Vanderbilt Center for Cognitive Medicine named Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium Member Site
Vanderbilt joined 34 member sites across the country that conduct high-integrity clinical trials in Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias.
School of Nursing participates in VUMC initiative funded by Tennessee Dept. of Health
The program evaluates innovative models of nursing care that includes screening and responding to social factors affecting health to better meet the needs of all VUMC patients.
Supporting nursing homes during a pandemic: Lessons from a quality improvement collaborative
Carole Bartoo, MSN, collaborative member, reports on how the initiative supports quality improvement in nursing facilities and a pathway for collaboration among facilities.
CQA researchers and colleagues study best practices for treating delirium in the ED
Higher intensity physical or occupational therapy may be a useful intervention to shorten delirium duration in older hospitalized adults, Vanderbilt researchers recently reported.
VUMC’s ‘Shed-MEDS’ protocol can reduce risk of drug interactions in older people
The Shed-MEDS protocol is a hospital-based, pharmacist- or nurse practitioner-led, and patient-centered deprescribing protocol developed by CQA researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center…