News

August 2022

• 8/5 - OpenHIE to host virtual community meeting over 3 days in September

• 8/4 - Staff and facility administrator retention has been challenging for long-term care facilities

July 2022

• 7/27 - LOINC® from Regenstrief returns to in-person learning with conference in Annecy, France

• 7/21 - Pharmacist-based deprescribing successfully reduced older adults’ exposure to anticholinergic drugs

• 7/19 - Caregiver engagement enhances health outcomes of chronically ill adults

• 7/15 - Second mRNA booster significantly effective against Omicron variants

• 7/14 - Innovative tool targets avoidable hospitalizations of nursing home residents with existing nursing home EHR information

• 7/13 - Regenstrief Institute and IU receive 5-year continuation of funding for public and population health informatics training program

• 7/6 - How older adults and their caregivers view pain, depression and other patient symptoms

June 2022

• 6/22 - COVID did not affect stroke patient care quality or outcomes in nation’s largest healthcare system

• 6/14 - Helping the Helpers: Leveraging information technology to support caregiver medication management for the millions of individuals who live with dementia

• 6/13 - Linking medical and dental records in health information exchanges could improve dental patient safety, preventive care, and treatment outcomes

• 6/6 - Experienced financial executive named Regenstrief Institute CFO

May 2022

• 5/25 - Regenstrief and Indiana University study explores eating, drinking, and physical activity among middle aged women living with obesity and urban poverty

• 5/24 - Regenstrief, Indiana CTSI, Datavant honored for support of NIH project with 2022 FedHealthIT Innovation Award

• 5/24 - Public health informatics leader named interim director of Regenstrief Institute’s Center for Biomedical Informatics

• 5/19 - Patient safety and quality of care: Regenstrief study explores medical record linkage with goal of improving match accuracy

• 5/17 - First U.S. study analyzing tooth survival after root canal in general population

• 5/10 - The double-edged sword of clinical texting: Study explores improving patient care via more effective clinician communication

• 5/3 - Depression detection has never been more important: PHQ-9 enables clinicians and patients to track and address depression with combined physical and emotional symptoms score

April 2022

• 4/27 - New data shows burden of dementia symptoms just as high in community population as nursing home residents

• 4/25 - Health dashboards are breakthrough star of the pandemic and here to stay

• 4/21 - Indiana study suggests wearing dentures may affect a person’s nutrition 

• 4/19 - Regenstrief informaticians identify golden opportunities for improving delivery of preventive care and monitoring of acute and chronic conditions

• 4/11 - Telestroke program prevents unnecessary hospital transfers, decreases rural healthcare disparities

• 4/7 - Regenstrief research scientists leading IU’s new NIH training program

• 4/6 - As number of ICU survivors increase, study validates first tool to utilize caregiver input to assess post-ICU syndrome symptoms

• 4/4 - Despite syphilis increase in U.S., 1 in 5 pregnant women not tested

March 2022

• 3/31 - Technology has the potential to change the patient-provider relationship  

• 3/30 - National study finds that any booster strategy is more effective than single J&J vaccine to prevent moderate to severe COVID-19

• 3/29 - Regenstrief researcher, IU Medical School faculty national urology award recipient

• 3/25 - Innovative AI Technology Aids Personalized Care for Diabetes Patients Needing Complex Drug Treatment

• 3/24 - Experts call to create standardized criteria for mask mandates based on objective data; 5 criteria proposed

• 3/23 - Current Regenstrief center director named interim president and CEO

• 3/22 - Editorial co-authored by Regenstrief researcher-clinician highlights indispensable role of home health aides in the era of COVID-19 and beyond

• 3/14 - Making high-performing healthcare more accessible in the US: The ongoing debate on universal healthcare coverage

• 3/9 - More severe stroke patients should receive palliative care consultations

• 3/7 - Addressing healthcare needs of transgender adults: Qualitative study finds 3 main barriers to receiving primary care in a supportive environment

• 3/4 - The increasing importance of HIE alerts for care coordination and evidence that they work

• 3/3 - New LOINC® release features streamlined file structure and two new translations

• 3/1 - Vaccines are effective in preventing COVID-19-related emergency department and urgent care visits for both children and adolescents

February 2022

• 2/17 - Researchers draw analogies between art and science in new study

• 2/15 - Regenstrief Research Scientist Thomas Imperiale named IU distinguished professor

• 2/11 - First study to show waning effectiveness of 3rd dose of mRNA vaccines

• 2/10 - Challenges of deprescribing and minimizing use of anticholinergic medications

• 2/9 - Regenstrief scientist wins emerging leadership award

• 2/2 - Regenstrief scientist appointed 1st chief of new IU School of Medicine palliative medicine section

• 2/1 - Prioritized supportive care needs of patients and caregivers during active cancer treatment 

January 2022

• 1/26 - AI models can predict individual risk of hospitalization for COVID using HIE data

• 1/24 - Local mask policy matters when it comes to public health