Nearly 160 students from 58 high schools applied this year across the entire region served by Vanderbilt-Ingram, which spans Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky. Twenty-five girls and five boys were accepted.

Vanderbilt Health’s philosophy is that the institution needs a way to support patients when they reveal that food is a struggle. Yet, it’s a hospital system not a food bank, so it looks to partners.

A driver rehabilitation program initiated by occupational therapists now encompasses multiple disciplines. Speech-language pathologists explain how these groups came together — and how a donation from partners at General Motors has steered the program in the right direction.

Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, and we know their health is shaped by much more than clinical care.

The hospital's first teen volunteers wore candy striper uniforms; now the VolunTeen program keeps introducing young people to health care careers.

The funds will be awarded to cancer researchers studying new approaches for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Safety and security officers will bring familiar uniforms, familiar protocols to regional hospitals