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.
Tag: Innovation
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
Ukulele parody: Everyone Knows its Becky
https://youtu.be/qtLpro1jpaY Thanks to the medical informatics division at UC San Diego Health for hosting me at their informatics seminar series. I gave a talk about our efforts on improving physician well-being and reducing burnout (see previous blog posts on Sprints and Practice Transformation). Sometimes, I travel with my ukulele. Sometimes, I sing at the end … Continue reading Ukulele parody: Everyone Knows its Becky
GROK Board: how to instantly understand what’s important about a patient
Thanks to my University of Colorado School of Medicine colleague Steve Ross MD who challenged me to think about how we improve the clinician experience in EHR's. Yes, we are all worried about Physician Burnout, and about the EHR Burden, and bemoan how difficult it is to assemble all the important pieces of data about … Continue reading GROK Board: how to instantly understand what’s important about a patient
AAMC report on UCHealth Sprint (news)
https://news.aamc.org/patient-care/article/reducing-stress-electronic-health-records/ More news about our EHR 2.0 Sprint efforts; we're getting some attention from around the country and it is gratifying on several levels: 1) that organizations are taking Physician Burnout seriously and 2) that our efforts at concretely moving the needle on EHR burden and Physician Burnout are getting some attention nationally. Certainly our internal clinics … Continue reading AAMC report on UCHealth Sprint (news)
Coursera: Yale’s “Science of Well-Being”
Dr. Laurie Santos, Yale U. Here we are again, learning from a MOOC (massive, open, online course). This time, I read an article by the NYTimes regarding Laurie Santo's massively popular Yale course for undergraduates called Psychology and the Good Life. It was apparently, the most popular course at Yale, ever. So, it was … Continue reading Coursera: Yale’s “Science of Well-Being”
Book Chapter on OpenNotes for Older Patients
So happy that my book chapter is now in print! Thanks to the John A. Hartford Foundation and Terry Fuller, the book's indefatigable editor for shepherding this project to completion over the past year. Even more importantly, thanks to my lovely wife Esther Langmack for her many (many) red-inked editorial 'suggestions' which turned my tortured … Continue reading Book Chapter on OpenNotes for Older Patients