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The American health care system is moving toward an era of personalized medicine where the appropriate course of treatment can be defined with greater precision for the individual patient. In this era of “big data,” traditional statistics like readmissions capture a diminishing share of what patients mean by quality and value in health care delivery.

New Report Identifies Six Practices to Improve Health Care for Disadvantaged Populations

Background: Vanderbilt University is committed to supporting and retaining outstanding faculty who have recently received tenure. The granting of tenure indicates the university’s long term commitment to these individuals.  In many ways, these scholars represent the future of our institution. They offer energy and innovation for new basic discoveries, path breaking scholarship, and creative expression.

The Department's John Graves is a finalist for The NIHCM Foundation Health Care Research Award. This award recognizes outstanding published work from researchers furthering innovation in health care financing, delivery and organization or the implementation of health care policy.

What is NashvilleHealth? Launched last fall by Senator Bill Frist, NashvilleHealth is a bold new initiative that creates a culture of health and well-being by serving as a convener to open dialogue, align resources and build smart strategic partnerships to forge a dynamic plan to measurably improve the health of all Nashvillians.