Daily Archives: May 8, 2020

NEW: VUMC continues to receive generous support through community donations

Vanderbilt University Medical Center continues to be on the receiving end of numerous generous donations, large and small, from the corporate, nonprofit and academic sectors. Among the most recent large donations: Continue reading

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REMINDER: VUMC visitor policy remains in effect

To protect our patients, staff and community, restrictions remain in effect on visitation in our hospitals, emergency departments and outpatient clinics. Continue reading

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UPDATED: Staff screening locations are now located at these entrances

Locations for VUMC staff screening for COVID-19 have been updated and continue to be restricted to the facility entrances listed here. Continue reading

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REMINDER: COVID-19 expanded screening guidelines for all VUMC entrances

The expanded process will include self-attestation, via signage, if employees have certain symptoms. At the Workforce Screening Station, please notify the screener if you have had any of the listed new symptoms in the past 7 days. Continue reading

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NEW: This week’s Good Job Report

“Thank you to everyone employed by Vanderbilt. Some of us patients believe in you more than you know.” Continue reading

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Read the transcript from Dr. Balser’s video message

Hi, everyone. As our region begins to reopen businesses, we are entering a new phase of the pandemic. COVID-19 is still with us and remains a major public health challenge. But responsibility is shifting to all of us — as individuals and as institutio… Continue reading

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Message from Dr. Jeff Balser, President and CEO, about adapting and thriving in a new phase of the pandemic

Dr. Jeff Balser discusses finding new ways to live and work while keeping ourselves, and each other, safe, and how VUMC has implemented a host of new safety practices, designed to give us all confidence, while helping millions of patients get the care … Continue reading

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