Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt breaks ground on new pediatric facility in Rutherford County
Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt broke ground Oct. 29 on a new 37,500-square-foot facility that will significantly expand pediatric specialty care, outpatient surgery and imaging services to children in Rutherford and surrounding counties. View...
Blood donations after mass shootings may be unnecessary: study
U.S. blood supplies were adequate to meet the needs of the Las Vegas shooting victims. As a result, donors were giving too much blood. View...
Open Enrollment deadline is tomorrow
Tomorrow is the deadline for this year's Open Enrollment. You have until 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 31 to make your benefit elections in My VUMC Benefits. View...
Go for the Gold deadline is tomorrow
Vanderbilt's award-winning Go for the Gold program can help you achieve a healthier and more productive life by identifying health risks and taking action to reduce those risks. View...
Practice cybersafe communication: Three things you need to know about multi-factor authentication
By the end of 2020, 90 percent of large organizations like VUMC will utilize some type of enhanced authentication method to further secure their networks and data. Currently, 59 percent of health care institutions are using stronger authentication methods. One type of enhanced authentication method is multi-factor authentication (MFA). On Nov. 1, VUMC will launch MFA in a limited fashion throughout the organization. View...
eStar changes and updates announced
The latest changes to eStar include no longer printing after visit summaries unless requested by the patient, and a change of language for patients with a history of travel to Africa. View...
VUMC Voice 4-to-7-year-olds' Halloween art contest winners announced
Witches, demons, zombies, an evilly cackling vampire -- these pictures have it all View...
Votes have been tallied for 2018 election -- of best-carved pumpkins
Squash-based creativity on full display at 2018 edition of annual competition View...
Making sure the Halloween scariness is imaginary
One of the most frightening things about Halloween has little to do with ghastly ghosts and goblins, rather it's this shocking statistic: Twice as many children are killed while walking on Halloween than on any other day of the year. View...
VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. View...