http://www.mc.vanderbilt.eduNews for the Vanderbilt Medical Centerhttp://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7853http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7853Last Saturday, the Critical Care Tower accepted its first patients as 62 people from the medical, surgical and neurological intensive care units moved into the addition.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7852http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7852Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been recognized for the second year among the top 100 U.S. hospitals that are setting the nation's benchmarks for cardiovascular care in a study by Thomson Healthcare.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7849http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7849A new educational effort at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in conjunction with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will bolster efforts to bring basic scientists together with medical clinicians, bridging gaps in culture and training, to address some of medicine's biggest challenges.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7851http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7851Vanderbilt University Medical Center is testing a clinical IT solution to ease communication of patient information from Vanderbilt to community referring clinicians.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7795http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7795It began as a way to meet an ever-increasing demand for inpatient bed and surgical services, but the final product is a facility that perfectly meets the needs of the care team, patients and families, while creating a platform for innovations in health care.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7793http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7793People who would like to participate in research studies now can connect with researchers throughout the country by joining a first of its kind, online "matching system," ResearchMatch.org.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7796http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7796James Crowe Jr., M.D., in collaboration with scientists across the Vanderbilt campus, has won a five-year, $5.3 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study human B cell immunity, and to find new approaches to designing vaccines.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7797http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7797She's the poster-child for the use of extracorporeal mechanical oxygenation, or ECMO, but 19-year-old Chelsea Brown doesn't remember much about her experience as a patient.Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7757http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7757You are about to get far fewer official e-mails.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7760http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/reporter/index.html?ID=7760Vanderbilt University scientists have received 182 federal "stimulus" grants totaling more than $79 million to support new and existing research projects, buy major equipment and hire additional personnel.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600