Children are surrounded by toys during the holidays. How to make sure they are safe and age-appropriate.
The last thing anybody wants is to be sick during the holidays. Serving and keeping food safely helps keep everybody healthy.
Twice as many children killed by cars on Halloween as on any other night. How to safely enjoy the frights of the night.
Some foods are always safe. Some need a little more care.
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt offers tips to prevent injury
When Sophie’s mother asked her what she wanted to say to everybody, she happily chirped, “Thank you for saving my life.”
I became vaguely aware of the sound of sirens in the distance. I soon realized the sirens were coming for me.
The head of Vanderbilt's Emergency Department gives tips on how to celebrate without showing up at his workplace.
May your days be merry and bright. Not spent in an emergency room.
For more information, visit hr.vumc.org/culturesurvey.
We are once again offering employees a chance to enroll in a CSA at a discounted rate. This year, the discount will be 15 percent. We have partnered with Rooted Community Health and three of the best farms and CSA programs in the Nashville area to offer this program. The deadline to sign up for the CSA and receive the discount is April 26. Click here to complete the application. On March 26, we will host a CSA Fair with representatives from each farm to answer questions about their CSA programs. The fair will take place in the north lobby of Light Hall, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Click here to learn more.
VUMC employees can now donate flex paid time off (flexPTO) directly to colleagues in need. Called VUMC flexPTO Donate, the program allows any employee to directly donate flexPTO to a specific employee who is experiencing a hardship due to a qualifying serious personal or family medical situation. They must also be eligible to receive the donated flexPTO under this program. HR and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) team will oversee the program and work together to distribute the donated time to the qualifying employee. For more information, visit the HR website.
VUMC’s nursing mothers can now reserve a lactation room in advance, eliminating the guesswork of first come, first served. A free self-scheduling tool allows mothers to see real-time room availability and reserve a VUMC lactation room on-the-go or at their desk. To access the scheduler, click here and sign in with your name and email address to view the calendar, choose a day and select a time. For more information, visit the HR website.
Employees, who are VUMC Health Plan members and their adult dependents, now have access to Teladoc, a virtual care service staffed by more than 3,000 licensed physicians who can diagnose and treat a wide range of non-emergent medical conditions, from rashes to upper respiratory infections. Click here to learn more.
