EHR – Page 2 – The Undiscovered Country

Shouldiscreen.com is a great example of “there are more smart people who don’t work for you than who do.”

July 10, 2019July 5, 2020 by CT Lin, posted in Informatics/EHR, Innovation

https://shouldiscreen.com/ Sometimes our patients push us into our discomfort zone. Thanks to one of my long-time patients, who, as a former smoker, wanted to discuss the risks and benefits of low-dose CT scan Lung Cancer Screening. She had heard of this opportunity at her employer, and wanted to see if I could get her set … Continue reading Shouldiscreen.com is a great example of “there are more smart people who don’t work for you than who do.”

CHIME’s CMIO Leadership Academy in Ojai. Listen and learn.

July 3, 2019July 5, 2020 by CT Lin, posted in Informatics/EHR

http://chimecentral.org/mediaposts/cmio-leadership-academy-2019-images Thanks to George Reynolds and those organizing CHIME's recent Leadership Academy for existing and upcoming CMIO's. I enjoyed teaching this year with other co-faculty like Brian Patty, Natalie Pageler, Cindy Kuelbs, George, Howard Landa, Keith Fraidenburg and David Butler. The topics we covered in our Academy over 2 days included such CMIO best hits … Continue reading CHIME’s CMIO Leadership Academy in Ojai. Listen and learn.

Innovation partnerships at UCHealth (Healthfinch)

July 2, 2019July 5, 2020 by CT Lin, posted in Informatics/EHR, Innovation

Tracy Sawyer, RN Our UCHealth Care Innovation Center is dedicated to implementing partnerships with companies that improve and simplify our work. Our most recent example is our partnership with Healthfinch to improve prescription renewals, by assessing the data in the electronic health record, presenting it to nurses and pharmacists on a centralized prescription renewal team … Continue reading Innovation partnerships at UCHealth (Healthfinch)

Showing Rx Co-Pay Cost at time of Prescribing, in the EHR (info transparency!)

June 26, 2019July 5, 2020 by CT Lin, posted in Informatics/EHR, Innovation

Sometimes you work hard, and cool things happen. UCHealth is partnering with RxRevu, makers of SwiftRx, an EHR-embedded tool that shows prescribing doctors the co-pay cost of patient medications AT THE TIME OF PRESCRIBING! We believe we're one of the first in the country to do this successfully. Yes, at the time of prescribing. NOT … Continue reading Showing Rx Co-Pay Cost at time of Prescribing, in the EHR (info transparency!)

EHR Sprint Optimization Executive Summary – using Stories, Images AND Data to change minds

June 19, 2019July 5, 2020 by CT Lin, posted in Communication, Informatics/EHR, Innovation

Many of you know that in my role as CMIO at UCHealth, I've stepped in my share of potholes. My Failure Resume is replete with examples (eg: my 16 year journey to implementing Open Notes). Having studied the Open Notes phenomenon back in 2000 and published in 2003, it was a big disappointment when, after … Continue reading EHR Sprint Optimization Executive Summary – using Stories, Images AND Data to change minds

New PIGlet? Or, interested in medical informatics? How to start…

May 29, 2019September 7, 2022 by CT Lin, posted in Informatics/EHR, PIG-let (informatics newbies)

Piglet: ie a New PIG (physician informatics group member) Are you a PIGlet? Someone interested in the field of medical informatics? One of our newest informaticists coined the term PIGlet (Physician Informatics Group member). Cute. Increasingly I'm meeting with medical students, medical residents and now physicians as well as allied health persons (nurses, physical therapists) … Continue reading New PIGlet? Or, interested in medical informatics? How to start…

I Can See Clearly That My Sprain is Gone – Ukulele parody (and an XGM talk)

May 15, 2019July 5, 2020 by CT Lin, posted in Informatics/EHR, My Talks, Ukulele parody songs

Author along with co-conspirator Peter Sachs MD. Neither can sing. We (Dr. Peter Sachs, Vice Chair of Radiology at UCHealth, and I) recently had the pleasure of presenting our recent quality improvement work at Epic's XGM (eXpert's Group Meeting) in Verona, WI this week. In brief, we created and turned on the ability for patients … Continue reading I Can See Clearly That My Sprain is Gone – Ukulele parody (and an XGM talk)

What is a Yottabyte, and How Do You Treat It? (a talk)

April 24, 2019September 7, 2022 by CT Lin, posted in Informatics/EHR, My Talks, PIG-let (informatics newbies)

https://youtu.be/OReBJIbYAfU I gave a keynote speech late last year at Technology Awareness Day, hosted by the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus about Big Data, Tech acceleration, and Artificial Intelligence, as applied to healthcare. I enjoy making my colleagues uncomfortable. How long will doctors have jobs? Will the AI eliminate internal medicine doctors? If Watson … Continue reading What is a Yottabyte, and How Do You Treat It? (a talk)

Denver Regional Clinical Informatics Summit (and ukulele) – second annual, hosted at UCHealth

March 13, 2019July 5, 2020 by CT Lin, posted in Informatics/EHR, Ukulele parody songs

https://youtu.be/NwA7spjS1zM https://youtu.be/xfaJbZ-Tmdw Okay, so you're probably here for the Informatics knowledge, but too bad, we'll lead with ukulele. Thanks to Dave Beuther for writing us a world-premiere song parody of Grace Vanderwaal's "I don't know my name" ultimately winning America's Got Talent a couple years ago (meaning Grace, not Dave). I'm really grateful to our … Continue reading Denver Regional Clinical Informatics Summit (and ukulele) – second annual, hosted at UCHealth