Monthly Archives: March 2020
Message from Dr. Jeff Balser, President and CEO, about the importance of everyone’s contributions: “We are all essential.”
Dr. Jeff Balser talks about how everyone at VUMC is vital to our region’s ability to address COVID-19, and how we can all help our friends, neighbors and family by being trusted sources of information. Continue reading
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Managing compassion fatigue and secondary trauma
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“Discover”: Cardiovascular risks of prostate cancer therapies
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Registration open for April 18 Shade Tree Trot Virtual 5K
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VUMC in the news
A roundup of a few recent stories from the press about Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Continue reading
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“Hope”: Time to play
When 8-year-old Silas Roupp broke his arm, his parents drove him 40 minutes to the Emergency Department at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, not realizing an after-hours clinic 12 minutes from their home could provide the same orthop… Continue reading
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Researchers developing potential coronavirus antibody therapies
Vanderbilt University Medical Center is teaming up with academic, governmental and corporate partners in an unprecedented, fast-tracked global effort to develop antibody-based treatments to protect people exposed to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease, … Continue reading
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The NICU Interdisciplinary Mock Code Work Group knows every second counts in a code response to save lives
The work group has managed to cut the response time to a code in half, from about 143 seconds to 77 seconds. Continue reading
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Several Health Plus events in March to be rescheduled or canceled
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Blood drives scheduled for main campus and Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital
It is anticipated the COVID-19 pandemic could decrease the nation’s available blood supply by 25%. To help, VUMC is hosting regular blood drives in Light Hall and at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital. Continue reading
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