Thanks to Becker's for interviewing me and posting our conversation: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/crucial-skills-for-aspiring-cmios-q-a-with-uchealth-s-cmio-dr-c-t-lin.html Some back story for my role as CMIO: I began as the "chief complainer" back in 1998 or so... It has been a long journey over the past 20 years. I used to think "informatics" was about designing computer screens and the colors and … Continue reading Interview with Becker’s Hospital Review (CT Lin on the CMIO role)
Tag: Informatics training
Dept of Medicine Innovation talk (video) on EHR Sprints
http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/colleges/medicalschool/departments/medicine/Pages/RIC-09-20-2018-Lin.aspx Recently I gave a talk for the Department of Medicine Innovation and Research seminars at the Anschutz Medical Campus for University of Colorado's School of Medicine. I spoke about one of my favorite topics, some of which I have discussed in these blog pages: Reducing the EHR burden and improving physician burnout with EHR … Continue reading Dept of Medicine Innovation talk (video) on EHR Sprints
White paper: the Future of EHRs (National Symposium at Stanford)
I had the privilege recently of being invited to a national symposium hosted by Stanford Medicine and Dean Lloyd Minor, sporting numerous EHR clinical experts, informaticists, vendors and other thought leaders. See the resulting white paper (caution, in addition to expert opinions, there are quotes from me): http://med.stanford.edu/content/dam/sm/ehr/documents/SM-EHR-White-Papers_v12.pdf CMIO's take? I found it an invigorating, … Continue reading White paper: the Future of EHRs (National Symposium at Stanford)
Reducing Physician Burnout using an Agile team (EHR 2.0 Sprints), Guest Post by Brian Redig
A little over a year ago, CT Lin, CMIO at UCHealth asked “How might we reduce physician burnout associated with the use of the electronic health record?” as part of an initiative he coined EHR2.0. Through collaboration with Physician Informatics, Epic Certified Analysts, and Trainers, the optimization sprint pilot was quickly out of the starting … Continue reading Reducing Physician Burnout using an Agile team (EHR 2.0 Sprints), Guest Post by Brian Redig
NYTimes: Talking about Failure is Crucial for Growth
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/17/smarter-living/talking-about-failure-is-crucial-for-growth-heres-how-to-do-it-right.html This is great, and timely, and something I want all my readers, my colleagues, my family to read. I need to read this again, too. This NYTimes article is about vulnerability, and the human condition, and ME not being embarrassed when (yet another) presentation or project, or idea that I have goes down the … Continue reading NYTimes: Talking about Failure is Crucial for Growth
We are Physician Builders (ukulele EHR parody)
https://youtu.be/aBGzvScV55I Here we are at #ugm2018 Epic's annual User Group Meeting. We're at our first Directors' Advisory Council session with over 600 attendees, and we discussed our governance approach to Physician Builders and how we overcame internal resistance to the idea that Physicians could do a good job creating new designs, templates, smart tools, and … Continue reading We are Physician Builders (ukulele EHR parody)
Complex Adaptive Coalitions (NYTimes), and personal sanity
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/26/opinion/political-parties-climate.html I just spent some time on the phone with an informatics colleague going through a particularly tough time with an EHR replacement and upgrade. Some bad things had happened at the organization: a major visionary physician leader had quit, a department chair had assumed control and was tightening the control on "physician productivity". Furthermore, … Continue reading Complex Adaptive Coalitions (NYTimes), and personal sanity
Talk to the Hand (11 seconds, seriously?) and 3 tools to FIX THIS PROBLEM.
Our smart colleagues have published in JGIM (Journal of General Internal Medicine) and have updated the classic study: how long does it take for a doctor to interrupt the patient at the beginning of the interview, when patients begin their opening statement about "why I am here today." https://www.springer.com/gp/about-springer/media/research-news/all-english-research-news/wait--just-a-second--is-your-doctor-listening-/15963052 In years past, we found that … Continue reading Talk to the Hand (11 seconds, seriously?) and 3 tools to FIX THIS PROBLEM.
How can the Triple Aim help patients? Here’s how.
My father (hi Dad!) recently was diagnosed with an incidentaloma. In medical speak, that is an "incidental" (or, unintended) finding on an imaging study conducted for an entirely different reason. His physician found an ascending aortic aneurysm of a certain size, on CT scan of the chest. Dad was interested in finding a vascular surgeon … Continue reading How can the Triple Aim help patients? Here’s how.
Patient Knowledge and Experience is the largest untapped resource in healthcare
Yes, I firmly believe this. We are starting to mine our EHR data. We can begin to see prescribing patterns, and how they affect patient vital signs (blood pressures, heart rates, pulse ox). We can look at aspirin prescriptions in patients with coronary disease. We can look at steroid inhaler prescriptions in patients with persistent … Continue reading Patient Knowledge and Experience is the largest untapped resource in healthcare