News

January 2025

• 1/13 - Study finds opioid pain medications very infrequently prescribed to NFL players

• 1/3 - Public Health Emergency Surveillance System celebrates 20 years of service

December 2024

• 12/18 - Research team to study critical aspects of Alzheimer’s and dementia healthcare delivery

• 12/17 - Study to address health inequities in chronic pain treatment moves to full clinical trial

• 12/16 - Living with cancer can be particularly difficult during the holiday season

• 12/13 - IU announces $138 million Lilly Endowment grant, launches partnership to accelerate bioscience innovation

• 12/10 - Caring for the emotional and spiritual needs of family members of ICU patients

• 12/9 - Informaticians apply tools and techniques to eliminate ambiguity and better implement guidelines and policies in pediatric care

• 12/9 - Veterans Social Isolation Study Earns Honorable Mention for Prestigious Research Award

• 12/4 - Large, real world, multistate study finds COVID-19 vaccine cuts risk of disease in half when administered during pregnancy

• 12/2 - CMS launches new mandatory kidney transplant payment model

November 2024

• 11/25 - Addressing barriers to advance care planning by adults with advanced cancers

• 11/22 - Brian Dixon named director of biomedical informatics at Regenstrief Institute

• 11/21 - Researchers to study online therapy’s potential to prevent cognitive decline in ICU survivors

• 11/20 - Dementia risk prediction: Zero-minute assessment at less than a dollar cost

• 11/19 - Regenstrief Institute researcher appointed associate dean for research at IU Indianapolis Fairbanks School of Public Health

• 11/14 - Regenstrief Institute showcases research at AMIA 2024

• 11/12 - Study finds that issues patients raise during medical appointments often don’t appear in their medical records

• 11/7 - Prevalence of unrecognized cognitive impairment in socially and economically vulnerable older adults is high

• 11/6 - Regenstrief Institute names chief information officer

• 11/5 - Recognizing traumatic brain injury as a chronic condition fosters better care over the survivor’s lifetime

• 11/1 - Regenstrief announces first HDER and LHS pilot grants​

October 2024

• 10/31 - Study finds traditional open surgery for lymph node removal remains gold standard for testicular cancer

• 10/24 - Jiang Bian named to data science leadership positions for Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University, IU Health

• 10/21 - Healthcare providers can play a pivotal role in assessing and counseling older adults on driving retirement

• 10/18 - Big data, real world, multi-state study finds RSV vaccine highly effective in protecting older adults against severe disease, hospitalization and death

• 10/10 - Gonzalez receives award to study causes of racial disparities in amputation rates in Indiana

• 10/2 - Regenstrief researcher awarded $1.9 million CDC grant

• 10/1 - Addressing the geriatric healthcare workforce shortage

September 2024

• 9/30 - Health data standards experts from 20 countries participated in 2024 LOINC^® conference

• 9/30 - 2024 OpenHIE Community Meeting November 12-16 in Sri Lanka

• 9/25 - Regenstrief researcher honored at Indiana CTSI annual event 

• 9/24 - Regenstrief, Fairbanks researcher among 25 fellows to be inducted into American College of Medical Informatics

• 9/19 - National Academy of Medicine names Gonzalez a scholar in diagnostic excellence

• 9/18 - Preparing for widespread use of biomarkers to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease

• 9/16 - Waiting is the hardest part: Medical field should address uncertainty for cancer patients under active surveillance

• 9/5 - Regenstrief to host semiannual LOINC® conference in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17-20

• 9/4 - Ensuring use of AI to improve health meets its full potential reliably and safely

August 2024

• 8/29 - $15.5 million NIH award funds development of national network to include nursing home residents in clinical trials

• 8/22 - New study examines use of opioids for chronic cough

• 8/20 - Black Americans at greater Alzheimer’s risk and treatment burden, less awareness of disease and symptoms

• 8/8 - Promoting healthy teen romantic relationships to reduce risk of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections

• 8/6 - LOINC^® semiannual release: Global partners collaborate to enhance health terminology semantic interoperability

July 2024

• 7/18 - NLM extends commitment to LOINC with $5 million award

• 7/16 - Palliative care is underutilized in nursing homes

• 7/10 - Trauma Medical Home: New coordinated care model for injured older adults

June 2024

• 6/24 - Study examines acceptability of teleneurology across neurological conditions

• 6/14 - Bringing data to life: New interactive dashboard provides analysis and visualization of sickle cell disease prevalence and burden in an entire state

• 6/12 - Mental health stressors have differing impacts on odds of young adult use of nicotine or cannabis depending on race or ethnicity

• 6/10 - Older, poorer, Black, Medicaid beneficiaries less likely to be placed on liver transplant lists