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On Thursday, May 12, 2016, Health Affairs hosted a half-day forum for policy makers on the topic of, "Envisioning The Future Of Value Based Payment" in Washington, DC. Featuring keynote remarks by David Blumenthal, President of the Commonwealth Fund, the program included panels on existing and developing value based payment programs for hospitals and physicians, as well as how paying for value will evolve in a future with electronic health records, big data analytics, and personalized medicine.

In celebration of 20 years of public health education at Vanderbilt, the Vanderbilt MPH Program announces its first endowed scholarship. The scholarship will directly benefit Master of Public Health students through support for tuition, practicum, and thesis expenses. It will allow the most talented graduate students to choose Vanderbilt for their public health training, and it will give them the necessary resources to do their best work. When you Give for the Gold this year, support the Vanderbilt MPH Program and the next generation of public health leaders.

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.