Dr. Hillary Lum https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885392418310479 Thanks to Dr. Lum for her persistence and clarity of purpose. She led a team of physician leaders and IT staffers through a complex process, resulting in a first-of-its-kind online tool: The ability for patients to complete their Advance Care Planning and upload the results using an EHR (electronic health record) … Continue reading Letting patients file their Advance Care Planning (Advance Directives) online via Patient Portal (Hillary Lum et al)
Tag: Innovation
Arborealization and the Ping Pong Robot (from Omron)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXyKLDNzGGI OMRON's ping pong robot is a demonstration Interesting. OMRON, maker of the blood pressure measuring device that I recommend to patients, is moving into human-augmenting AI. Purely as a demonstration project to showcase technologies, they built a Ping Pong robot that will play with you to: Rally with youAssess your ping pong skillAssess your … Continue reading Arborealization and the Ping Pong Robot (from Omron)!
Holy Geez! Storm surge animation takes imaging to the next level
https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/ We are living in a wondrous time. Read this WIRED article about how the Weather channel very quietly deployed a brand new imaging technology to very viscerally depict Storm Surge data in a way that WILL GET FOLKS OUT OF THE FLOOD ZONE. Some do not leave because there is a lack of understanding … Continue reading Holy Geez! Storm surge animation takes imaging to the next level
Open notes in a Resident clinic: research study results
Research study paper is here: http://ow.ly/6eY530jYZJy We're published! Thanks to co-authors Bradley Crotty MD, Corey Lyons MD, and Matthew Moles MD, we helped a multi-health system collaborative to study the idea of Open Notes in primary care residencies (family medicine and internal medicine at University of Colorado Health system), with research findings above. Ultimately there … Continue reading Open notes in a Resident clinic: research study results
Where does creativity come from?*
"Where does creativity come from? We don't know but we are certain that it doesn't come from our laptops" --John Cleese Thank you, Sir Cleese. I have enjoyed your movies, your quips, your oeuvre, and even the way you say "oeuvre." And now, you give talks on creativity. In my readings, I must agree, working … Continue reading Where does creativity come from?*
Augmented Reality: the Homecourt app on iPhone XS: wow!
https://www.si.com/tech-media/2018/09/12/steve-nash-homecourt-app-apple-event-iphone-xs-camera-watch-shot-tracker More whiz-bang tech. The latest iPhone now supports more augmented reality, by allowing the app access to a video stream of someone practicing shooting hoops and giving feedback in REAL TIME as to the spots from which shots are attempted and made. In other words, AI now auto-processes video that used to take hours … Continue reading Augmented Reality: the Homecourt app on iPhone XS: wow!
CT Lin MD, CMIO and his views on world domination (news, Becker)
Kidding. Not kidding. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/crucial-skills-for-aspiring-cmios-q-a-with-uchealth-s-cmio-dr-c-t-lin.html Further thoughts about Becker's Hospital review for interviewing me and talking about my role as CMIO. I have enjoyed their series on CMIO's, and our collective vision: Clinicians, in the care of patients in an increasingly complex world Technologists, who whisper to the Ghost in the Machine Leaders, who learn (some … Continue reading CT Lin MD, CMIO and his views on world domination (news, Becker)
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