Leadership Perspectives

January 25, 2024

January Leadership Assembly — Care That Changes Our World

Ongoing initiatives to reduce acts of violence or other disrespectful behaviors toward VUMC health care workers are vital for the well-being of both our people and our patients were among the topics discussed at the Leadership Assembly.

By Holly Fletcher
November 9, 2023

Reminder: Refusal of Care Policy effective Nov. 15

October 16, 2023

New Refusal of Care Policy to be effective Nov. 15

October 2, 2023

New “DNA” podcast season explores how to harness change, ideas to improve business and medicine

Go to your favorite podcast channel right now to subscribe and listen to the first episode of Season 4!

By Holly Fletcher
Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, spoke about the need to stay focused on delivering high-quality care as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
August 23, 2023

Your ideas improve care, culture and costs: Leadership Assembly highlights

Creativity and ingenuity are key to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s growth and sustained focus on improving care and efficiency, leaders said during streaming of the August 2023 Leadership Assembly.

By Holly Fletcher
August 8, 2023

Employees should familiarize themselves with VUMC’s social media policy

June 27, 2023

Embí to help steer national AI code of conduct initiative

Vanderbilt's Peter Embí, MD, MS, has been named to a National Academy of Medicine committee working to produce a code of conduct for the development and use of artificial intelligence in health, medical care and health research.
By Paul Govern
June 21, 2023

Teams reminded to register patient assistance programs

Clinical programs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center routinely provide various forms of patient assistance must comply with one or more exceptions to federal laws that prohibit providers who serve federal health care programs from inducing patients, especially Medicare and Medicaid patients, to seek care with a specific hospital, health system or provider.
By Paul Govern
June 21, 2023

Vanderbilt launches $17 million program to advance diversity of research faculty

Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University are launching a $17 million multiyear transformative program with support from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the biomedical research community.
By Holly Fletcher
May 31, 2023

Latest VUMC-wide Policy & SOP Bulletin (March) now available in PolicyTech

May 4, 2023

Workplace violence policies apply to all employees, patients

As aggressive behavior toward health care providers is on the rise nationally, Vanderbilt's Workplace Violence Prevention Committee has recently developed stronger policies to help protect employees.
By Matt Batcheldor
April 17, 2023

Special message from Dr. Jeff Balser, President and CEO, about public health and gun violence

April 10, 2023

Updated COVID-19 infection prevention guidelines for all VUMC workforce members

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