Population Health Blog

Through VUMC’s COVID-to-HOME program, more than 1,500 coronavirus patients have received care coordination services, telemedicine support and hospital-to-home support to assist them on their journey to recovery.

VHAN’s Statin Outreach Service outcomes have been published in the American Diabetes Association’s journal Clinical Diabetes. This program demonstrated a successful strategy for improving quality of care for people with diabetes and/or cardiovascular conditions.

Though children are not the group most directly affected by COVID-19, pediatricians are worried about its indirect—and lingering—physical, mental and social effects.

With COVID-19 illustrating stark health inequities for racial and ethnic minorities, and with the recent deaths of unarmed Black Americans by police exposing the devastating effects of racial bias and systemic racism, the work of the VUMC Office of Health Equity (OHE) has never been more vital.

When it comes to maintaining a spirit of resiliency during the pandemic, we all know that some days are better than others! The Health and Wellness team has been hard at work the past three months offering services to help VUMC employees better cope with the tough days, minimize anxiety and enhance their well-being.

Many members of the Population Health team continue to practice social distancing by working from home. To support these employees, VUMC’s HealthPlus team has assembled best practices for staying productive while remote.

Vanderbilt Health is making news for exciting new alliances to create a safer city in which to live, play and work. Yesterday the Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp., in collaboration with Vanderbilt Health and Ryman Hospitality Partners, launched the Good to Go program to offer enhanced safety and best practices for Nashville-area businesses as they begin reopening.

Quality leaders from Connected Care ACOs in East, Middle and West Tennessee came together May 14 for a virtual forum to share best practices, while celebrating their hard work and success in impacting MSSP quality measure performance.

The Care Coordination team has maede a significant difference in the first few months of the pandemic. Tasked with checking on COVID-19-positive patients recovering at home, care coordinators identified at-risk patients and escalated symptoms that needed immediate intervention to their providers. 

How are you reducing the effects of stress during these times of sustained anxiety? VUMC’s Lindsey Colman McKernan, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, says that bolstering your “overall foundation of health" with good nutrition, exercise and sleep habits will go a long way toward strengthening your mental health.