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2024 Health Informatics Annual Retreat

It was great to see the Health Informatics students, faculty and staff for our annual retreat! Our theme "Health AI Assurance and Trust" was a big hit!Special thanks to our guest speakers and panelists:
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UMN receives $53.9 million to advance health research

CTSI received $53.9 million in National Institutes of Health funding.
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IHI Receives Seven Years of Accreditation

IHI Master’s Degree Program initial accreditation is for seven years.
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Changing healthcare one neighbor at a time

We’re on a mission to improve health outcomes by factoring social determinants of health into the care approach. When non-medical needs are identified and addressed early on, it improves both clinical care and quality of life.-Dr. David…
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Smart Community Health

David Haynes really enjoyed being at the State Fair and allowing Minnesotans to see and use his new technology, Smart Community Health. Fairgoers were able to use a demo version of the application and provided him with some valuable…
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Leveraging Technology to Improve Health

Assistant Professor David Haynes of the University’s Institute for Health Informatics is trained as a health geographer. Through geographic information science—or GIScience—Haynes uses big data to analyze geographic information and spatial…
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IHI Adds 4 New Affiliate Faculty Members

The Institute for Health Informatics is excited to announce the appointment of four new Affiliate Faculty members: Dr. Margy McCullough-Hicks, Dr. Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia, Dr. Peter B. Kang and Dr. Christina Pacak. They will join an…
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Using technology to improve community health

Assistant Professor David Haynes is preparing for a late-May pilot stage of a new app to improve community health by using mobile technology to connect community members to community organizations and health resources. Read more…