Department of Biomedical Informatics Archive — Page 4 of 26
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January 22, 2025
Presidential awards recognize early career researchers
The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers in the early stages of their research careers. -
January 3, 2025
AI tested for alerting clinicians of suicide risk at three VUMC clinics
At neurology clinics the system was used to flag 8% of arriving patients as having relatively high risk for suicide attempt in the next 30 days. -
December 11, 2024
Study uses AI to cast light on harmful drug-drug interactions
Using AI, a team identified a gap in post-market drug safety: not all published reports of dangerous drug interactions are taken up by recognized purveyors of drug safety information. -
December 9, 2024
Vanderbilt students honored at national informatics conference
The AMIA student paper competition honors research conducted by students in informatics programs nationwide. -
December 4, 2024
Vanderbilt mourns loss of informatics and HealthIT leader Edward Shultz
His contributions to clinical systems, infrastructure and education have had a lasting impact not only here at Vanderbilt but across the entire field of informatics. -
November 12, 2024
Patient voices critical to success of artificial intelligence in health care
Sponsored by the Department of Biomedical Informatics, the symposium showcased the work of the department’s center for AI Discovery and Vigilance to Accelerate Innovation and Clinical Excellence. -
November 11, 2024
VUMC pursues electronic integration with genomic reference labs
Under the old system, genetic counselors would complete paper requisitions, and results would return as PDFs that had to be manually uploaded into patients' electronic health records.