Regenstrief Institute Newsroom

First Statewide Study of Emergency Care Finds Care Isn’t Always Local — last modified 2012-01-03 09:53

The first study to examine patterns of emergency care for an entire state has found that 40 percent of emergency department visits in Indiana over a three-year period were by patients who visited more than one emergency department. This finding challenges conventional wisdom that patients are tightly bound to health care systems and tend to repeatedly visit local facilities.

Lingua Franca Critical for Electronic Medical Records and Health Information Exchange — last modified 2012-01-03 09:57

A universal method of identifying medical test results and other clinical measurements is essential for health information exchange, which requires a common terminology to ensure that medical data can be recorded, transferred and ultimately used when and where the patient needs it.

Journal Supplement Presents Strategies for Introducing Health Care Delivery Innovation — last modified 2012-01-03 09:46

The health care system in the United States faces numerous challenges: how to bring innovation from the laboratory to the bedside, how to ensure more equitable use of medical services and, in a time of increasing financial strain, how to pay for that care.

Regenstrief Investigator a Winner of Top 11 in 2011 Innovator Challenge — last modified 2011-12-13 12:50

Regenstrief Institute investigator Martin Were, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has been selected as a winner of the mHealth Alliance and Rockefeller Foundation’s Top 11 in 2011 Innovators Challenge.

Nursing Home Quality Scorecards Don’t Tell the Whole Score — last modified 2011-12-13 12:47

The scoring system government agencies use to rate nursing home quality does not provide an adequate evaluation because they do not take into account the degree of cognitive impairment of their patient populations and whether facilities include a specialized dementia unit according to a new study.

Paving the Way for Better Prevention and Management of Delirium — last modified 2011-11-18 11:23

Important clues to the prevention and management of delirium, a condition affecting an estimated 7 million hospitalized Americans, are being ignored, according to a study from the Regenstrief Institute and the Indiana University School of Medicine.

Protecting Our Brains: Tackling Delirium — last modified 2011-11-18 11:12

A new national plan of action provides a roadmap for improving the care of patients with delirium, a poorly understood and often unrecognized brain condition that affects approximately seven million hospitalized Americans each year.

HL7 and Regenstrief Institute Sign Statement of Understanding — last modified 2011-11-18 11:09

Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., an internationally respected healthcare and informatics research organization, today announced an agreement to create a complementary process to develop and extend comprehensive standards in the healthcare industry. Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, and the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., an internationally respected healthcare and informatics research organization, today announced an agreement to create a complementary process to develop and extend comprehensive standards in the healthcare industry.

Indianapolis Doc Recognized as One of Nation's Top Health Info Tech Experts — last modified 2011-11-18 11:07

Wishard Health Services chief medical information officer, Paul Dexter, M.D., a Regenstrief Institute investigator, has been named one of America's leading clinical informaticists by Modern Healthcare. The announcement was made earlier today.

Regenstrief Institute President to Receive National Recognition — last modified 2011-10-24 16:30

William M. Tierney, M.D., president and CEO of the Regenstrief Institute, will receive the 2011 Morris F. Collen Award from AMIA, the largest international professional biomedical informatics association, at the opening plenary session of AMIA’s 35th Annual Symposium on Biomedical and Health Informatics in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 23.