Lisa Griffin joins VUMC as Vice President of Patient Access Services
In this new role, Griffin will develop and execute strategies to achieve improvements in service delivery and patient access. This includes developing novel ways to standardize referrals, improve provider data management and simplify patient access points in order to improve the patient experience. View...
VUMC health records now available on iPhone Health app
VUMC is among an initial 39 health systems supporting a new health records feature on the iPhone. Using the new Health Records section within the Apple Health app on the iPhone, patients can easily monitor their health record information from VUMC and other participating health systems, including allergies, the problem list, immunizations, labs, medications, procedures and vital signs. View...
I went for a walk at lunchtime and was hit by a car. Here's what I want drivers and pedestrians to know to protect others.
"I became vaguely aware of the sound of sirens in the distance. I soon realized the sirens were coming for me." View...
Vanderbilt University Medical Center launches Nashville Biosciences
Officials with VUMC announced the creation of a wholly owned subsidiary, Nashville Biosciences, to harness the power of its extensive genomic and bioinformatics resources to advance drug and diagnostics discovery and development. View...
Report calls for greater awareness of rare cardiac disease
Esther Kim, MD, associate professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt, is part of a national effort to raise awareness about an uncommon cause of heart attacks in otherwise healthy, young and middle-aged women called spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD. View...
VUMC again named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality
For the seventh time, Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been named a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) 2018. View...
Nobel laureate Kobilka to deliver Flexner Discovery Lecture at 3 p.m. today
Brian Kobilka, MD, who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), will deliver the next Flexner Discovery Lecture on April 5. Kobilka, professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University, will discuss structural insights into the dynamic process of GPCR activation. His lecture will begin at 3 p.m. in room 208 Light Hall. View...
Donate Life Flag-Raising Ceremony is today
Kendra Woody sometimes receives text messages with photos of driver's licenses with miniature red hearts. When she does, she knows another person has signed up to be an organ donor in honor of her late husband, Jack. "He lost his hope in the end and took his own life, but I wanted to honor him by donating his organs so he could continue helping people." View...
Latest "Survey Sparks" newsletters now available
As part of the communication plan to engage and prepare staff for VUMC's upcoming Joint Commission survey, the newsletter "Survey Sparks" will be distributed throughout the organization on a twice-weekly basis. View...