NEW: Patient guide for receiving care at VUMC during COVID-19
As research continues at VUMC and around the world to develop effective treatments for COVID-19, for the foreseeable future, living with this virus is a new "normal." Avoiding infection is a joint responsibility of health care providers and patients. View...
NEW: COVID-19 doesn't prevent Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital's transition to new IT systems
In the early evening hours of April 23, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital (VWCH) completed most of its transition to VUMC's clinical and information technology (IT) systems. The change represented a critical step in fully integrating the hospital into the Vanderbilt family. View...
NEW: Collaboration key to rapid expansion of lab test capacity
On March 9, four days after the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Tennessee, the first nasopharyngeal swab from a potentially infected person was delivered to the Molecular Infectious Disease Lab at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...
NEW: Trauma volumes down at VUMC due to Safer at Home orders
One possible positive impact of the coronavirus pandemic is that fewer people on the roadways translates to fewer motor vehicle accidents and fewer traumatic injuries. The adult trauma unit at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is on track to admit 65% fewer patients this month from motor vehicle accidents, motorcycle accidents and pedestrians struck by autos, as compared to last April. View...
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NEW: Summer research and educational programs canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Due to ongoing management of the COVID-19 pandemic, VUMC's summer research programming, whether for non-clinical or clinical educational opportunities, is canceled for the summer and until further notice. Included in the cancellation are formal programs, field study, and individual research experiences in VUMC's research areas. View...
REMINDER: Call for photos and videos to document this historic time
The impact of and response to COVID-19 is an important period in the history of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center community. From a strangely empty plaza on a sunny spring day to employees by the dozens donating blood to temperature screening at shift change, the scenes all around us are different than a few weeks ago. View...