clinical informatics

May 3, 2023

Vanderbilt’s applied informatics program accepting applications for fall 2023.

Vanderbilt’s Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics program is now accepting applications for fall 2023.

By Paul Govern
Sara Horst, MD, MPH
October 13, 2022

Horst takes on new roles in advancing digital health

Sara Horst, MD, MPH, has been named associate vice chair for Digital Health Operations for Vanderbilt’s Department of Medicine and assistant chief for Clinical Informatics for the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

By Leigh MacMillan
January 13, 2022

Vanderbilt’s MSACI program now accepting applications for fall 2022

Vanderbilt’s Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics program is now accepting applications for fall 2022.

By Paul Govern
March 9, 2021

Johnson to step down as DBMI chair

Kevin Johnson, MD, MS, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor and chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), professor of Pediatrics and Informatician-in-Chief at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will depart the organization on Nov. 1, to join the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania and Perelman School of Medicine. He will continue to serve as chair of DBMI as a national search is conducted to identify his successor.

By John Howser
January 21, 2021

Clinical informatics program accepting applications

Vanderbilt’s Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics program (MSACI) is now accepting applications for Fall 2021.

By Paul Govern
LifeFlight’s Michelle Brazil, RN, EMT, left, and Jill Hazelwood, CCP, work with the Haiku app to view patients’ medical records.
March 14, 2019

LifeFlight enhances in-flight patient care with Haiku app

Vanderbilt LifeFlight is known for transporting critically injured patients to Vanderbilt University Medical Center while providing emergency care with little to no medical information about its patients.

By Kristin Smart
October 26, 2017

Clinical informatics master’s program accepting applications

The Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics (MSACI) program is now accepting applications for fall 2018.
By Paul Govern
March 30, 2017

Applied Clinical Informatics MS program accepting applications

The Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics program (MSACI) is now accepting applications for fall 2017.
By Paul Govern
February 23, 2017

Researchers chart new informatics path in tracking disease risk

In a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics, Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Mosley, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues use genetic correlation to hitch together two unrelated sets of data, one from a longstanding epidemiological cohort and the other from electronic health records.
By Paul Govern
July 14, 2016

New center to focus on turning raw data into ‘actionable’ knowledge

From extensive test results to exam notes to the very latest in medical research, modern health care professionals have become overloaded with data. As a result, it is now a critical mission for academic medical centers to translate this often-raw data into actionable knowledge used to deliver expert patient care, drive efficient clinical operations and promote discovery and education.
By VUMC News and Communications
June 25, 2015

VUSM to offer master’s degree in applied clinical informatics

A new program being offered this fall through Vanderbilt University School of Medicine will offer health care professionals the opportunity to earn a master’s degree in the growing biomedical informatics field.
By VUMC News and Communications
December 12, 2013

Clinical informatics gains subspecialty recognition

Christoph Lehmann, M.D., and a handful of fellow experts in clinical informatics have secured official recognition for their subspecialty from the American Board of Medical Specialties.
By Paul Govern