Department of Biomedical Informatics

October 21, 2024

Peter Embí elected to National Academy of Medicine

According to the organization’s citation for Embí, “his thought leadership and research led to the field of clinical research informatics, real-world evidence generation, the safe and effective use of AI in health care, and data-driven learning health systems that improve health and care.”

By Paul Govern

October 17, 2024

Trent Rosenbloom receives pediatric informatics award

Each year, the Byron Oberst Award is presented to a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics who has made significant contributions to the field of pediatric clinical informatics.

By Mia Garchitorena-Scancarelli

October 2, 2024

VA establishes analytics team to improve acute care for rural veterans

The initiative aligns with the Office of Rural Health’s mission to improve the health and well-being of rural veterans and the VA’s priority of becoming a learning health care system.

By Nancy Humphrey

September 30, 2024

VUMC researchers awarded $1.9 million for AI-driven cancer data extraction

The project seeks to reduce the time for clinical chart abstraction by 90% while maintaining human-level accuracy.

By Paul Govern

Co-principal investigators of the genomic-enabled learning health system coordinating center and clinical site are, front row from left, Carolyn Audet, PhD, Alexander Bick, MD, PhD, and Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, and, back row from left, Wesley Self, MD, MPH, Josh Peterson, MD, MPH, and Dan Roden, MD. (photo by Susan Urmy)

September 24, 2024

‘Learning’ network will help move genomics into the clinic

A real-world learning health system was established at VUMC a decade ago. Now, the National Human Genome Research Institute is awarding two five-year grants totaling $12 million to support VUMC’s participation in, and coordination of, a genomic-enabled learning health system (gLHS) network.