Tech & Health Archive — Page 7 of 20
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October 10, 2023
Study tracks clinical team engagement with health records by patient race/ethnicity
A review of electronic health record user access logs found that EHRs of adult inpatients from minority racial and ethnic populations on average received lower engagement from health care teams than the records of white adult inpatients. -
October 5, 2023
Stenner and Webber lead collaborative team to win AMA Precision Education Innovation Grant
Shane Stenner, MD, MS, and Chase Webber, DO, and a collaborative team of experts at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center were recently named to receive the American Medical Association’s ChangeMedEd Innovation grant. -
September 26, 2023
Academics, entrepreneurs gather for first annual AI event
Artificial intelligence experts from industry and from Vanderbilt gathered on the VUMC campus recently for the first annual Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Sessions, or HAIS 23, sponsored by the Brock Family Center. -
August 24, 2023
Predicting postop opioid use
VUMC study finds that preoperative patient characteristics can predict daily opioid use at six months after surgery, suggesting opportunities for development of electronic risk-stratification algorithms. -
August 22, 2023
Vanderbilt Health expands self check-in, centralized welcome desks at adult ambulatory clinics
Beginning Aug. 30, patients can check in for appointments at adult ambulatory clinics at Vanderbilt Health One Hundred Oaks using the My Health at Vanderbilt secure patient portal app on their phone or tablet. -
August 15, 2023
Algorithm scours health records for lung cancer risk
Vanderbilt researchers have developed a computer algorithm that scans electronic health records, or EHRs, to identify patients who meet criteria for lung cancer screening. -
August 10, 2023
Messaging changes benefit both providers and patients
Vanderbilt University Medical Center has just rolled out changes to streamline and better manage messaging between patients and their care providers.