My Talks

Invited talks that I've given.

Grok-board: the 2025 update (instantly empathize and understand the EHR)

By CT Lin | October 1, 2025

As tech accelerates, I wonder what has AI done for me lately? Sure it writes my notes, but does it really help me “grok” this patient? Here is my updated Grok-board design take for EHR’s.

Talk and Ukulele: Redesigning Daily Workflow with Digital Tools to Improve Clinician Wellbeing by CT Lin

By CT Lin | September 10, 2025

How’s your summer going? Here’s a talk I gave recently to the Indiana Hospital Association on our current work with generative AI. Yes, it is tough to keep up with the tech acceleration. Optimists and pessimists, there is room for both.

Epic UGM 2025 FOMO generator, #final. PIGlet Book Club aftermath! And new ukulele song: The Times They Are a’Changin’

By CT Lin | August 21, 2025

Thanks to the hundreds of attendees, we now have a Wisdom of Crowds idea about skills and books to recommend to newbie informaticists. Take a look! Also, a world premiere ukulele song!

Upcoming UGM 2025 talk: Grow your own PIGlets – and a new ukulele song parody

By CT Lin | August 6, 2025

Grow your own PIGlets! A book club and 1-year curriculum to train newbie informaticists. Come for talk, stay for the ukulele. We will also be polling the audience for their best recommended books, so come back for the crowd-sourced compilation!

How to give a talk (advanced) CT Lin’s version 2025. Closing. Part 4 of 4

By CT Lin | July 2, 2025

OK, you’ve told a story, you’ve fixed your visuals, you can stand and hold the stage, how do you tie up and finish? Finally, let’s be both great scientists and innovators AND ALSO great communicators.

How to give a talk – advanced. By CT Lin. Presenting. Part 3 of 4

By CT Lin | June 25, 2025

OK your slides are done, how do you actually stand up there and do the thing in front of a dozen, a hundred, maybe a thousand people? OMG.

How to give a talk (advanced) CT Lin’s version 2025. Visuals. Part 2 of 4

By CT Lin | June 18, 2025

More lessons on how to talk good #2. Polluting the channels.

How to give a talk (advanced) CT Lin’s version 2025. The Arc. Part 1 of 4

By CT Lin | June 11, 2025

Everyone thinks they know how to give a powerpoint talk. Everyone is wrong. Only I do. =and if you believe that…!=. Part 1 of 4

Sepsis, AI and the Centaur. Also a discussion of Automation Complacency at iPractise (CTL talk)

By CT Lin | March 19, 2025

I-PrACTISE – Improving Primary Care Through Industrial and Systems Engineering Thanks to Dr. Beasley at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s lecture series iPractise:Improving Primary Care Through Industrial and Systems Engineering (I-PrACTISE) I enjoyed speaking with the thoughtful group of clinicians, engineers. See the website above, my talk was on 3/14/25 and use the password on that … Continue reading “Sepsis, AI and the Centaur. Also a discussion of Automation Complacency at iPractise (CTL talk)”

Digital Health Most Wired 10 awardees (UCHealth-Colorado, our 5th year!)

By CT Lin | November 20, 2024

CHIME (College of Healthcare Information Management Executives) Fall Forum was this past week. They award the DHMW: Digital Health Most Wired awards. Also, CT gave one of his talks … what ukulele song did he play? #CHIMEfallforum #InformaticsFTW #MostWired10 #CHIME24 #CIOs-and-CMIOs-can-be-friends

CHIME Fall Forum 2024: Elite Exchange. CT Lin and his Failure Resumé

By CT Lin | October 11, 2024

Ever wondered about CT’s biggest failures? At CHIME 2024 Fall Forum, be prepared to come and laugh at CT’s expense. And then learn how to write your own failure resumé, embracing your own vulnerability. Let’s build a fault-tolerant future together.

A Systematic Approach to Reducing EHR Inbox Burden (Steps Forward AMA)

By CT Lin | August 7, 2024

Don’t you wish there were a step-by-step guide to fixing that darn Inbasket problem for your burned out EHR colleagues and for yourself? Surprise! Here you go. #AMAstepsforward

AI transparency by using Nutrition Facts as an example

By CT Lin | July 3, 2024

We are all struggling with information transparency as we build and deploy AI models in healthcare. How did you build that? How can I trust it? Why should I trust you? Maybe the FDA nutrition label can teach us something.

Predictive and Generative AI: Lessons from a talk I’ll be giving…CT Lin

By CT Lin | May 23, 2024

Ever wanted to deconstruct what CT is thinking? Here’s your chance. CT’s anxieties and lessons about predictive AI and generative AI, the last slide of one of his current talks, up to date as of 5/23/2024. Out of date tomorrow. And some books he read to Steal Like an Artist.

Keynote: Unpacking the Practical Impacts of Generative AI, with CT Lin (interview: This Week Health)

By CT Lin | May 8, 2024

My latest podcast Keynote interview with This Week Health, with Bill Russell. We cover Generative AI and host of other surprising success factors.

Epic man, singing about immediate release of results, covers Anticipatory Guidance.

By CT Lin | November 28, 2023

Immediate release of test results, discussed with a radiologist audience: a pro and con debate. What could go wrong? And, of course, the ukulele.

Podcast with me, CT Lin and John Lynn: CIO Podcast

By CT Lin | November 8, 2023

Now, without further ado, we’re excited to share with you the next episode of the CIO Podcast by Healthcare IT Today.

I’m speaking at CHIME Fall Forum: the pre-course on informatics AND the main forum

By CT Lin | November 1, 2023

Come for the Informatics discussion, stay for the ukulele. Or don’t. Topics: Big Data / AI in practical use; Blowing up the Classroom for EHR Training; Inbasket Hyperobject: what is that, exactly? And can we deconstruct it?

Incremental Healthcare (Dr Nick Van Terheyden) Audio Podcast with CT Lin

By CT Lin | November 1, 2023

An audio podcast of EHR trends including AI chatbots, shiny new objects, and boring old governance.

I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that (updated big data and AI talk for 2023) given at CSO HIMSS Ohio

By CT Lin | October 21, 2023

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