electronic health records (EHRs) Archive — Page 5 of 12

Stethoscope resting across a computer keyboard, symbolizing digital healthcare or telemedicine.
September 22, 2022

Policy experts discuss abortion ruling and health data privacy

Vanderbilt policy experts discuss how the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade and newly enacted state laws limiting or banning abortion can be expected to bring new scrutiny to the privacy vulnerabilities of electronic health records.

Nurse in gloves bathes a patient’s arm with a disposable cloth in a medical intensive care unit; hospital equipment and privacy curtains are visible in the background.
August 11, 2022

New predictive tool helps capture bedside observations of nurses

Vanderbilt is collaborating with several other medical systems to implement a predictive tool that uses machine learning to extract patient behaviors documented by nurses in electronic health records and transform them into observable data.

Scientific illustration of a DNA double helix with a glowing highlighted section, surrounded by faint chromosome shapes on a blue background.
June 29, 2022

Study shows genotype leads to discontinued, decreased medication

Red heart-shaped object on blue electrocardiogram grid paper with black heartbeat waveforms.
June 16, 2022

BMI genetics influence heart function

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered that a genetic predisposition to elevated body mass index increases the risk of diastolic dysfunction — a cardiac condition that can lead to heart failure.

The freezer room in the off campus Biospecimen Storage Facility that houses BioVU.
June 8, 2022

BioVU celebrates 15 years supporting personalized medicine

BioVU is celebrating its 15th year and has enabled hundreds of studies and publications exploring the genetic underpinnings of a host of conditions including cancer, heart disease and diabetes. 

White tablets spilled from an open orange prescription bottle, with additional pill bottles blurred in the background.
May 23, 2022

Pushing (anti-overdose) drugs

An automated alert to encourage clinicians to coprescribe naloxone for patients at risk of opioid overdose increased naloxone prescriptions per opioid prescription 16-fold.