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Biomedical and Health Informatics

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Vision: Unleashing the potential for electronic biomedical data
and information to advance research and improve health

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CONGRATULATIONS TO SHOMIR CHAUDHURI AND THAI LE!

Congratulations to Shomir Chaudhuri and Thai Le who are presenting a poster at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society and are nominated for best student poster award.  The citation of their poster is: McGough E, Thompson HJ, Le T, Chaudhuri S, Demiris G. Exploring the Relationship between Computerized Measures of Gait and Lower Extremity Function, Balance and Fear of Falling. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012; Volume 60, Issue S4, p. S164.

NEW JOURNAL ARTICLE PUBLICATIONS

Parker Oliver D, Washington K, Demiris G, Wittenberg-Lyles E, Novak H. Problem solving interventions: an opportunity for hospice social workers to better meet caregiver needs.  Journal of Social Work in End of Life and Palliative Care. 2012;8(1):3-9

Wittenberg-Lyles E, Goldsmith J, Demiris G, Parker Oliver D, Stone J. The Impact of Family Communication Patterns on Hospice Family Caregivers: A New Typology. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing 2012;14(1):25-33.

Doorenbos A, Haozous E, Demiris G, Eaton L, Towle C, Kundu A. Role of telehealth/ videoconferencing in managing cancer pain in rural American Indian communities. Psycho-Oncology 2012;21(2):219-23.

CONGRATULATIONS TO STEVE RYSAVY!

Steve Rysavy took his General Exam on Friday, April 20, and his supervisory committee felt he did a brilliant job.  He is also getting married this week.  Please join BHI in congratulating Steve.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ANNE TURNER AND DEBRA REVERE!

A paper that Anne Turner wrote with Debra Revere several years ago has been selected by the Public Health/Health Administration Section (PH/HA) of the Medical Library Association (MLA) to receive the PH/HA Research Award 2012.  Turner, A. M., Stavri, Z., Revere, D., & Altamore, R. (2008). From the ground up: Information needs of nurses in a rural public health department in oregon. Journal of the Medical Library Association : JMLA, 96(4), 335-342. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.96.4.008.  The award will be officially announced at the PH/HA Business Meeting in Seattle on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at the Washington State Convention Center.  Congratulations!

NEW PAPER ACCEPTED FOR PRESENTATION

Cosmin Bejan, Lucy Vanderwende, Mark Wurfel and Meliha Yetisgen-Yildiz. Assessing Pneumonia Identification from Time-Ordered Narrative Reports. Accepted for presentation at Pacific Northwest Regional Workshop (NW-NLP 2012), May 2012, Redmond, WA.