NEW: VUMC to stop N95 mask reprocessing

Thanks to the efforts of all VUMC personnel to conserve and reuse N95 masks, VUMC's Supply Chain has been able to build up enough supply to cease the N95 sterilization reprocessing program. View...

NEW: COVID patient's heart-lung transplant is world's first

Vanderbilt University Medical Center has performed the world's first dual heart-lung transplant of a COVID-19 patient. The complex procedure, completed on Sept. 24, is the first heart-lung transplant VUMC has performed since 2006. View...

NEW: ICD-10 code recommended for pre-procedure COVID-19 testing

Effective immediately, providers and clinical staff should consider use of the following ICD-10 code when entering orders for pre-procedure COVID-19 testing: Z 20.828 (Contact with and (suspected) exposure to other viral communicable diseases). View...

UPDATE: Weekly COVID-19 statistics

A snapshot of some of the numbers that help tell the story of COVID-19 at Vanderbilt. View...

REMINDER: Vanderbilt Health DNA podcast: "Everybody Thrive Now"

Health policy is more than the country's response to one seismic health crisis -- the long tail of policy can reverberate with unexpected implications. Tune into Episode 9 of #ListenDNA to hear why "it's really hard to argue with facts. But it's even harder to argue without them." View...