Welcome to the Division of Medical Informatics at KU Medical Center

Updates

Want to swim in Big Data? We are seeking summer interns

The Division of Medical Informatics, in the Department of Biostatistics, at the University of Kansas Medical seeks highly motivated individuals with a passion for software development, scientific discovery, and improving healthcare.  We are offering ...

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HERON: Big Hill release adds home medications, other medication orders, and expands UHC data

The Big Hill release adds support for home medications and expands UHC coverage. Previously, we only had medications that are dispensed by the hospital pharmacy; now, you'll be able to see

• medications that the patient reports taking at home (so ...

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See Cornell Lab of Ornitology's Great Blue Heron Nest Web Cam!

We are very excited as one of our mascots, the Great Blue Heron, is currently in nesting season. Cornell has a terrific web cam

 http://www.allaboutbirds.org/page.aspx?pid=2433

HERON El Dorado Release incorporates searching by MSDRG and LOS

This release includes hospital quality measures (UHC) data integration which enhances search capabilities by introducing new concepts, such as length of stay and MSDRG. 109K UHC observations from the November 2010 - November 2011 are included in this ...

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We are recruiting for a Research Assistant Professor in Medical Informatics

Position Summary This Research Assistant Professor Faculty position is in the Division of Medical Informatics, Department of Biostatistics, within the School of Medicine.

The division of medical informatics seeks highly motivated individuals with ...

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KUBMIPresentations includes materials and used to communicate our mission.

Our work in progress includes:

• HERON healthcare enterprise repository
• CRIS Comprehensive Research Information System powered by Velos
• REDCap REDCap at KUMC
• RequestTracking place for notes on using REDCap for request tracking (CTSA, ADC, HERON)
• EnterpriseAnalytics?
  • TEAL data warehouse
• CTSA meetings for the section and background discussions prior to funding
• NetworkInnovation High Speed Network Innovation.
  •  KUMC and the Google Fiber Initiative for KC
• ADC informatics meetings for the Alzheimers Disease Core Center
• KHPA_HIE Discussions regarding HITECH Act, Health Information Exchange, and its implications for Kansas Medicaid (managed by the Kansas Health Policy Authority).
• DevTools software development tools, tips, and resources
  • HeronLoad
  • HeronAdminDev
  • Using I2B2
• Preliminary research for collaborators

The Division of Medical Informatics is part of the  Department of Biostatistics.

Other informatics efforts at the University of Kansas include:

•  The Center for Health Informatics in Kansas City
•  The Center for Bioinformatics in Lawrence
•  The K-INBRE Bioinformatics Core in Lawrence
•  ITTC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Laboratory in Lawrence
•  Smith IDDRC in Kansas City
•  Biodiversity Informatics at Lawrence

For a good introduction to biomedical informatics, we recommend the National Library of Medicine's Course:  Medical Informatics.