Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital moving to new clinical, IT systems to enhance care

The transition will include implementing eStar, Vanderbilt's customized version of the Epic electronic health record (EHR) system, lab and imaging systems, medication dispensing cabinets and other specialized clinical systems. View...

School of Medicine quickly designs new teaching strategies

COVID-19 -- and the mandate for social distancing to curb its spread -- has meant rethinking how nearly 400 VUSM students will master the clinical and didactic skills they need to satisfy both VUSM academic standards and those set forth by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. View...

Medical Scientist Training Program adapts to COVID-19 challenges

In converting the program's flagship weekly seminar to an online format, the leadership team decided to include broad outreach to MSTP alumni and to students being recruited to join the incoming class. The participation of those two groups more than doubled attendance. View...

Days after her house was damaged by a tornado, VUMC nurse Shakeya Bean volunteered to work at a COVID assessment site

Having to move her family out of their tornado-ravaged house in early March wasn't easy, but Bean didn't let the added stress to her home life stop her from volunteering to work with patients being tested for COVID-19. View...

How to make "safer at home" safe for children

"As children get bored they start getting into things they shouldn't be getting into because they have nothing else to do," says a Children's Hospital safety expert. View...

VUMC in the news: COVID experts featured at CNN, The Guardian and more

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

"My Southern Health": How to practice self-care in times of uncertainty

Many mental health professionals have likened our coronavirus pandemic experience to grief. The good news is, we are in this together. View...

"Vanderbilt Medicine": Inside VUSM admissions

On a cold December Monday morning, six women and seven men chat quietly around a U-shaped conference table on the third floor of Annette and Irwin Eskind Family Biomedical Library and Learning Center. Today, they will have their first look at deciding whether VUSM is the right place for them, and vice versa. View...