News

May 2018

• 5/8 - Agile Implementation: Reengineering dissemination of healthcare in the US

April 2018

• 4/17 - Better education during childhood decreases risk of dementia in African Americans

• 4/10 - Impact of Medicare Annual Wellness Visit on Detection of Cognitive Impairment Is Minimal

• 4/9 - Controlling blood pressure even when older can prevent dementia in African Americans

• 4/5 - Regenstrief expert in symptoms and pain receives Society of General Internal Medicine’s highest award

• 4/3 - Callahan to serve as medical society’s 2018 Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics

March 2018

• 3/26 - New study to measure impact of sleep tracker data on patient-provider communication

February 2018

• 2/26 - Diagnosis is not enough: Predicting avoidable transfers from nursing homes is complex

• 2/15 - How does it compare?: Hospice care at home, at assisted living facility, at nursing home

• 2/7 - First national studies of quality of VA ministroke care and how best to measure that care

January 2018

• 1/10 - How patients and healthcare providers communicate outside the office is changing

December 2017

• 12/18 - NIA and DoD fund new studies on aiding family caregivers of patients with dementia or TBI

• 12/4 - IU, Regenstrief study finds surrogate decision makers experience psychological distress

November 2017

• 11/28 - OPTIMISTIC lowers long-stay nursing home residents’ avoidable hospitalizations by a third

• 11/14 - Critical Care Recovery Center concept could benefit adult ICU survivors of all ages

• 11/13 - Listening to the patient’s voice: a more patient-centered approach to medication safety

October 2017

• 10/31 - Researchers to develop real-world advance care planning program with nursing homes

• 10/30 - Regenstrief Institute investigator elected to medical informatics honor society

• 10/16 - Coming together: Regenstrief “Sam Jam”

September 2017

• 9/28 - IU, Regenstrief, LifeOmic announce collaboration to revolutionize medicine

• 9/16 - Indiana Chapter of HIMSS Announces Indiana Medicaid Data Challenge

• 9/15 - Center for Cancer Population Analytics and Patient-Centered Informatics earns Signature Center status

• 9/7 - Many ICU survivors depressed: IU study finds young and African Americans at highest risk

August 2017

• 8/8 - Regenstrief developing and testing novel, real-world automated patient identification

• 8/7 - Alexia Torke appointed associate chief, Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

July 2017

• 7/11 - IU, Regenstrief study: Early home health worker visit lowers risk of hospital readmission

• 7/6 - Regenstrief & IU to offer unique public and population health informatics training program

June 2017

• 6/5 - IU and Regenstrief studying decreasing dementia after delirium for older ICU survivors

May 2017

• 5/15 - New IU collaborative care model focuses on full recovery of those injured after age 50

• 5/5 - Regenstrief investigator promoted to acting associate dean

April 2017

• 4/19 - AMA, Regenstrief Institute Help Increase EHR Training in Med Schools

• 4/11 - IU, Regenstrief study explores adherence and tolerability to Alzheimer’s medications

March 2017

• 3/14 - IU Center for Aging Research develops novel ICU delirium severity assessment tool

• 3/7 - OPTIMISTIC improves care by avoiding unnecessary hospital stays for nursing home residents

• 3/2 - New Regenstrief-McDonald chair supports data standards critical to health information exchange

February 2017

• 2/21 - Critical Care Recovery Center model receives national recognition for innovation

• 2/21 - Regenstrief Institute and Health Catalyst Team to Reveal Hidden Meaning in Clinical Data for Better Patient Care

• 2/14 - Nadia Nguyen Adams named to IBJ’s Forty Under 40 Class of 2017

• 2/9 - New $3.2 million NIH grant supports nation’s first mobile post-ICU recovery program

• 2/2 - Online video blogs (a.k.a. vlogs) as tools for patient engagement: Is seeing engaging?

January 2017

• 1/26 - Expanding throughout Indiana, OPTIMISTIC study tests new CMS payment model

• 1/24 - African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans

• 1/17 - Rapidly meeting the mental health needs of older adults

• 1/10 - Older adults with obesity less responsive to memory training than those with lower BMIs

December 2016

• 12/20 - Commonly used drugs lead to more doctor’s office, hospital and emergency department visits

November 2016

• 11/22 - Incoming Regenstrief Institute president Embi named chair-elect of AMIA board of directors

• 11/21 - Study finds occupational therapy unable to delay Alzheimer’s patients’ functional decline

• 11/14 - Ensuring medical care is consistent with patient goals

• 11/12 - Regenstrief scientists receive prestigious award for innovation in biomedical informatics

• 11/3 - New low cost workforce is effective in decreasing depression burden in primary care