Grand Rounds

Palliative Care Unit celebrates a decade of providing patient- and family-centered care

Oct 17, 2022 at 06:07 pm by Staff

  By Jill Clendening When Mohana Karlekar, MD, was hired in October 2006 as medical director of the adult Palliative Care Program at Vanderbilt University Medical Cente.... Read More

New initiative in Nashville to prevent, treat and beat stroke focuses on health equity, heart-brain connection

Oct 17, 2022 at 04:26 pm by Staff

The American Heart Association’s Getting to the Heart of Stroke initiative™, developed in conjunction with and supported by HCA Healthcare and the HCA Healthcare F.... Read More

VUH adopts enhanced recovery for sarcoma surgery Oct. 13, 2022, 9:23 AM by Paul Govern Using an approach known as enhanced recovery after surgery, or ERAS, a group of adult and pediatric

Oct 15, 2022 at 07:24 pm by Staff

by Paul Govern Using an approach known as enhanced recovery after surgery, or ERAS, a group of adult and pediatric surgical service lines at Vanderbilt University Medical Cen.... Read More

Counting steps can reduce disease risk: study

Oct 15, 2022 at 07:16 pm by Staff

by Bill Snyder Using a wearable activity tracker to count and increase the number and intensity of steps taken daily can reduce the risk of several common, chronic disea.... Read More

TwelveStone Expanding Nursing Staff & Licensing to Now Service Patients in Infusion Centers and Patient’s Homes

Oct 13, 2022 at 11:20 pm by Staff

Announces Support Certificate of Need (CON) for Home Health Services   MURFREESBORO, TwelveStone Health Partners, a leading provider of comprehensive chronic care medic.... Read More

MDsave saves patients over $130M over 400k Transactions

Oct 13, 2022 at 10:53 pm by Staff

NASHVILLE - MDsave, the nation’s leading online purchasing platform for healthcare procedures, announced today they have saved patients over $130M across 400k.... Read More

Student Medical Career Fair in Nashville to Focus on Increasing Minority Doctors

Oct 13, 2022 at 10:51 pm by Staff

  Opportunity to Meet with More Than 80 U.S. Medical and Health Professions Schools The AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) will host its annual Diversifyin.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas and University of Tennessee Health Science Center Pilot New Program to Train Rural Doctors 

Oct 11, 2022 at 03:52 pm by Staff

  NASHVILLE – Ascension Saint Thomas and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center are addressing the shortage of physicians in rural communities with the.... Read More

Kidney diseases research collaboration renewed

Oct 09, 2022 at 06:08 pm by Staff

by Nancy Humphrey Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Bayer have agreed to continue a strategic research alliance to evaluate new drug candidates for the treatment of ki.... Read More

VUMC to test whether Alzheimer’s drug can ease Lupus Symptoms

Oct 09, 2022 at 05:58 pm by Staff

  by Bill Snyder Vanderbilt University Medical Center is partnering with Evergreen Therapeutics Inc. to test whether an Alzheimer’s drug, memantine, can.... Read More