IU-based startup commercializes software to improve quality of care for pediatric patients

Dr. Stephen Downs and Tammy Dugan founded Digital Health Solutions LLC to commercialize software called CHICA, or Child Health Improvement through Computer Automation.

John Lechleiter, retired Eli Lilly and Co. CEO, awarded IU President's Medal for Excellence

The medal is the highest honor an IU president can bestow. It is a reproduction in silver of the symbolic jewel of office worn by Indiana University's president at ceremonial occasions.

Expanding throughout Indiana, OPTIMISTIC study tests new CMS payment model

Over the next four years, the nursing homes that participated in the OPTIMISTIC study are implementing new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services payment model which incentivizes nursing facilities, as well as their medical staffs, to provide higher levels of care on site rather than sending residents to the hospital.

African-American veterans in mental health care are not as activated as White veterans

A new study provides evidence that male and female African-American veterans receiving outpatient mental health services are not as activated - meaning they don't have the knowledge, skills and confidence to manage their health and health care - as White veterans.

IU consortium creates new seminar series on religion and ethics

The Consortium for the Study of Religion, Ethics and Society at Indiana University has launched its inaugural round of Religion and Ethics Seminars, a yearlong series of faculty-led seminars taking place on a number of IU campuses.

IU researchers develop new therapy to help brain injury patients with emotion processing

Drug testing standards for hemorrhagic stroke inadequately met, unevenly applied

Cocaine and amphetamine use are linked to a higher risk of intracerebral hemorrhage, but guidelines recommending drug screening for those stroke patients often aren't followed.

Pocket guide published to help rapidly meet mental health needs of older adults

A new pocket guide to elder mental health has been written with the purpose of rapidly teaching all health care professionals the basics of diagnosing and treating mental health disorders in individuals over age 65.