Department of Biomedical Informatics

In Somkhele, South Africa, a research assistant from the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) uses VUMC’s REDCap Mobile Application to gather information in the field.
February 10, 2022

Mobile app from VUMC supports field research around the world

In 2015 a team at Vanderbilt launched the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) Mobile Application. As of a year ago, the app had been enabled by 802 organizations around the world and had been used for 9,871 projects involving 19,636 end-users.

By Paul Govern
Travis Osterman, DO, MS, is working to establish common data standards for oncology clinicians and researchers.
February 3, 2022

Osterman plays key role in major oncology EHR initiative

Vanderbilt’s Travis Osterman, DO, MS, is leading an integral component of the Minimal Common Data Elements (mCODE) initiative, establishing common data standards for oncology clinicians and researchers.

By Tom Wilemon
VUMC clinicians are seeing a connection between how much time children spend in front of screens and a host of adverse health conditions.
January 26, 2022

Smartphone app supports EHR efforts in low-income countries

A smartphone app developed at Vanderbilt is assisting health care efforts in low- and middle-income countries.

By Paul Govern
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January 20, 2022

New method enhances efforts to identify drug repurposing targets

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have developed a new method for identifying drugs for the repurposing trials that can lead to new indications for drugs already in use.

By Paul Govern
January 20, 2022

VUMC to support $170 million NIH nutrition research initiative

By Paul Govern
December 16, 2021

Game theory points to new DNA data privacy solutions

Vanderbilt research is blazing a trail for the application of game theory to genomic and health data reidentification risk.

By Paul Govern
December 2, 2021

VUMC celebrates 20th anniversary of custom-built EHR

Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently commemorated the 20th anniversary of StarPanel, the first fully integrated electronic health record (EHR) in use in a major health system and developed independent of a vendor.
By Fehintola Olumide
December 2, 2021

Study links depression scores, white blood cell count

By Emily Stembridge
November 30, 2021

Study examines genetic risk for suicide attempt

New research from Vanderbilt identifies the first replicated genomic region contributing to risk of suicide attempt and confirms that genetic risk for the trait is not driven solely by risk for psychiatric disorders.
By Paul Govern
November 16, 2021

AI predicts 24-hour hospital discharge

Vanderbilt researchers used a machine learning algorithm and data from more than 26,000 hospital stays to predict who would and would not be discharged over the next 24 hours.
By Paul Govern
November 10, 2021

COVID test accuracy appears to vary by time of day

Vanderbilt researchers are examining the effect of time of day on COVID test accuracy.
By Paul Govern
November 4, 2021

Miller, Wright land top biomedical informatics awards

By VUMC News and Communications
October 21, 2021

Initiative seeks to improve diversity of AI research

Vanderbilt is playing a key role in a new NIH flagship initiative, the Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Consortium to Advance Health Equity and Researcher Diversity.
By Paul Govern
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