Tech & Health Archive — Page 3 of 20
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October 14, 2025
VUMC researchers awarded $2 million to expand AI-powered medical record abstraction
The grant extension will expand applications in research, clinical trials, registries and national collaborations. -
September 18, 2025
Vanderbilt-developed AI platform validated for molecular mapping of tissues
The advancement transforms how scientists and clinicians can visualize and analyze complex tissues on a high-resolution map of cellular landscapes across entire tissue sections. -
September 17, 2025
Vanderbilt team launches AI-powered project to improve obesity care
The study will analyze electronic health records, survey patients and clinicians, and use artificial intelligence to identify why many patients discontinue obesity treatment. -
September 10, 2025
Death on the web
Cause of death often lies buried amid content on crowdfunding platforms, web-based obituaries and memorial websites. With AI assistance, gathering and combining this mortality data with medical records could help power research and public health. -
September 5, 2025
AI tools could shorten ‘diagnostic odyssey’ for patients with rare diseases
Large language models achieved diagnostic rates of 13.3% and 10.0%, compared to the historical clinical review rate of 5.6%, and they suggested next steps to evaluate the suggested diagnoses. -
August 26, 2025
Grant supports development of head-mounted augmented reality system to guide tumor resection
The technology will allow surgeons to rely less on a fallible mental construction of the resection plane, thereby reducing the risk of human error affecting the procedure. -
July 7, 2025
Vanderbilt Health at forefront of improving head and neck surgery with fluorescence imaging to ‘light up’ nerves
A new study identified a safe and effective fluorescent imaging agent that can assist surgeons in visualizing — and therefore protecting — nerves during surgery.