MedStar Health Blog

MedStar Health is participating in a pragmatic trial led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital to understand the heart- and kidney-protective benefits of type 2 diabetes medications.    Diabetes ...

Our research, which has received a catalyst award from the National Academy of Medicine, will develop and validate an AI-powered home visit tool to help clinicians connect homebound patients with soc...

Our research, published in Applied Clinical Informatics, examined the prevalence of negative descriptors in patient records and whether these were associated with adverse maternal outcomes.   Wh...

A study by the Department of Emergency Medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, and others validates an AI-based tool that analyzes an mRNA signature to improve the specificity of sepsis diagn...

MHRI research now underway uses both data science and structured interviews to explore barriers to treatment for people with spinal muscular atrophy.    Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a r...

As part of a collaborative effort, our researchers developed and validated a statistical model to determine a patient’s risk of heart failure or cardiomyopathy following breast cancer treatment...