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Meharry Population Health Grant Targets North, Northeast Nashville

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

In late November, officials with Meharry Medical College announced the medical school had been awarded $451,430 as part of the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Healt.... Read More

Tennessee 45th in America’s Health Rankings

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

Health data released in December ranked Tennessee 45th in the country for overall health. After several years of improvement, the state slipped three spots for 2014 (from a r.... Read More

Fighting Flu … and Misperceptions

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

During the recent Ebola scare, Americans became transfixed with the infectious disease that ultimately killed two individuals on American soil. To the frustration of many med.... Read More

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Aronoff Leads the Charge on Infectious Diseases

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

What goes around, comes around. For David Aronoff, MD, FIDSA, that means being in a position to give back to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which played a key rol.... Read More

HC ENTERPRISE: Equal Protection Under the Law

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

Tennessee Justice Center’s Statewide Fight for Access to Care A demonstrated need for an organization like the Tennessee Justice Center was the driving force behind founding.... Read More

FDA Finalizes Menu Labeling Rules

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

What Nashville set out to do more than five years ago has finally become a federal mandate with the Food & Drug Administration issuing two final rules late last year requirin.... Read More

UNHS Now Neighborhood Health

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

New Name, New Logo … Same Mission United Neighborhood Health Services, which has served low income neighborhoods and uninsured or under-insured residents since 1976, recentl.... Read More

Financial Restructuring to Position VUMC for Growth

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

Vanderbilt University recently announced plans to reconfigure Vanderbilt University Medical Center as a not-for-profit academic medical center that is financially distinct fr.... Read More

Council Fellows Announces 2015 Class

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:27 am by Staff

Last month, the Nashville Health Care Council and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, MD, announced the latest class of the Nashville Health Care Council Fellows..... Read More

Short of Breath

Jan 06, 2015 at 10:11 am by Staff

COPD Foundation Sheds Light on State’s High Rate of Progressive Lung Disease With 8.7 percent of residents suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Tennessee ha.... Read More