The lone star tick continues to be common across a wide swath of this region, and a bite can give you an allergy to red meat.
We are officially into summer, which means vacations are ramping up. As you write your checklist, pack your suitcase, and book your trip, here are few important reminders.
“It’s such an honor. You work hard every single day and live by the Credo behaviors — to be recognized for that feels really good.”
“My goal is to make sure our patients have everything they need when they leave the hospital so they can spend their time focusing on what’s important to them.”
Thomas Akins was named winner of the Patient and Family Choice Award.
Every year dozens of children die of heatstroke after being left, often accidentally, in a hot car
"With my background in combat medicine, it felt like there was something I could actually do to help.”
Frank Boehm was settling into retirement when things changed: “I once had three children and nine grandchildren. Now, I have five children and 11 grandchildren."
“I don’t know that you get any more personal than giving somebody back their life.”
Sometimes emergencies happen – sick kids or school closings – that cause you to need backup childcare. VUMC offers employees a benefit through Care.com that gives you several options for backup care. With the Care.com benefit, VUMC employees receive up to 20 days (per fiscal year — July 1 through June 30) of subsidized backup childcare at home or at local, vetted childcare centers. Click here to learn more.
If you are enrolled in the Aetna Plus or Aetna Select VUMC health plans, you can pay zero out-of-pocket costs for pre- and post-natal care, certain spinal and joint surgeries and cochlear implants through the MyHealth Bundles program. Click here for more information.
