How caregivers can reclaim what COVID-19 took away

Aug 28, 2023 at 10:08 pm by Staff

  By Bill Snyder   A year into the pandemic, Rebecca Plowman, RN, realized that all her patients with COVID-19 had died within a month of being admitted to the Me.... Read More

VUMC named a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence

Aug 28, 2023 at 10:05 pm by Staff

  By Jackson Hicks Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been designated a Comprehensive Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence by the Society of.... Read More

VUMC August 2023 Leadership Assembly highlights

Aug 28, 2023 at 10:03 pm by Staff

  By Holly Fletcher Creativity and ingenuity are key to Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s growth and sustained focus on improving care and efficiency, leader.... Read More

Vanderbilt Health expands self check-in, centralized welcome desks at adult ambulatory clinics

Aug 28, 2023 at 09:57 pm by Staff

  By Jill Clendening   Adult patients with appointments at Vanderbilt Health System ambulatory or outpatient clinics will soon be able to save time and skip the l.... Read More

‘All We Want Is Revenge’: How Social Media Fuels Gun Violence Among Teens

Aug 28, 2023 at 09:36 pm by Staff

    By Liz Szabo, KFF Health News    Juan Campos has been working to save at-risk teens from gun violence for 16 years. As a street outreach work.... Read More

Illustrated Report: How Gun Violence Goes Viral

Aug 28, 2023 at 06:35 pm by Staff

By Oona Tempest and Liz Szabo, KFF Health News  As chatter and images about guns and violence slip into the social media feeds of more teens, viral messag.... Read More

Timing and Cost of New Vaccines Vary by Virus and Health Insurance Status

Aug 28, 2023 at 05:26 pm by Staff

  By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News    As summer edges toward fall, thoughts turn to, well, vaccines. Yes, inevitably, it’s time to think about t.... Read More

Dangers and Deaths Around Black Pregnancies Seen as a ‘Completely Preventable’ Health Crisis

Aug 28, 2023 at 04:43 pm by Staff

By Sandy West, KFF Health News   Tonjanic Hill was overjoyed in 2017 when she learned she was 14 weeks pregnant. Despite a history of uterine fibroids, she never l.... Read More

After Backlash, Feds Cancel Plan That Risked Limiting Breast Reconstruction Options

Aug 28, 2023 at 04:37 pm by Staff

  By Rachana Pradhan and Anna Werner, CBS News and Leigh Ann Winick, CBS News, KFF Health News   Federal regulators have abandoned.... Read More

Doctors and Patients Try to Shame Insurers Online to Reverse Prior Authorization Denials

Aug 28, 2023 at 04:28 pm by Staff

    By Lauren Sausser, KFF Health News Sally Nix was furious when her health insurance company refused to pay for the infusions she needs to ease her chronic.... Read More