Feds Move to Rein In Prior Authorization, a System That Harms and Frustrates Patients

Mar 13, 2023 at 05:30 pm by Staff

By Lauren Sausser, Kaiser Health News When Paula Chestnut needed hip replacement surgery last year, a pre-operative X-ray found irregularities in her chest. As a smoker.... Read More

Match Day: Finding the Right Housing Match

Mar 13, 2023 at 05:12 pm by Staff

  MMP offers personal white glove service for relocating physician families   By LYNNE JETER   On any given day, especially after Residency Match Day, Aman.... Read More

Seniors With Anxiety Frequently Don’t Get Help. Here’s Why.

Mar 13, 2023 at 04:50 pm by Staff

  By Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News   Anxiety is the most common psychological disorder affecting adults in the U.S. In older people, it’s associate.... Read More

Why Does Insulin Cost So Much? Big Pharma Isn’t the Only Player Driving Prices

Mar 13, 2023 at 04:36 pm by Staff

By Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Eli Lilly & Co.’s announcement that it is slashing prices for its major insulin products could make life easier for some di.... Read More

Study finds RSV may evade vaccines via rapid mutation

Mar 13, 2023 at 04:03 pm by Staff

by Bill Snyder For most people, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is about as dangerous as the common cold. But for children younger than 6 months old, and for people whose i.... Read More

Family’s participation key to advancing diabetes research

Mar 13, 2023 at 04:02 pm by Staff

  by Jill Clendening   Individuals with Type 1 diabetes have a smaller pancreas than people without diabetes. This is surprising because the pancreatic islets and.... Read More

Scherer named section chief of Nuclear Medicine

Mar 13, 2023 at 04:00 pm by Staff

    by Derek Scancarelli   Philip Scherer, MD, assistant professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences, is the new section chief of Nuclear Medi.... Read More

Osterman named Associate Vice President for Research Informatics

Mar 13, 2023 at 02:38 pm by Staff

  by Mia Garcitorena   Travis Osterman, DO, MS, assistant professor of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), Hematology and Oncology and director of Cancer Clinical Info.... Read More

New leadership promotions within VUSM announced

Mar 13, 2023 at 02:36 pm by Staff

  by Kathy Whitney Donald Brady, MD, executive vice dean for Academic Affairs, has announced a number of leadership promotions within Vanderbilt University School of Me.... Read More

Get Well education and entertainment platform launches

Mar 13, 2023 at 02:34 pm by Staff

  by Jessica Pasley   Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt recently launched a new digital patient engagement system to interact with patient.... Read More