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Dr. Harry Jacobson, MD
Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
Vanderbilt University
Initially, the Vanderbilt Center for
Better Health will focus on leveraging
and exporting Vanderbilt's unique
ability to (1) bring together clinical
and biomedical informatics
professionals to create new
interactions between
people,
process and technology in the
healthcare setting; and
(2) combine
these strengths with
an expertise in organizational change
to rapidly and
effectively deploy new approaches.
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Vanderbilt is home to world-class capabilities in medicine/care delivery,
nursing, medical training, biomedical informatics, change management,
learning processes, law, business, engineering and technology/start-up
incubation.
Vanderbilt's capabilities include
· Leadership in the new science of biomedical informatics; our
capabilities
and track record demonstrate the value we can bring to the agenda
for
transformation
· Experience as a test-bed environment; we can clearly demonstrate
the
value of our solutions and tools, because we use them ourselves
· Our unique approach to business modeling and implementation of
technology; the Rapid Advance Methodology can be applied to a variety
of needs and challenges to achieve breakthrough results quickly
· Our integrated approach to research, solution development, and
knowledge transfer; our staff and researchers focus on practical,
relevant solutions to provide immediate value
· Our Innovation Center and integrated tools and methods; we help
organizations quickly design and implement effective changes which
can be executed Our vendor neutral, not-for-profit status
· Our only agenda is improvement
Vanderbilt’s capabilities and experience in biomedical informatics
are being leveraged by the VCBH to drive value
We have a critical mass of intellectual horsepower
· 17 full time faculty
· Department status in the School of Medicine
· PhD, MS, MD/MS, fellowship programs
We are organized to put research into practice
· Operational infrastructure is applied laboratory for faculty
and trainees
· Enterprise information architecture permits management of information
assets separately from systems that automate process
· Planning process supports transformational change
We deliver results
· Suite of informatics-enabled tools (electronic patient chart,
physician
order entry and decision support, evidence-based guidelines) with
adoption rates that are among the highest in the world
· VUMC developed and implemented an electronic patient chart across
the medical center in under a year for less than $500K.
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