Health Care

Vanderbilt University expands its health care innovation role by joining the ARPA-H Customer Experience Hub as a spoke, aiming to advance patient-centric health care solutions. This is the second spoke designation with ARPA-H, underscoring Vanderbilt’s commitment to transformative health care research and accessibility for all Americans. Read More

Vanderbilt University has been selected as an inaugural spoke for the ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub, a crucial component of the ARPANET-H initiative aimed at advancing accessible biomedical innovations. This partnership positions Vanderbilt to access potential funding and networking opportunities and provide input into ARPA-H’s health care research focus areas, aligning with their mission to accelerate equitable health care solutions nationwide. Read More

Did you know that health care costs in the United States are among the highest in the world? Healthcare Bluebook is an online price comparison tool that ranks health care providers in a given geographical area by quality and affordability. Play Bluebook Trivia to test your knowledge and learn how you can use the online tool to find the best provider in your area for hundreds of procedures. Read More

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing is creating the Academy for Diverse Emerging Nurse Leaders, a leadership development program for nurses new to health care leadership and academic positions who are from groups historically underrepresented in nursing. Read More

Leaders of Vanderbilt’s LGBTQ+ Policy Lab have provided the first comprehensive evidence on the effects of access to legal same-sex marriage. Their efforts revealed that marriage access impacted the LGBTQ+ community positively in multiple ways. Read More

As a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine officer, Ken Barnes built a strong operational and technical background. But he calls the concentration in health care he pursued at Owen Graduate School of Management the bridge to his next chapter. Read More

A Vanderbilt medical student credits the strong focus on design thinking in the Medical Innovators Development Program with his leadership role in an international competition to promote racial equity in health care. Read More

Vanderbilt employees that enrolled in the Choice Consumer-Driven Health Plan for 2019 must activate their health savings account on Fidelity in order to contribute to, and use funds from, the account. Read More

Open Enrollment is open now through 11:59 p.m. Oct. 31. All benefits-eligible faculty and staff are required to make an active plan selection for 2019 coverage. Read More

Vanderbilt University will offer two health care coverage plans in 2019: the Aetna Select PPO plan and a new consumer-driven health plan called Aetna Choice CDHP. Read More

The Center for Health Care Market Innovation at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management is co-sponsoring the Third Annual Health:Further Festival. The event takes place in downtown Nashville Aug. 22-25, with speakers including Dr. Mehmet Oz and NBA Hall-of-Famer Dominique Wilkins. Read More

Vanderbilt University economist Andrew Goodman-Bacon, who studies the long-term effects of public safety net programs like Medicaid, gives his take on the latest Senate health care proposal. Read More

“Perspectives on Health Care Reform: From Obamacare to the American Health Care Act” is open to Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students. Read More

Tennessee's first African American state health commissioner and an internationally renowned scholar on the Old Testament will be honored Oct. 30 by Vanderbilt Divinity School and the Graduate Department of Religion. Read More

Experts from Owen, Vanderbilt School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center will present and host sessions at the third INFORMS Healthcare 2015 Conference July 29-31 in Nashville. Read More

Leading business, health care and civic officials will hold a Nashville Community Health Forum at Vanderbilt on Jan. 14 focused on the chronically poor health condition of Davidson County and Tennessee residents. Read More

In celebration of 15 years of partnership, the Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance invites proposals for activities that promote ongoing, mutually beneficial, health-oriented research partnerships between community organizations and academic researchers. Read More

The walk-in convenience of the Faculty/Staff Express Care clinic just got even better. The clinic has a new “call ahead” option. Read More

The past decade has seen a dramatic rise in the number of physicians trained in Sub-Saharan Africa emigrating to the United States, resulting in a “brain drain” on nations in the greatest need for affordable and accessible health care. Read More

In this week’s VUCast: See a baby’s life-changing surgery before he’s even born! A former senator and Vandy grad shares important pieces of history. See a hot weather homerun All this and more in this week’s VUCast, Vanderbilt’s online newscast. Watch now. [vucastblurb]… Read More