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WEDNESDAY, May 3, 2023 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT   Event Type: DBMI + Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC) Seminar Title: "Reducing Provider Burnout and Supporting Provider Well-Being"

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.

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.

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. 

Three Vanderbilt University faculty members have been elected to the 2023 College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). 

Clinics serving patients with type 2 diabetes may now deploy an automated text-messaging system to send friendly communications reminding patients to take their medications, choose healthy foods, and stay active.

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.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2023 12:00 - 1:00 PM CT   Event Type: Biomedical Informatics Grand Rounds Title: "Sociotechnical Infrastructure for Realizing a Robust Learning Health System

A prostate cancer polygenic risk score (PRS) has limited utility for enhancing prostate cancer screening, according to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.