Reminder: employee Wi-Fi getting security upgrade beginning tomorrow; action required for those who want to use personal devices

The employee wireless (Wi-Fi) network for Medical Center employees is receiving a security upgrade beginning July 17. Employees with personal devices on the employee Wi-Fi network, VUMCEmployee, will need to reconnect to the network. View...

Four extraordinary nurses win DAISY awards

DAISY Awards are given to great nurses all over the United States and in many other countries. Donna Atherton, Emily Burton, Mary Hannah Baker and Rachel Henson are Vanderbilt's latest honorees. View...

New data from Vanderbilt study reveals highly variable staffing at nursing homes

Researchers who analyzed payroll-based staffing data for U.S. nursing homes discovered large daily staffing fluctuations, low weekend staffing and daily staffing levels that often fall well below the expectations of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), all of which can increase the risk of adverse events for residents. View...

Parental substance use linked to increase in infants in foster care

The nation's opioid crisis is a factor in the recent increase in the number of infants entering the nation's foster care system, with at least half of all infant placements now a result of parental substance use. View...

Vanderbilt team shows how stomach bug can trigger cancer

Researchers have obtained the first high-resolution image of a molecular "machine" used by the insidious stomach bug Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) to inject a cancer-causing protein into the stomach lining. View...

Taking pride in his work, spreading joy among those he meets

"Round Wing In-Patient Unit is my castle and I make rounds like a doctor to make sure those floors are clean," Environmental Services' Labronze Floyd says. View...

"Hope": Eye-opening innovations from the pediatric eye care team

His parents weren't always certain Jude, diagnosed at 18 months old with cancer in both eyes, would be able to read, or if he would have his eyesight. View...

VUMC in the news

A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...