(From Medical Xpress, March 2, 2018) Study reveals safety signal from genes that mimic drugs March 2, 2018 by Paul Govern, Vanderbilt University Prospective mothers taking a new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs might incur higher risk of spina bifida in their future children, according to a study published in the journal Drug Safety by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

(From DOTmed, January 24, 2018) Alliance for Nursing Informatics selects 2018-2019 Emerging Leaders

(From Regulatory Focus, February 16, 2018) Experts See Promise, Risk in Relying on Real World Evidence for Medical Devices by Michael Mezher

(From Wired Magazine, February 21, 2018) Solve Genomics With The Blockchain? By Adam Rodgers, Wired Magazine SCIENTISTS LUST AFTER genomes like the wolf from a Tex Avery cartoon, heart pounding in throat, tongue lolling, fist pounding on the table, submarine-dive-ahOOOgah!-alarm sounding—all out of desire for the hot, hot data curled coaxingly inside every one of your cells.

(From Newsweek, February 27, 2017)   Machine-Learning Algorithms Can Predict Suicide Risk More Readily than Clinicians by Matthew Hutson

(From MedCity News, December 12, 2016)   How to Make Precision Medicine More Patient-Friendly by Neil Versel   Dr. Kevin Johnson, chief informatics officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, has a theory about how to explain precision medicine to laypeople.

(from GenomeWeb, November 9, 2016) Vanderbilt's Precision Cancer Medicine App Brings Genomic Data to Point of Care by Uduak Grace Thomas NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Enabling precision medicine at the point of care requires ready access to genomic information within the clinical workflow as well as tools to help clinicians make sense of the information presented to them.

(from WebMD, November 29, 2016) Hospital E-Prescribing: Trouble for Older Adults? by Kathleen Doheny ​ TUESDAY, Nov. 29, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Preprogrammed doses of medications that can raise the risk of falls are often set too high for older hospital patients, new research shows.

(from Healthcare Informatics, October 26, 2016 ) Health systems focus on data integration, decision support, clinical work flow by David Raths