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SANS Cyberthreat White Paper Shows Dark Clouds on HIT Horizon

May 12, 2014 at 11:40 am by Staff

Widespread security issues put systems, patients at risk Consider yourself warned. A white paper released earlier this year by SANS, a global leader in cybersecurity resear.... Read More

Keeping Data Safe & Sound

May 12, 2014 at 11:40 am by Staff

If asked what would be most attractive to thieves, chances are prescription drugs would be the first response of those involved with a medical practice. While that answer is.... Read More

A Robust HIT Platform Begins with Proper Infrastructure

May 12, 2014 at 11:40 am by Staff

Today there are a multitude of applications and technology solutions to make the practice of medicine safer, more efficient and more connected. Without proper planning on the.... Read More

Vanderbilt Studies New Option for Treating Stress Urinary Incontinence

May 12, 2014 at 11:40 am by Staff

It’s embarrassing. It’s frustrating. And it significantly impacts the quality of life for more than 15 million women in the United States. “It” is stress urinary incontinence.... Read More

Reducing the Impact of Stroke in Tennessee

May 12, 2014 at 11:40 am by Staff

There is a killer at work in Tennessee. In 2010, stroke killed almost 3,000 people in our state … and nationally, the damage is just as alarming. According to the U.S. Cente.... Read More

Expect With Me

May 12, 2014 at 11:40 am by Staff

National Study Looks at Group Prenatal Care Vanderbilt University, United Health Foundation and Yale University are collaborating on a national study to evaluate the effecti.... Read More

‘Nurses Lead the Way’ at Nursing Leadership in Global Health Conference

May 12, 2014 at 11:40 am by Staff

In late February, more than 225 nurses, students and healthcare advocates from around the world gathered at Nashville’s Loews Vanderbilt Hotel for the first ever Nursing Lead.... Read More

HEALTHCARE ENTERPRISE: Mental Health Cooperative Brings Hope, Healing to Tennessee Patients

May 12, 2014 at 11:40 am by Staff

Each May, the medical community pauses to give extra attention to the very real subject of mental illness. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 40.... Read More

Op-Ed: Better Health Starts with Care for the Whole Person

May 06, 2014 at 09:02 am by Staff

For far too long, physical and mental health concerns have been diagnosed and treated separately. Mental healthcare providers have historically treated patients from the neck.... Read More

Medtronic Agrees to Settle Certain INFUSE® Bone Graft Product Liability Case

May 06, 2014 at 08:54 am by Staff

Minneapolis-based Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced on May 6th that it has agreed with certain plaintiffs' counsel to settle their inventories of filed and unfiled produc.... Read More