DBMI Digest April 2023 Issue—Now Available!

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Department of Biomedical Informatics's (DBMI) monthly newsletter, DBMI Digest, is now available to view. Read the April 2023 DBMI Digest here.

Benjamin Collins to give talk on “Navigating the AI Future of Health Care” in the TEDxVanderbiltUniversity on April 18

Vanderbilt University’s Employee Learning and Engagement Team will host the the seventh annual TEDxVanderbiltUniversity on April 18 and feature a talk on how artificial intelligence could reshape the future of healthcare. Dr. Benjamin Collins, a physician researcher, bioethicist and informatician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, will discuss “Navigating the AI Future of Health Care” at the event.

Lisa Roddy, DNP, RN-NI

Lisa
Roddy
Clinical Informatics Analyst
Department of Biomedical Informatics
2525 West End Avenue
Nashville
Tennessee
37203
lisa.m.roddy@vumc.org

Lisa Roddy is a Registered Nurse with more than 30 years of clinical and operational nursing experience across pediatric and complex care environments. She joined the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) in March 2023 as a Nurse Informatics Data Analyst, bringing extensive frontline, case management, and systems-level expertise to her informatics role.

Lisa began her nursing career in 1994 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2002, she joined Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, where she built a broad clinical foundation caring for infants and toddlers in the Pediatric Medicine Unit before transitioning to the Float Pool. Her career evolved to include Pediatric Nephrology Case Management, where she supported medically complex patients and families, and later the role of Transfer Nurse in the Throughput Center, coordinating patient movement and optimizing system flow across the enterprise. These experiences cultivated her passion for using data, improving workflows, and clinical systems to improve patient care.

Lisa earned her Master of Science in Nursing Informatics (MSN) from Vanderbilt University in August 2023 and completed her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in May 2025 at Vanderbilt University. In her current role at DBMI, she works on clinical data analytics, research projects, and informatics solutions that turn real-world clinical insight into practical data strategies.

DBMI Digest March 2023 Issue—Now Available!

The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Department of Biomedical Informatics's (DBMI) monthly newsletter, DBMI Digest, is now available to view. Read the March 2023 DBMI Digest here. Each DBMI Digest features department & faculty announcements, awards & appointments, educational & HR updates, funding opportunities and more. Each issue also includes a profile of one of our faculty, staff, postdocs and students. 

Survey Finds Patients Value Immediate Access to Test Results

A survey sent to more than 43,000 patients living in several states around the country finds that 96% of patients who use patient web portals prefer immediate online access to their clinical test results, notwithstanding the prospect of reviewing results before their physicians have a chance to review them. Led by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), the survey was reported March 20 in JAMA Network Open.