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Ex-Vanderbilt nurse found guilty of a lesser charge in patient death case

Blake Farmer

March 25, 2022

A jury found the former nurse on trial for the death of a patient due to a drug mix-up guilty of criminally negligent homicide. Prosecutors had charged RaDonda Vaught with reckless homicide, which carries more potential jail time.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: rodonda vaught, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, VUMC

Could Nicotine Keep Us Sharp In Old Age? Vanderbilt Launches National Study

Blake FarmerandNatasha Senjanovic

November 2, 2017

A Vanderbilt researcher is looking to an unlikely drug in the ongoing fight to stop Alzheimer’s disease in its initial stages.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, VUMC

Could Nicotine Keep Us Sharp In Old Age? Vanderbilt Launches National Study

Blake FarmerandNatasha Senjanovic

November 2, 2017

A Vanderbilt researcher is looking to an unlikely drug in the ongoing fight to stop Alzheimer’s disease in its initial stages.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, VUMC

Vanderbilt Settles Overbilling Suit ‘To Avoid The Cost And Distraction’

Blake Farmer

July 27, 2017

Vanderbilt Medical Center has settled a lawsuit claiming it overbilled Medicare and Medicaid. The hospital will pay $6.5 million and fund an outside audit of its billing practices.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: fraud, VUMC

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