Thoughts on a Career in Digital Health and Informatics… Would I Do It Again?
I’m frequently approached by medical students, residents, and fellows interested in careers in informatics and digital health. I love...
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Jun 16, 2020
Top Five Takeaways and Themes From ADA2020 80th Scientific Sessions… Virtually
ADA’s 80th Scientific Session wrapped up today, and there was a lot of ground covered, despite the fact that we all watched from our...
May 24, 2020
#MyInformaticsProfile
In honor of the AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference last week, I worked with my colleague, Dr. Anobel Odisho, to develop something we’re...
May 24, 2020
My Top Healthcare and Health Tech Books
As we head into summer amidst shelter-in-place, if you’re looking for some great reading related to healthcare and health technology,...
Feb 16, 2019
Continuous Glucose Monitoring: What It Means for the Definition of Diabetes
I recently published a Commentary on CNBC about the future of glucose tracking using continuous glucose monitors. Here is the link –...
Sep 24, 2018
Diabetes Technology in 2018
Linking here to two resources I published recently: First, my presentation at the April 2018 UCSF Diabetes CME course. Here are those...
Mar 12, 2018
HIMSS 2018
Another HIMSS conference is in the books. Amidst the craziness that HIMSS can be, it is always a pleasure to spend time running into...
Dec 22, 2017
Smart Insulin Pens are here… finally.
The first “smart” insulin pen has finally hit the market. This is a big moment for diabetes care, as the digital toolbox expands. (I...
Dec 22, 2017
Health systems cannot rely on individuals to be our HIE
John Halamka’s blog had a guest blogger, Amy Stiner, who related her story of a tortuous, difficult, painful path of getting her son’s...
Aug 31, 2017
HealthCare Innovators Podcast: Patient-Generated Health Data
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Travis Good, MD, MBA, Co-Founder and CEO at Datica to discuss emerging trends in the use...
Apr 15, 2017
Doximity Dialer
Sometimes simple is the best. I recently tried a new smartphone app – Doximity Dialer – that is just that. I have been so struck by it...
Mar 13, 2016
Could voice control of the EHR improve physician efficiency and satisfaction?
Farhad Manjoo, the NYTimes tech reviewer, wrote a story this week about the Amazon Echo, a device for the home using the Amazon Alexa...
Mar 13, 2016
The Case for a Patient-Centered EHR: My Dad (full post at Medscape.com)
In the 10 years since my father was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, he has accumulated thousands of lab results, hundreds of physician...
Oct 7, 2015
What’s the Health IT Buzzword of 2015? (Full post at Medscape.com)
Note: This is an excerpt from my first column at Medscape.com. While walking my dog one recent evening, I listened to a podcast in which...
Sep 8, 2015
Can 3D Sculpture Help Patients ‘Grasp’ Diabetes Data? (Full post at Medscape.com)
Note: This is an excerpt from my most recent column at Medscape.com (full post at Medscape). Recently, I was given a first look at a...
Jan 23, 2015
The Four Key Features of EHR Integration: Move Beyond “Data Dumping”
A rapidly growing number of health innovations such as mobile apps, diagnostic tools, and sensors are being developed with a focus on...
Nov 12, 2014
A Lesson In Clinical Decision Support: We Cannot Defeat Human Nature
Our UCSF Clinical Informatics group met a few months ago with several representatives from a major Health IT vendor. The vendor, we’ll...
Nov 5, 2014
“But who is going to pay for it?!” — New Medicare Billing Codes for 2015 Include R
“But who is going to pay for it?!” This has been the common refrain for years. The world of diabetes care experienced this dilemma...
Sep 19, 2014
What I Learned At Epic UGM… And Other Random Thoughts
Epic’s User Group Meeting (UGM) is a Healthcare Conference The Epic EHR is so ingrained in healthcare now that the UGM conference is...
Jan 23, 2014
The Most Important Digital Health App of 2013: Now THIS is a Learning Healthcare System
The Most Important Digital Health App of 2013: Bugs and Drugs In a year that saw consumer-facing digital health app after consumer-facing...
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