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About Department of Health Policy

WebThe Department's mission is to inform health policy and improve health and health care through research, education, and service. The Department offers the M.P.H. degree, …

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VUMC to launch Program for Health Equity Research

WebVanderbilt University Medical Center’s new Program for Health Equity Research (PHER), which will kick off next year, aims to become the nation’s leader in …

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Discovery lecturer examines race and racism in health care

WebAt the end of her April 18 Vanderbilt Discovery Lecture on race and racism in American health care, Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD, was asked, “Will we …

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Health Policy Chair Buntin transitioning to create Center for Health

WebMelinda Buntin, PhD. by Jill Clendening. Melinda Buntin, PhD, Mike Curb Professor and chair of the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical …

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Health Plus Vanderbilt Faculty & Staff Health and Wellness

WebA wellness credit of up to $240 per year is available to faculty and staff who complete all 3 Steps by October 31 and are paying for VUMC Health Plan benefits in 2025. Go for the …

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The Office of Health Equity is celebrating ‘Community Health

Webby Holly Fletcher. Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Office of Health Equity is spotlighting community partnerships around the region to bolster well-being as …

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Key Transgender Health Concerns Program for LGBTQ Health

WebHormone therapy is often used to make a transgender person more masculine or feminine. But the use of hormones has risks. Testosterone can damage the liver, especially if …

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VUMC part of major step to achieving precision medicine

WebVUMC part of major step to achieving precision medicine. An analysis of genomic data from nearly 250,000 participants in the National Institutes of Health’s All of …

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Advance in the treatment of acute heart failure identified

WebJanuary 16, 2020 Global effort tracks causes, treatment of acute heart failure . Patients in North America wait a median of three hours to receive intravenous therapy for …

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Vanderbilt Health Coaching Program

WebThe Vanderbilt Health Coaching Program is specifically designed by field experts to set you up for Health Coaching success wherever your journey takes you! The Vanderbilt Health …

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Study to evaluate how environment impacts cancer risk

WebThe National Cancer Institute has funded an ambitious project led by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) to assess the impact of environmental …

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Innovations improve the lives of patients with IBD

WebTwo recent innovations — point-of-care intestinal ultrasound and functional medicine — are improving the lives of patients at the Vanderbilt Inflammatory Bowel …

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Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of

Web, Conjunctivitis, Pneumonia) n/a n/a n/a Amebiasis Standard n/a Person-to-person transmission is rare. Transmission in settings for the mentally challenged and in a family …

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Higher genetic risk of obesity means working out harder for same

WebPersons with a higher genetic risk of obesity need to work out harder than those of moderate or low genetic risk to avoid becoming obese, according to a Vanderbilt …

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Young patient’s recovery from infection, multiple amputations, …

WebAfter 143 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, Mathias Uribe was discharged to begin the next phase …

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Homelessness a major issue for many patients in the emergency

WebHousing insecurity is an issue for 1-in-20 patients who go to emergency departments at major medical centers in the Southeast, according to a Vanderbilt …

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New policy outlines how patients’ belongings, valuables are handled

WebHere, in general outline, is how the new policy will work: Patients’ personal property will be classified in one of three categories: valuables, belongings and …

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New clinic to provide comprehensive care for adult transgender …

WebVanderbilt Health is opening a new adult Clinic for Transgender Health on Aug. 24. The multispecialty clinic provides comprehensive health care services for …

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Vanderbilt’s Innovation Ambassadors help their colleagues change …

WebAn extension of long-standing, campuswide efforts to encourage innovation and commercialization activities, the Innovation Ambassador Program was launched in 2022 …

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Health care workforce shortages prompt Blue Ridge Academic …

WebThe Blue Ridge Academic Health Group — formed in 1997 by leaders of several of the nation’s top academic health centers — studies and reports on issues of …

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Study sheds new light on hormone therapy as menopause treatment

WebHormone replacement therapy (HT) was widely used to treat menopause symptoms as recently as 20 years ago, but its use declined significantly in the last two …

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Foundations of Physician Responsibility faculty roles accepting

WebCURRICULUM DESCRIPTION: The Vanderbilt University School of Medicine MD degree program curriculum, known as Curriculum 2.0 (or C2.0), is a highly innovative …

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Workplace violence awareness: five de-escalation steps

WebMay 4, 2023 Workplace violence policies apply to all employees, patients . As aggressive behavior toward health care providers is on the rise nationally, Vanderbilt’s …

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AI to doctors: Beat that!

WebThe spoken intent behind the study is to develop AI to write first-draft responses that doctors would use to speed their work. According to the study, primary …

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Traditional healer-initiated HIV testing and care expands in South

WebThe study team is led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Carolyn Audet, PhD, associate professor of Health Policy, alongside co-PI Ryan Wagner, MBBCh, PhD, …

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VUMC mourns loss of renowned pulmonary medicine physician …

WebJohn H. Newman, MD. John H. Newman, MD, professor of Medicine, emeritus, former Elsa S. Hanigan Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, and an acclaimed …

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