Leadership Perspectives Archive — Page 4 of 9

VUPD Community Service Officer Samuel M. Burrell looks on as Billie Parks and her mother, Anna Parks, pass through one of the new weapons detection installations at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. (photo by Erin O. Smith)
April 8, 2024

New equipment to enhance security at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt

Beginning April 18, all Monroe Carell employees, patients, families, learners, and visitors will pass through the detection screening technology at all three hospital entrances.

By Christina Echegaray
March 22, 2024

Message from VUMC Enterprise Cybersecurity: avoid ‘free’ software downloads

Cover of The Blue Ridge Academic Health Group’s Spring 2024 Report 27, titled “The Workforce Crisis: Innovative Approaches to Address Current Shortfalls and Prepare for a Sustainable Future,” over a layered mountain landscape at sunset.
March 20, 2024

Health care workforce shortages prompt Blue Ridge Academic Health Group report

The Blue Ridge Academic Health Group — formed in 1997 by leaders of several of the nation’s top academic health centers — studies and reports on issues of fundamental importance to improving the health care system. Its new report sets out innovations that health centers can undertake to address the ongoing health care workforce crisis.

By Paul Govern
Black-and-white graphic with the words “COVID-19 UPDATE” in large black lettering inside a thin rectangular border.
March 5, 2024

CDC changes community COVID-19 isolation guidance; does not change guidance for Vanderbilt Health employees, patients or facilities

Large black “Vanderbilt” lettering on the upper facade of a modern hospital building, viewed across neighboring rooftops under a clear sky.
February 16, 2024

New Patient and Visitor Code of Conduct to be implemented

A new Patient and Visitor Code of Conduct addressing acts of mistreatment and discrimination is now in effect at Vanderbilt Health’s hospitals and clinics.

By John Howser
A suited speaker gestures in front of a screen displaying hands and the words “We CARE as a TEAM.”
February 2, 2024

View highlights from January Leadership Assembly: Mutual Respect policy