Department of Biomedical Informatics
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January 15, 2020
VUMC study to use artificial intelligence to explore suicide risk
Investigators will use computational methods to shed light on suicidal ideation and its relationship to attempted suicide, predict suicidal ideation and suicide attempt using routine electronic health records (EHRs) and explore the genetic underpinnings of both. -
December 19, 2019
Student research lauded at informatics symposium
Two studies from Vanderbilt University Medical Center took awards at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium. -
December 18, 2019
AI’s Future Potential Hinges on Consensus: NAM Report
The current explosion of investment and development in health care AI is happening without an underpinning of consensus of responsible, transparent deployment, which potentially constrains its potential. -
December 12, 2019
Gregor Mendel would be proud
A computational method that uses hospital billing codes and electronic health records can identify genetic disease cases before clinical teams do. -
December 11, 2019
VUMC’s Denny selected to lead national ‘All of Us’ program
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Joshua Denny, MD, MS, vice president of Personalized Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to be the chief executive officer of the federal All of Us Research Program. -
November 26, 2019
VUMC, Nashville Fire Department test real-time medical record system to improve handoff of incoming emergency patients
VUMC and the Nashville Fire Department are testing a system to automatically generate patient acuity scores and abbreviated care records of in-transit patient procedures based on computer interpretations of signals from sensors and video cameras. -
November 19, 2019
Getting the goods on obesity
Obesity and two post-operative complications linked with it have associated genetic variants in common, suggesting that obesity may be the culprit.