News

March 2024

• 3/19 - Loneliness worse than smoking, alcoholism, obesity; study suggests primary care clinicians can offer solutions

• 3/14 - Next generation stool DNA test has best detection rate of noninvasive colorectal cancer screening tools

• 3/6 - JAMA study finds facilities treating poor patients penalized by CMS payment model

• 3/1 - Latest booster reduces adults’ risk of moderate or severe COVID by more than half

February 2024

• 2/28 - Closing the referral loop: perspectives and experiences of primary care and specialist physicians

• 2/28 - New LOINC® semiannual release highlights health equity projects with national and international partners

• 2/20 - Stemming colorectal cancer in Latin America

• 2/19 - Studies find flu vaccines were effective in 2022-2023 flu season

• 2/14 - Anniversary event recognizes LOINC® from Regenstrief Institute’s pioneering role in health data interoperability

• 2/12 - Including socioeconomic status of patients in calculation of Medicare penalties would reduce stress on safety-net hospitals

• 2/1 - Veterans with housing insecurity benefit from making music

January 2024

• 1/30 - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announces Regenstrief research scientist one of three new members

• 1/29 - Regenstrief researcher collaborating on national artificial intelligence project

• 1/29 - Overcoming the stigma: study recommends steps to move past barriers of brain health conversations 

• 1/26 - Regenstrief research scientist named incoming president and CEO of AcademyHealth

• 1/24 - Democratizing the future of AI R&D: NSF to launch National AI Research Resource pilot

• 1/4 - New population risk prediction model for likelihood of ICU admission and survival

• 1/3 - Knowing how clinicians make real-world decisions about drug-drug interactions can improve patient safety

December 2023

• 12/14 - New app to bridge information gap between hospitals and nursing homes

• 12/12 - Caring for LGBTQ+ nursing home residents in culturally appropriate and inclusive ways 

• 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