Daily Archives: March 29, 2018

There are no words for liver transplantation in Somalian refugee Aniso Haji’s native language. But her daughter Fatuma received the life-saving transplant at VUMC, and April 30 will mark the one-year transplant anniversary. It will also be Fatuma’s thi… Continue reading →

As part of the communication plan to engage and prepare staff for VUMC’s upcoming Joint Commission survey, the newsletter “Survey Sparks” will be distributed throughout the organization on a twice-weekly basis. Continue reading →

Tuesday, April 10, is Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s. Between noon and 8 p.m. cones are free, but a donation is requested to benefit Project SEARCH, which provides individuals living with disabilities with free job training and employment opportuniti… Continue reading →

Through Ancora, Deerfield will commit up to $65 million to support promising Vanderbilt life sciences research through the development process, provide operational support, and make additional capital investments into any spin-offs that emerge from Anc… Continue reading →

A patient’s mucus may predict the type of his or her chronic sinusitis, which could help doctors determine whether surgery or medical treatments can produce the best outcomes, according to a recently published Vanderbilt study. Continue reading →

The “proud Vanderbilt nurse’s” life’s work, and her passion, are the patients and the employees of MICU. Continue reading →

A Vanderbilt study of more than 1,000 intensive care unit patients around the country, nearly three-fourths of whom experienced delirium, showed that many drugs given to sedate patients in the ICU are actually increasing their chances of — and duratio… Continue reading →