Johns Hopkins researchers are hoping an AI-equipped headset can help lessen the effects of delirium. The headset tracks eye movements with an infrared camera and can send automated and recorded audio messages as well as play music. Clinicians will investigate if such a device can help reduce the duration of delirium, and they will also […]
Congratulations to Dr. Schoenborn for being awarded a pilot award from the National Dementia Workforce Study (NDWS). NDWS is a new data source supported by the NIA to better understand the dementia workforce nationally. This is the first year this new data has been collected and will be shared. Dr. Schoenborn, along with Dr. Green […]
Dr. Quincy Samus and colleagues, Halima Amjad, Vishaldeep Sekhon, Jennifer Wolff, and David Roth used NHATS data linked to Medicare claims to examine hospitalization-related outcomes of people living undiagnosed or unaware of dementia. These groups had longer length of stay and were more likely to be discharged to a facility rather than home. Their outcomes […]
Dr. Schoenborn and her team recently published a paper titled “The effect of conflicting versus consistent messaging on older women’s support for breast cancer screening cessation” in the journal Patient Education and Counseling. They found that messaging about stopping screening can significantly increase older women’s support for screening cessation, with low rates of negative reactions, […]
Dr. Chute has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his “long-standing leadership and innovation in representation of clinical and phenotyping data in computable form.” Adding to this incredible honor, Dr. Chute is also the 2024 recipient of the AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) William W. Stead Award for Thought Leadership […]
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The Leadership Institute is a membership organization established in 1992 which provides a unique opportunity for senior leadership teams from advanced care delivery systems to focus on new issues and problems collectively rather than in isolation. By providing a strategic, deliberative process for members to explore and assess the challenges and requirements of provider delivery […]
The Johns Hopkins Artificial Intelligence and Technology Collaboratory for Aging Research (JH AITC) is proud to have been represented in the Policy Series: Technology in Aging – Artificial Intelligence at the 2024 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA. This session brought together interdisciplinary leaders to discuss the transformative potential of AI […]
Johns Hopkins University faculty members Christopher G. Chute and Jeffrey D. Rothstein are among 100 scholars newly elected to the National Academy of Medicine, announced today during the NAM’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Christopher Chute is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Health Informatics. He also has primary faculty appointments at the Johns Hopkins schools of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing. He is […]
Drs. Mfon Umoh and Esther Oh, along with colleagues from Harvard Medical school, have recently published a review paper on the relationship between delirium and dementia. This review is a part of a special issue of Seminars in Neurology focused on “Altered Mental Status, Encephalopathy, and Delirium.” They summarize recent literature linking these two conditions and […]
