Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network: transforming health care delivery across the Mid-South
Nearly five years ago a tiny seed of an idea was presented at a Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Clinical Enterprise retreat: forming a physician-led network of leading hospitals and physicians to focus on improving the health of communities in Tennessee and beyond. View...
VUMC and Hopkinsville, Kentucky's Jennie Stuart Medical Center announce affiliation agreement
Leaders with Jennie Stuart Medical Center (JSMC) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) announced a strategic affiliation agreement that formalizes a collaborative relationship between the two institutions while JSMC is also joining the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network. View...
Less than one week remaining to participate in the VUMC Culture Survey
The survey, which began Monday, will run until 11:59 p.m., Sunday, May 29. Now is your chance to influence the way we work together, the way we learn, how we communicate with each other and how satisfied we are with our jobs. View...
School of Nursing faculty and staff recognized with spring awards
Linda Norman, DSN, R.N., Valere Potter Menefee Professor of Nursing and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, announced faculty and staff awards during the school's spring faculty meeting May 17. View...
Chloride "switch" turns on membrane formation: study
Chloride plays a key role in the formation of the basement membrane, a suprastructure on the outside of cells that undergirds and guides the function of most of the tissues of the body. View...
Numerous ATV trauma admissions concerning: Children's Hospital offers tips to keep riders safe
Each year as the temperature rises, the reported number of all-terrain vehicle (ATV)-related incidents also increases. Although not even summer yet, Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt has already seen close to 10 ATV trauma-related admissions since April of this year. View...
Vanderbilt Medicine video extra: VUMC nephrologist designing device to free patients from dialysis
Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and associate professor of medicine William Fissell IV, is making major progress on a first-of-its kind device to free kidney patients from dialysis. View...