Daily Archives: September 17, 2018

Value-based Health care Delivery Seminar scheduled for Oct. 17 and 18

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The Modern Mobile Workforce: Bonus part 5

Our new Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform will protect Medical Center data on mobile devices while enabling employees to securely access VUMC data and resources from their personal devices. Here are five ways VUMC Enterprise Cybersecurity has pre… Continue reading

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Updates to Suicide Screening Workflow in eStar announced

Beginning Sept. 19, eStar will now feature a number of revisions to the suicide screening workflow, including updates to the Suicide Ideation BestPractice Advisories (BPA) and order panel. Continue reading

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Sarah Carpenter learned a lot working for “The Simpsons.” At Vanderbilt, she applies that knowledge to autism research.

Carpenter was animation production coordinator, among other jobs, at “The Simpsons” for three years across four seasons of the series. She says that the skills she honed while working on the show were valuable training for the role she holds now. Continue reading

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Spanish for health care professionals class scheduled for Oct. 24

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We thank Barkin, Freeman, and Barkin for their interest in our paper entitled “Acute Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Nationwide Matched-cohort Study in Denmark.”1 Barkin et al raise some interesting hypotheses to extend our knowledge on… Continue reading

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Is It Acute Pancreatitis or Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Leading to Chronic Pancreatitis that Increases Pancreatic Cancer Risk?

We read with great interest the article by Kirkegard et al entitled, “Acute Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Nationwide Matched-cohort Study in Denmark.”1 Our present understanding is that acute pancreatitis (AP) leads to the development… Continue reading

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We thank Drs Ding and Wang and the editors for raising these points and allowing us to clarify some of our data and views on the issues raised with regard to our recent article.1 We first address the first issue, which is the title of this letter—whe… Continue reading

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We thank Dr Sorrentino for his critical and positive review of our recent article, “Increasing Infliximab Dose Based on Symptoms, Biomarkers, and Serum Drug Concentrations Does Not Increase Clinical, Endoscopic, or Corticosteroid-Free Remission in Pa… Continue reading

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We thank Prof Soreide for his interest and comments on our paper on the mechanisms of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)-induced gastrointestinal damage. Continue reading

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