Health Insurance Providers Help Vaccinate More Than 2 Million Seniors Against COVID-19 in Underserved Communities

Jul 01, 2021 at 11:54 am by Staff

Health insurance providers helped vaccinate more than 2 million seniors against COVID-19 in under 100 days as a result of the Vaccine Community Connectors (VCC) program. The V.... Read More

Gene Variant Linked to Unnecessary Bone Marrow Biopsies in African Americans

Jul 01, 2021 at 11:51 am by Staff

A gene variant that lowers white blood cell levels and is common in individuals with African ancestry contributes to unnecessary bone marrow biopsies, according to a study pub.... Read More

Gene Variant Linked to Unnecessary Bone Marrow Biopsies in African Americans

Jul 01, 2021 at 11:51 am by Staff

A gene variant that lowers white blood cell levels and is common in individuals with African ancestry contributes to unnecessary bone marrow biopsies, according to a study pub.... Read More

Survey: Only One Quarter Of Nursing Homes Confident They Will Make It Through to Next Year

Jul 01, 2021 at 11:47 am by Staff

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes, assisted living communities, and other l.... Read More

Study Shows Registry Data Could Support Clinical Trials

Jun 30, 2021 at 01:36 pm by Staff

Data captured in NCDR registries is similar in quality, depth and granularity when compared to data captured through clinical trials, according to research in JACC: Cardiovasc.... Read More

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Granted Approval To Add Cardiac Surgery

Jun 30, 2021 at 12:00 am by Staff

Tennessee Health Services and Development Agency (HSDA) today granted Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford approval of its Certificate of Need (CON) application to add adult open.... Read More

Survey: 94 Percent Of Nursing Homes Face Staffing Shortages

Jun 29, 2021 at 09:03 am by Staff

The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long term care facilities across the.... Read More

Study to Assess Allergic Reactions to COVID Vaccines

Jun 29, 2021 at 08:48 am by Staff

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is enrolling volunteers ages 12-69 to take part in an NIH funded study to assess reactions to the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vacci.... Read More

Pediatricians See Spike In RSV Cases Urge Parents To Be On Lookout For Symptoms

Jun 25, 2021 at 01:52 pm by Staff

While the prevalence of COVID-19 is declining in the United States, pediatricians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt warn parents not to let their guard do.... Read More

Last States to Expand Medicaid Unite to Urge Congress to Guarantee Access to Affordable Healthcare

Jun 25, 2021 at 01:49 pm by Staff

After years of inaction from state legislatures, advocacy organizations from the remaining non-expansion states have united to urge Congress to guarantee access to affordable.... Read More