Paul Govern Archive — Page 42 of 54

January 28, 2016

VUMC research shows patient privacy, ‘big data’ can coexist

A new study, led by investigators at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), confirms that the scientific pursuit of so-called big data from hospitals and clinics needn’t conflict with patient privacy.

By Paul Govern
January 27, 2016

Effort seeks to integrate clinical, research data systems

To ease data collection for clinical research and ongoing analysis of clinical processes, teams at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are working to bridge the gap between clinical systems and research systems.

By Paul Govern
January 14, 2016

Program helps faculty researchers dealing with personal challenges

Because researchers early in their careers have fewer resources at their disposal than their more established colleagues, their projects are all the more vulnerable to disruption when they are called away to attend to the health care needs of a child, spouse, partner or parent, or when they themselves become ill or face a complicated pregnancy.

By Paul Govern
January 7, 2016

VUMC’s Jackson elected fellow of ACMI

Gretchen Purcell Jackson, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics, is one of 13 fellows recently elected to the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI).

By Paul Govern
December 18, 2015

Vendor for VUMC clinical systems upgrade named

Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has announced an agreement with Epic Systems Corp., a privately owned health care software company based in Verona, Wisconsin, to provide key clinical, administrative and billing software to the Medical Center.

By Paul Govern
December 17, 2015

New in-house software development group set to assist VUMC teams

Vanderbilt teams in the market for specialized software have a new in-house information technology group to call upon.

By Paul Govern