VUMC study finds helping patients breathe during intubation prevents life-threatening complications
Thousands of Americans die each year during a dangerous two-minute procedure to insert a breathing tube. Now a Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is showing that using bag-mask ventilation, squeezing air from a bag into the mouth for 60 seconds to help patients' breathing, improves outcomes and could potentially save lives. View...
Stanford's Minor to deliver today's Discovery Lecture
Lloyd Minor, MD, the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, will discuss "Digitally Driven: Health Care in the Era of Precision Health," during a Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thursday, Feb. 21. View...
Nominations open for 2019 Administrative Professional Award
Nominations are open for the Vanderbilt University Medical Center's annual Administrative Professional Award, which seeks to highlight inspiring administrative staff who provide invaluable assistance all year long. The deadline to submit nominations is March 22. View...
Register for March 7 and 8 "Celebrate the Difference WE Make Every Day!" event
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is hosting a special employee appreciation event -- Celebrate the Difference WE Make Every Day! -- to applaud recent successes and acknowledge the many contributions of the Medical Center's employees during three sessions on March 7-8. Register for one of three sessions. View...
Defining Personalized Care stories: Jessica Biggs
Jessica Biggs was scared to go to sleep at night. At 32, she had her first heart attack, then a second, third and fourth within a few months. The Smith County schoolteacher couldn't find answers about the underlying cause until she came to Vanderbilt. View...
VUMC hosts Women in Technology luncheon Feb. 26
Nashville is regularly listed as one of the hottest cities in technology, and Vanderbilt University Medical Center is partnering with Women in Technology of Tennessee (WiTT) to showcase the connection between health care and technology and to give employees an opportunity to meet and learn from other women in technology. View...
Outdated VUMC logos to be removed by 2020
With the help of more than 100 submissions from colleagues across Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the Strategic Marketing team has concluded its campaign in search of outdated VUMC logos, with a goal to have them removed by 2020. View...