Monthly Archives: June 2020

As hospital and health care staff across the country continue learning more about the transmission and spread of COVID-19, caregivers for coronavirus patients continue adapting to the changing needs and best practices for personal protective equipment … Continue reading →

The investigational antiviral drug remdesivir can shorten the time to recovery in adults hospitalized with COVID-19, according to preliminary results of a clinical trial published in “The New England Journal of Medicine.” Continue reading →

Patients are now allowed to bring one visitor, with no age restriction, to an adult outpatient appointment. This change includes all adult outpatient appointments including clinics, radiology, lab and outpatient procedures. Continue reading →

VUMC ID badges are required to be visibly worn above the waist by all employees while on campus. Since the initiation of COVID-19 screening stations there are many employees observed each day who are either not wearing, or do not have on hand, their ID… Continue reading →

Pediatricians at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt are stressing the continued importance of well-child visit for infants, children and adolescents, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading →

I am proud of all the new safety precautions, the ease of rescheduling and the ability to use telehealth when applicable. Continue reading →

There has been nothing normal about the COVID-19 pandemic, and grieving the loss of a life at a time when families have been unable to gather beside a bedside to say goodbye, or to even hold a traditional funeral, has been one of the worst consequences… Continue reading →

As of June 10, a Best Practice Advisory (BPA) alert will no longer appear for every patient with a pending COVID-19 result. The patient’s infection status will continue to be visible in Storyboard and in a customized outpatient whiteboard (OPWB)/schedu… Continue reading →