The Institute of Medicine Selects Dr. Melinda Buntin to Serve on the Board of Health Care Services

Dr. Melinda Buntin has been nominated and selected to serve on the Institute of Medicine's Health Care Services Board.  The work of the Board on Health Care Services (HCS) is helping to shape the direction of health care in the United States and abroad. The Board considers the entire health care system in order to ensure the best possible care for all patients. Its activities pertain to organization, financing, effectiveness, workforce, and delivery of health care.

Welcome to the Department, Laura Keohane!

We'd like to formally welcome our newest member of the Department, Assistant Professor Laura Keohane! We've developed the "Five Questions" interview to help us get to know Laura and the rest of our new incoming faculty members.   Five Questions with Laura Keohane ​Department: What drew you to the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt?

Health Affairs: Waiving The Three-Day Rule: Admissions And Length-Of-Stay At Hospitals And Skilled Nursing Facilities Did Not Increase

Abstract: The traditional Medicare program requires an enrollee to have a hospital stay of at least three consecutive calendar days to qualify for coverage of subsequent postacute care in a skilled nursing facility. This long-standing policy, implemented to discourage premature discharges from hospitals, might now be inappropriately lengthening hospital stays for patients who could be transferred sooner.

Rothman to receive $8.5M grant to bolster Clinical Data Research Network

by Bill Snyder | Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015, 10:30 AM The Mid-South Clinical Data Research Network, led by Vanderbilt University’s Russell Rothman, M.D., MPP, has been approved for a three-year, $8.5 million funding award from the independent Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to expand its efforts to improve healthcare throughout the Southeast.

Reporter: Rothman named to lead population health research efforts

Russell Rothman, M.D., MPP, professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Health Policy, chief of the Section of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, has been named assistant vice chancellor for Population Health Research.