Tech & Health Archive — Page 12 of 20

May 13, 2022

Suicide prediction method combines AI and face-to-face screening

New Vanderbilt research is pointing to solutions for efficient clinical prediction of suicide attempt or suicidal thinking in adults.

By Paul Govern
May 10, 2022

Report lays out solution for pandemic patient privacy

Health information privacy experts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the University of Texas at Dallas and IBM have collaborated on a public case reporting framework keyed to the dynamics of pandemics.

By Paul Govern
teen depression study
May 9, 2022

Experts seek uniform patient confidentiality policies for adolescents

New Vanderbilt research outlines how laws concerning adolescent patient confidentiality and independent adolescent consent for health care services vary substantially from state to state, are often unclear, and often run counter to patient confidentiality standards advocated by medical societies.

By Paul Govern
April 28, 2022

Matheny, Parr elected to class of AMIA fellows

Two Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty are among a group of 92 fellows who were inducted into the 2022 Class of Fellows of the American Medical Informatics Association.

By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli
April 21, 2022

When science spills onto social media

Vanderbilt researchers report that social media posts can offer insights into how the public feels about genome editing, with stances varying across platforms and differing from those of academics and policy makers.

By Paul Govern
April 7, 2022

Computer eyeballs graft-vs-host disease

A machine learning algorithm identified areas of skin affected by chronic graft-versus-host disease on par with clinicians, opening the door to streamlining and standardizing this measure of patient response to therapy.

By Paul Govern