Young Leaving Health Care Council

Mar 06, 2015 at 11:05 am by Staff

Nashville Health Care Council Launches Leadership Search The chairman of the board of directors of the Nashville Health Care Council announced on March 6 the pending resign.... Read More

AHA Calls for Women's Heart Disease to Be a Research Priority

Feb 26, 2015 at 11:08 am by Staff

Issue Highlights Women are generally underrepresented in heart disease research. Because of this gap, physicians lack important information about how women might respond di.... Read More

Burwell Warns of Funding Cliff Danger to Access, Jobs

Feb 26, 2015 at 09:55 am by Staff

On Feb. 26, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell warned a House panel that unless Congress addresses the issue this year, the health center fundin.... Read More

Dr. Halle Fischer-Wright Tapped to Lead MGMA

Feb 20, 2015 at 10:16 am by Staff

On Feb. 20, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) announced Halee S. Fischer-Wright, MD, MMM, FAAP, will serve as the association’s president and chief executive of.... Read More

Anthem & HIT Security

Feb 10, 2015 at 01:32 pm by Staff

2015 – A Transformational Year for Healthcare Security When Anthem, the massive health insurance provider, announced a database breach compromising a possible 80 million rec.... Read More

Ebola Preparedness Update

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

Expert Briefings & More U. S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), ranking member of the Senate Health Committee, met with infectious diseases experts from Vanderbilt University.... Read More

LHC Prepares for Annual D.C. Delegation

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

A large delegation of Nashville healthcare executives will descend on Washington, D.C. next month to meet with policymakers, political pundits and industry insiders as part o.... Read More

VHVI Offering World’s Tiniest Pacemaker, Pulmonary Hypertension Surgery

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

Micra TPS A pacemaker the size of a vitamin is changing the cardiac game at Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute. Last September, cardiologist Christopher Ellis, MD, dire.... Read More

PHYSICIAN SPOTLIGHT: Suzie Brown Balances Two Demanding Careers

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

Very few physicians and clinicians get the itch to tackle show business. It’s a short list that includes novelist/screenwriter Michael Crichton, MD, and Friends star Lisa Kud.... Read More

TriStar Centennial Offering Latest for AFib, Heart Failure Patients

Feb 09, 2015 at 01:46 pm by Staff

There’s good news for patients with drug-resistant, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AFib). A clinical trial underway at TriStar Centennial Medical Center is offering hope thr.... Read More