Author: Paul Govern
Bauml, Wright land eStar Physician Builder Awards
May. 11, 2023—Vanderbilt radiologist and clinical informatics fellow Julie Bauml, MD, and internal medicine specialist Aileen Wright, MD, have received 2023 Physician Builder Awards.
VUMC meeting space available at 3401 West End Ave.
May. 10, 2023—Vanderbilt University Medical Center Strategy and Innovation Services is offering a collaborative meeting space at 3401 West End Ave. free to VUMC groups.
Study finds genetic screening of adults would be cost-effective
May. 9, 2023—A Vanderbilt analysis of population genetic testing concludes with a recommendation to U.S. health policymakers to adopt routine testing of adults ages 40 and under for three genetic conditions posing high risk of life-threatening illness.
Vanderbilt’s applied informatics program accepting applications for fall 2023.
May. 3, 2023—Vanderbilt's Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics program is now accepting applications for fall 2023.
Low-professionalism residents later draw higher patient complaints: study
Apr. 13, 2023—A Vanderbilt study finds a strong association between lower ratings for interpersonal communication skills among medical residents in their last year of training and greater likelihood of unsolicited patient complaints among doctors during their first year of employment after training.
Delpire recognized for advancing cell and molecular physiology
Apr. 12, 2023—Vanderbilt's Eric Delpire, PhD, has been awarded the 2023 Davson Distinguished Lectureship, the highest award bestowed by the Cell and Molecular Physiology Section of the American Physiological Society.
COVID on Twitter: town vs. country
Apr. 11, 2023—A natural language processing analysis of 407 million tweets from May 2020 to January 2022 captures the rural-urban divide regarding COVID-19.
The problem with the problem list
Apr. 10, 2023—Algorithms to infer missing problems and suggest that they be added to electronic health records improved problem list completeness, with benefits for clinical care, patient comprehension of health conditions and population health.
Stroke symposium set for May 12
Apr. 5, 2023—The 25th Annual Vanderbilt Neurology Stroke and Neuroscience Symposium will be held May 12 as a hybrid event, in person at the Hilton Garden Inn Nashville Vanderbilt and online.
Reminders for clinicians improve prescribing for high cholesterol
Mar. 23, 2023—A Vanderbilt study found that automated targeted reminders for clinicians helped increase prescribing of high intensity statins for patients with various atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease diagnoses, including coronary or peripheral artery disease and ischemic stroke.
Survey finds patients value immediate access to test results
Mar. 22, 2023—A survey sent to more than 43,000 patients living in several states around the country finds that 96% of patients who use patient web portals prefer immediate online access to their clinical test results.
Online course seeks to address opioid deaths in adolescents
Mar. 9, 2023—Vanderbilt is providing a short online course for educators that seeks to address opioid overdose deaths among adolescents.
