Tech & Health Archive — Page 12 of 20
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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. -
November 4, 2021
Miller, Wright land top biomedical informatics awards
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October 21, 2021
New robot enhances accuracy of head, neck cancer surgeries
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October 19, 2021
Artificial intelligence predicts opioid overdose in Tennessee
Researchers at Vanderbilt and the Tennessee Department of Health have developed 30-day predictive models for fatal and non-fatal opioid-related overdose among patients receiving opioid prescriptions in the state. -
September 30, 2021
AI predicts next-day delirium or coma in ICU patients
A team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center used machine learning to predict the likelihood of next-day brain function status changes in critical care patients. -
September 16, 2021
Indiana University’s Embí named chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics
Peter Embí, MD, MS, President and Chief Executive Officer for the Regenstrief Institute Inc., and professor of Medicine and Biostatistics & Health Data Science at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been named as the new chair of Vanderbilt's Department of Biomedical Informatics. -
September 2, 2021
Using billing codes to count cancers
The billing codes in electronic health records are useful for counting skin cancers over time — an important metric for cancer risk assessment and prevention.