From the Regenstrief Institute website: Regenstrief Institute, Inc., an internationally recognized informatics and healthcare research organization, is dedicated to the improvement of health through research that enhances the quality and cost-effectiveness of healthcare. Established in 1969 by philanthropist Sam Regenstrief on the campus of the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, the Institute is [...]
Archive for April, 2011
IU Life Sciences Collaboration Conference May 13 to focus on Health Information Technology
Posted on April 26th, 2011 | By David Gard
Health Information Technology: Indiana’s Role In The Development Of A National Model Proponents have argued that the full utilization of electronic health records will serve to improve patient care, increase patient safety, and simplify compliance and regulation of the US healthcare system and save money. All this may occur if the roadblocks to success are [...]
What Drives an Academic Entrepreneur?
Posted on April 25th, 2011 | By David Gard
Interesting new research recently summarized in The New York Academy of Sciences Magazine: “As the developed world continues its slow climb out of the financial crisis, policymakers and companies increasingly look to research universities to generate new ideas and to contribute to innovation and economic development. Academic entrepreneurship—the formation of companies based on intellectual property generated [...]
Connect with IU: Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research (CAEPR)
Posted on April 13th, 2011 | By Bill Stephan
From the Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research (CAEPR) website: The overarching purpose of the Center for Applied Economics and Policy Research (CAEPR) is to enhance the intellectual environment in the Department of Economics by hosting short-term visitors to the department, bringing together faculty at IU-Bloomington who share research interests, issuing working papers by [...]
