has been named to the 2013 HomeCare Elite, an unranked listing of the top 25 percent of U.S. home health agencies, based on various publicly available clinical and financial performance data.
By Paul Govern
January 24, 2013

Brown lands health care leadership award

Laura Beth Brown, president of Vanderbilt Home Care Services and vice president of Vanderbilt Health Services, has been recognized with Leadership Health Care’s (LHC) Health Care Emerging Leader of the Year award.
By VUMC News and Communications