Daily Archives: April 6, 2020

Patients who speak and read Spanish or Arabic now have VUMC COVID-19 information translated into their language. Continue reading →

The Medical Center mobilized to care for COVID-19 patients while continuing to care for each other as colleagues. A collection of photographs show some of the changes at VUMC as we navigate these unusual days. Continue reading →

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is playing a key role in a national effort to establish a registry of U.S. health care workers and test whether the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) will protect them, their patients and their families fr… Continue reading →

A team including health economists, epidemiologists and a biostatistician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University are amassing and processing data to develop a complex predictive model of the spread of COVID-19 within Tennessee. Continue reading →

What type of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) does a sitter need to wear when working with a suspect or confirmed COVID-19 patient? Continue reading →

Repeat testing of COVID-19 negative inpatients should be reserved for patients who the clinician has a continued high index of suspicion in the presence of a negative COVID-19 test result, a negative respiratory pathogen panel (RRP), and a lack of alte… Continue reading →

As we begin a new week, it is very uplifting that 43 COVID-19 patients have been discharged so far and six patients have come off the ventilator! I express my appreciation to many individuals and groups across our organization that continue to dedicate… Continue reading →

A group of Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty are developing advisory documents to assist the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The memos cover critical components of any state, local or federal response to the pandemic, from effective data… Continue reading →