DBMI Staff Recognize MLK Day
Mia Garchitorena
January 18, 2021
In March 1966 at a Medical Committee for Human Rights convention, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stated: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane...”
In recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 18, a few faculty members in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) shared their thoughts on how biomedical informatics plays an important role in improving health equity for all.
DBMI Employees Get Vaccinated
Mia Garchitorena
December 23, 2020
The COVID-19 vaccines are here and employees within the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) are signing up!
On Sunday, December 20, 2020, Yaa Kumah-Crystal, MD, Assistant Professor in DBMI and Pediatric Endocrinology, received her first COVID-19 vaccine injection. She described the experience as a "very smooth process."
Facial Recognition Study
July 8, 2020
In low- and middle-income countries, free, open-source facial recognition software could provide an economical solution for verifying patient identity across health care settings, according to a study by Martin Were, MD, MS, and colleagues, appearing in the International Journal of Medical Informatics.
VUMC team creates COVID-19 research registry
May 20, 2020
A team in the Department of Biomedical Informatics is creating a COVID-19 patient registry as a platform for research out of the electronic health records (EHRs) of patients seen at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. For the full article click here as reported by Paul Govern, News and Communications.
Rapid Development of Telehealth Capabilities within Pediatric Patient Portal Infrastructure for COVID-19 Care: Barriers, Solutions, Results
April 18, 2020
The COVID-19 national emergency has led to surging care demand and the need for unprecedented telehealth expansion. Rapid telehealth expansion can be especially complex for pediatric patients. From the experience of a large academic medical center, this report describes a pathway for efficiently increasing capacity of remote pediatric enrollment for telehealth while fulfilling privacy, security, and convenience concerns. To see the JAMIA article click here.