Metro government of Nashville and Mayor Cooper recognize Nashville's nurses through proclamation

The proclamation recognizes that Nashville is home to more than 11,000 registered nurses and more than 2,000 advance practice nurses who play a vital role in providing health care to patients of the community. View...

Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital announce leadership changes

Scott McCarver, MHA, Chief Operating Officer for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital, has taken the position of Chief Operating Officer at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. Jim Hayman, MS, MBA, who has served as Chief Pharmacy Officer for Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics for the past 12 years, will serve as the hospital's interim Chief Operating Officer. View...

Study finds AI can categorize cancer risk of lung nodules

Computed tomography scans for people at risk for lung cancer lead to earlier diagnoses and improve survival rates, but they can also lead to overtreatment when suspicious nodules turn out to be benign. View...

Preds turn playoffs slogan around: "We Stand with You," VUMC

As the official health care provider of the Nashville Predators, Vanderbilt Health typically spends this time of year showing support for our partners throughout the Stanley Cup Playoffs. This year, the Predators are turning that focus around. View...

Team to test app for improving HIV care for new mothers in South Africa

As South Africans with HIV move around the country, there is a risk they will disengage from the health care system or otherwise become lost to follow-up care. View...

Project seeks to help adults with TBI access social media

The four-year project will build and test a Facebook plugin aimed at reducing barriers experienced by adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who want to use the site for social interaction and accessing information. View...

VUMC in the news: COVID experts featured at NPR, BBC and more

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

"Vanderbilt Medicine": In search of a solution to suicide

There is an average of 129 suicides in the United States per day, with Tennessee accounting for a higher-than-average rate of one suicide every eight hours. Across Vanderbilt, work is being done to better understand suicide, its causes and how to identify suicidal thoughts before they turn into behavior. View...

VUMC holding Red Cross blood drives in Light Hall

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