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KL2 scholar finds association between diabetes medication and less severe cases of COVID-19
Published in PLOS ONE, a study led by the University of Minnesota Medical School studied adults with type 2 diabetes who were taking metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes medication. Researchers found an association with less severe…
Changing healthcare one neighbor at a time
The social determinants of health — the conditions in which a person lives, learns, works, and plays — account for 80 percent of health outcomes, but they’re almost never used in medical care.
Meet 10 UMN researchers who are accelerating discoveries toward better health
To celebrate CTSI’s 10th anniversary, we’re highlighting 10 researchers who are fulfilling our mission of accelerating discoveries toward better health.
National dental data repository now available to UMN researchers
University of Minnesota researchers can now access the oral health records of more than 4.3 million consenting patients, thanks to a new data repository.
Multidisciplinary U team successfully pilots healthcare app
Incorporating a patient’s own data
The app is called PRISM, which stands for Patient Reporting and Insight System from Minnesota. The app works to make both doctors and patients’ medical experiences more efficient by allowing users to…
Sharing aggregated EHR data to improve Minnesota’s response to COVID-19
To better inform Minnesota’s response to COVID-19, the majority of the state’s healthcare providers have created the Minnesota EHR COVID Consortium to pool together key statistics about the pandemic.
Now available: COVID-19 patient data for retrospective and observational research
University of Minnesota researchers can now access high-quality COVID-19 patient data for their research, thanks to a new registry from CTSI.
Patients included
The COVID-19 Registry houses the electronic medical records of COVID-19…
CTSI announces informatics leadership updates
CTSI is pleased to announce the appointment of Steve Johnson, PhD, as Scientific Director, CTSI Clinical Informatics Services and Collaborative Science and Gretchen Sieger as Director of Operations, Clinical Informatics Services.
Innovating for COVID-19 clinical care and recovery efforts
Shortly after healthcare system M Health Fairview converted Bethesda into a COVID-19 hospital, they teamed up with CTSI. Together, the partners built a robust infrastructure for COVID-19 research, pursuing innovative ways to engage…
How we're supporting researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Research is the path forward in this global pandemic, and CTSI, like organizations around the world, is committed to accelerating these discoveries.
Here are a few ways we’re supporting the promising research coming from the University…