@prpayne5.bsky.social, Geneieve Melton-Meaux, and Peter Embí have a letter in JAMA discussing the creation of a new Master of Digital Health degree. They emphasize strengthening current informatics programs to serve digital health education better. 🌐👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ Check it out: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

He does it all folks. Commencement address and now opening keynote for the UT System #AI Symposium in #Healthcare. Thank you @embimd.bsky.social for giving an amazing keynote.

Not only is @embimd.bsky.social our Commencement 🎓 Speaker, but he is also a keynote speaker for the UT System AI Symposium in Healthcare, which kicks off tomorrow. #ClassOf2025 #MSBMIgraduation #HealthcareAI

CCTSI's Director of Health Informatics Jayashree Kalpathy-Cramer, PhD, kicked off Day 2 of our Annual External Advisory Committee with an overview of her program's goals and achievements. Thanks to @embimd.bsky.social for the discussion on AI integration and training at @cuanschutz.bsky.social.

nice work @embimd.bsky.social et al. "Practical collaboratives like TRAIN...offer significant value...access to a range of tools, resources, & opportunities...for the benefit of patients, populations, and the broader health care ecosystem." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Viewpoint: While the European Union's AI Act provides the regulatory foundation for trustworthy #AI in health care, TRAIN-Europe focuses on the practical application of these principles through shared best practices and cross-border collaboration. ja.ma/40OWRrj #MedSky

Viewpoint: The Trustworthy and Responsible AI Network (TRAIN), established by multiple health systems and @microsoft.com, aims to advance the safe, effective, and equitable use of #AI in health care. ja.ma/3WUsQ89 #MedSky

🧵 Two new JAMA Viewpoints highlight the US and European perspectives for ensuring the safe, effective, and ethical use of #AI in health care. #MedSky

Important #AI chatbot for medical diagnosis report today @naturemedicine.bsky.social by @rajpurkar.bsky.social and colleagues, and coverage @newscientist.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.newscientist.com/article/2462...

Year in Review 2024: Appointments strengthen Medical Center’s missions news.vumc.org/2024/12/23/y... Fantastic to welcome so many outstanding leaders and innovators to their new roles at @vumc-insights.bsky.social in 2024! 👏 👏

news.vumc.org/2024/12/23/y... Such amazing growth and accomplishments in 2024 at @vumc-insights.bsky.social! Several are highlighted here, including discoveries and initiatives in #HealthAI and #PrecisionMedicine led by @vumcdbmi.bsky.social faculty and staff. Can’t wait to see what 2025 brings!

news.vumc.org/2024/12/23/y... Very proud of @vumc-insights.bsky.social achieving multiple national rankings in 2024, including as a leading health system in AI, according to Becker’s Healthcare, thanks to leadership by our @vumcdbmi.bsky.social #ADVANCE center! tinyurl.com/VumcAI

Year in Review 2024: Appointments strengthen Medical Center’s missions news.vumc.org/2024/12/23/y... Fantastic to welcome so many outstanding leaders and innovators to their new roles at @vumc-insights.bsky.social in 2024! 👏 👏

🥓 We’ll be ok in 2025 as long as Kevin Bacon is ok. #happynewyear 😅🥂🍾🎊

news.vumc.org/2024/12/23/y... Such amazing growth and accomplishments in 2024 at @vumc-insights.bsky.social! Several are highlighted here, including discoveries and initiatives in #HealthAI and #PrecisionMedicine led by @vumcdbmi.bsky.social faculty and staff. Can’t wait to see what 2025 brings!

Congratulations! We are all within hours of surviving 2024 & ready to face the challenges of the decade that will be 2025.

Original Article: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infections in Humans nej.md/3VU4R8I Editorial: The Emerging Threat of H5N1 to Human Health nej.md/4fKc42s Correspondence: Critical Illness in an Adolescent with Influenza A(H5N1) Virus Infection nej.md/4gR18Rt #IDsky #MedSky

Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...

Jimmy Carter “described his second career as ‘waging peace.’ That work remains far from finished, and it remains for those who admired Mr. Carter to continue,” the editorial board writes.

A lot of people know Guinea worm is close to eradication, thanks to the work of President Carter and the Carter Center, but I bet you've never seen a map of its original global distribution. It's pretty staggering to think about. Here's a couple maps from 1951 (left) and 1999 (right):

How can you tell if you have COVID-19, RSV, or the flu? Without a diagnostic test, it can be difficult to tell which virus is the cause of a respiratory illness, especially if all three are circulating in a community at the same time. The details, Based on Science: https://buff.ly/3DMMgoI

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com Jimmy Carter “described his second career as ‘waging peace.’ That work remains far from finished, and it remains for those who admired Mr. Carter to continue,” the editorial board writes.

The world is so much better because Jimmy Carter was in it. Among his many accomplishments, he’s massively responsible for eradicating the second disease in human history. He will be missed. Read: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/12/upshot/lessons-from-the-low-tech-defeat-of-the-guinea-worm-.htm…

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine discusses persistent gaps in women’s health research and key recommendations that would require $16 billion in congressional funding. Learn more from this Medical News article.

JAMA Editor in Chief @kbibbinsdomingo.bsky.social and Deputy Editor @preetimalani.bsky.social give a summary of articles published from December 21-27. ja.ma/4gOwtnW

Because, you know, outside of the humanity of helping others — Diseases TOTALLY stay in a single country or region, so there is clearly NO national benefit to helping other countries’ health response 😳 [sarcasm]

🧪 The NIH’s All of Us Research Program faces a 71% budget cut from FY23, slowing enrollment and data collection. Yet, it has identified 275M+ genetic variants, advancing precision medicine. 🧬💻

Tackling algorithmic bias and promoting transparency in health datasets www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #artificialintelligence #machinelearning #bioinformatics #fairness #bias #transparancy

🧪 @prpayne5.bsky.social @embimd.bsky.social et. al. & the National Academy of Medicine calls for an AI Code of Conduct (AICC) to ensure ethical, transparent, and equitable healthcare innovation. The biomedical informatics community is uniquely positioned to lead this transformative effort. 🩺💻 #MLSky

So true. 💯 #AcademicSky #MedSky

Investments in healthcare AI are soaring, but are we channeling resources effectively? To truly transform healthcare, we must invest in reimagining clinical workflows and equipping our workforce with AI-relevant skills.  www.weforum.org/stories/2024...

A global plastics crisis linked to climate change, fossil fuels and harm to human health calls for healthcare to transition away from single-use plastics. We outline a sociotechnical system transformation approach across the plastics life cycle #Medsky #plastics jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

How can Chief AI Officers lead the charge in making healthcare AI transformative? Their role is essential to ensure trust, ethics, and ultimately, real world benefits for providers, patients, and communities! www.healthcareitnews.com/news/account...

Heading home after productive, informative, and inspiring ASTP/ONC annual meeting in DC. www.astpannualmeeting.com Highlight for me was discussing ongoing advances in realizing #algorithmovigilance on a great panel with Corey Miller from Epic, Sara Murray from UCSF, and Jordan Everson from ASTP.

Congratulations to Dr. Jane Freedman #EditorInChief #CircRes @ahascience.bsky.social on official appointment as #Chair of #VUMC_Medicine & Deputy CEO & Chief Health System Officer 2025! Your visionary #Leadership inspires us all! Excited for the remarkable journey ahead! @vumc-insights.bsky.social

We at Vanderbilt (@vumc-insights.bsky.social) mourn the loss of our friend and colleagues, Informatics and HealthIT leader Dr. Edward Shultz. Our condolences go out to his family and loved ones. news.vumc.org/2024/12/04/v...

@embimd.bsky.social Speaking to the Vanderbilt VAMOS work. Making incredible progress in best practices for Algorithmovigilance (AV) Systems.

BLUESKY MEGA-THREAD Altmetric is thrilled and also LITERALLY RELIEVED to officially announce: We are now tracking research attention as it happens on Bluesky! We have been picking up posts on the site since late Oct. Our team is on Bluesky all day answering questions. Let's get into it!

Perhaps the SINGLE biggest statement for #RSNA24 to embrace @bsky.app was the amazing @erictopol.bsky.social ONLY highlighting his #BlueSky handle on the plenary keynote today. ⭐This moment is one we'll look back at, as transformational in medicine and social media. #MedSky #RadSky

The NIH is amazing. Sure, it could use some tuning-up. Peer review, funding decisions, and priorities could all be improved. But...not at the cost of abandoning high-quality health science. My thoughts are included in this article by @emilyanthes.bsky.social : www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/h...

#Algorithmovigilance!

Viewpoint: To safely integrate #AI into healthcare, healthcare organizations (HCOs) and clinicians must proactively mitigate risks through pre-implementation quality checks, ongoing monitoring, and patient/clinician engagement. https://ja.ma/419xF0h

A timely reminder from @researchamerica.bsky.social 🛟🩺🧪😷 * 88% agree that basic scientific research is necessary & should be supported by the federal govt * 63% are willing to pay $1/wk more in taxes to support health research * 89% say it is impt that the US is a global leader in health research

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