algorithm Archive

February 8, 2024

New algorithms show promise for predicting bipolar disorder risk

In a new study across three major U.S. health care systems, researchers developed and tested algorithms to predict who will develop bipolar disorder.

By Paul Govern
August 24, 2023

Predicting postop opioid use

VUMC study finds that preoperative patient characteristics can predict daily opioid use at six months after surgery, suggesting opportunities for development of electronic risk-stratification algorithms.

By Paul Govern
July 7, 2023

Novel treatments for fake patients

A customizable framework uses simulated patients to distinguish effects of a new treatment from “learning effects” for clinicians; it should help identify training opportunities and hasten treatment improvements.

By Paul Govern
Networked dots in the shape of a brain
February 13, 2020

Algorithm helps improve coronary calcium detection

A new algorithm for artificial intelligence-assisted calcium scoring can accurately determine cardiovascular risk across a range of CT scans and in a racially diverse population.

By Bill Snyder
January 5, 2017

Heart failure “dashboard”

A new computer algorithm developed at Vanderbilt could save billions of dollars in health care costs by identifying patients at risk for readmission after being hospitalized for heart failure.

By Sanjay Mishra
November 13, 2015

Computer extracts cancer stage

Vanderbilt investigators developed a computerized natural language processing algorithm to extract cancer stages from electronic medical records.

By Paul Govern