Tech & Health Archive — Page 12 of 20
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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. -
June 17, 2021
Drug allergy labels in medical records power searches for gene-drug associations
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May 26, 2021
Predicting blood clots before they happen in pediatric patients
Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has launched a study to determine the impact of a predictive model for identifying pediatric patients at risk for developing blood clots or venous thromboembolisms (VTEs). -
May 18, 2021
Rosenbloom appointed to National Library of Medicine’s Biomedical Informatics, Library and Data Sciences Review Committee
Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, has been appointed to the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Biomedical Informatics, Library and Data Sciences (BILDS) Review Committee. -
May 18, 2021
Clinical informatics program named HIMSS Approved Education Partner
Vanderbilt’s Master of Science in Applied Clinical Informatics program (MSACI) was recently named an Approved Education Partner (AEP) by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Vanderbilt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) and the School of Nursing also received HIMSS AEP approval. -
May 3, 2021
Strength in numbers
Voluntary data sharing across a region’s health systems and ambulatory care practices is important for measuring and improving health care quality and safety, Vanderbilt researchers report.