News

December 2023

• 12/11 - LOINC® and Health Data Standards receives $4.4 million grant to expand efforts to address health inequities in EHRs

• 12/6 - EHR-based public health surveillance for chronic diseases

• 12/6 - Untreated mental illness costs Indiana more than $4 billion each year

November 2023

• 11/28 - Understanding the impact of transferring patients with dementia between hospitals

• 11/14 - Brain CareNotes telehealth app supports dementia caregivers

• 11/14 - Regenstrief Institute experts participate in Indianapolis HEAL-R symposium

• 11/9 - Regenstrief experts will address national, global challenges at AMIA symposium

• 11/9 - Mini-summit to address health effects of climate change

• 11/8 - Sachs honored with Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award

• 11/7 - Regenstrief research scientists participate in national conversation for advancement of aging research

• 11/3 - Fowler honored by IUPUI as Research Frontiers Trailblazer

• 11/2 - Regenstrief’s Hickman to be inducted as Gerontological Society of America fellow

October 2023

• 10/31 - NEA award supports study of music therapy to improve chronic pain

• 10/30 - Regenstrief researcher receives $4.7 million NIH grant for training, Sjogren’s disease research

• 10/26 - Regenstrief, VA researchers co-edit journal special supplement addressing far-reaching impact of EHR transitions

• 10/23 - Regenstrief researcher elected as fellow of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

• 10/23 - Experts from more than 30 countries focus on health data interoperability at 2023 LOINC® conference

• 10/18 - Regenstrief researcher to be inducted as ACMI fellow

• 10/17 - Regenstrief research scientist named chief health informatics officer at Eskenazi Health

• 10/16 - Regenstrief and SNOMED International broaden collaboration to facilitate interoperability nationally and globally by linking LOINC and SNOMED CT

• 10/10 - Study compares health information exchange data versus patient self-reports to measure cancer screening uptake

• 10/9 - Regenstrief researcher stepping down after more than a decade as Indianapolis VA research director

September 2023

• 9/29 - CMS Innovation Center visits with Indiana-based dementia care team

• 9/28 - COOPERATE: Empowering minoritized patients with chronic back and other musculoskeletal pain to receive the care they need

• 9/21 - Supportive later-life social relationships mediate the risk of severe frailty in adults who had negative childhood experiences

• 9/19 - COVID-infected adults with 4 or more underlying diseases or advanced age face higher risk of ICU stay, death

• 9/18 - Executive director of Health Data Standards at Regenstrief Institute elected as a director on HL7® International Board of Directors

• 9/14 - Peer-led patient navigation helps minoritized patients engage in their own mental healthcare

• 9/12 - Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination for babies and young children confirmed in multi-state study 

• 9/8 - LOINC® from Regenstrief to host semiannual conference Oct. 17-20 in Atlanta, Georgia

• 9/1 - Regenstrief researcher awarded highest honor by IUSM Department of Medicine

August 2023

• 8/31 - Out with the old, in with the new: Agile mentorship to support future scientists

• 8/25 - Partners from more than 100 countries collaborate as LOINC® issues 1,945 new concepts in semiannual release

• 8/24 - Toppling siloes to link electronic dental and health records

• 8/21 - Natural language processing to extract social risk factors influencing health

• 8/10 - Measuring communication experiences of families of inpatients unable to make decisions for themselves

• 8/7 - Symptoms of the body and the mind are frequent fellow travelers 

• 8/3 - CMS Innovation Center new care, payment model influenced by Eskenazi Health, Regenstrief Institute, IU School of Medicine

• 8/1 - Tracking periodontal disease to improve diagnosis and treatment

July 2023

• 7/26 - Study addresses use of teleneurology to improve access to outpatient care, other inequity issues

• 7/24 - Large study determines number needed to be vaccinated to prevent COVID-19 hospitalizations and ED visits

• 7/18 - Unique, comprehensive snapshots of prevalence and geographic distribution of sickle cell disease throughout an entire state

• 7/13 - Regenstrief researchers elected fellows of prestigious International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics 

• 7/12 - Understanding the intersection of Alzheimer’s disease caregiving and the LGBT experience

• 7/10 - Tracking down social determinants of health in electronic health records

June 2023

• 6/29 - Expanding use of brief assessment tools to increase early detection of mild cognitive impairment in primary care

• 6/28 - Regenstrief scientists on MedInfo 2023 global stage with presenters from 35 countries

• 6/27 - Study identifies risk factors for early onset colorectal cancer in males

• 6/23 - Statewide study explores how pre-existing disease has influenced the COVID-19 experience

• 6/22 - Regenstrief researcher 1 of 10 to receive esteemed Kornfeld Scholars Program Award