Specialty deep dive

Clinical Informatics: who to follow

The people who sit between the clinic and the record system. Follow them for the unglamorous detail that decides whether a rollout works.

John Halamka

John Halamka, MD, MS

Clinical Informatics

President of Mayo Clinic Platform, Mayo Clinic

Updates and insights on global digital health standards, artificial intelligence validation in clinical practice, and the future of healthcare platforms from a prominent industry expert.

Artificial Intelligence / Digital Transformation / Interoperability

Best for: IT professionals and executives in healthcare

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Christopher Longhurst, MD, MS

Clinical Informatics

Chief Medical and Chief Digital Officer, UC San Diego Health

Real-world insights on implementing digital health initiatives, artificial intelligence governance, and electronic health record optimization in an academic medical center environment.

Digital Health / EHR Optimization / Clinical AI

Best for: Clinical leaders implementing digital tools

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Adam Landman, MD, MS, MIS

Clinical Informatics

Chief Information Officer, Mass General Brigham

Insights into the strategy and execution of large-scale clinical information systems, emerging digital tools, and health IT security within a premier health system.

Digital Health Innovation / Information Technology / Emergency Medicine

Best for: Health IT executives and system designers

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William Hersh, MD

Clinical Informatics

Professor of Medical Informatics, Oregon Health & Science University

Deep insights into informatics education, literature curation, and the evolving competencies required for the next generation of healthcare technology professionals.

Medical Informatics / Informatics Education / Information Retrieval

Best for: Students and academic informatics professionals

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Chief Medical and Chief Digital Officer, UC San Diego Health

Readers gain insights into health system digital transformation, practical EHR implementations, and the intersection of clinical quality with cutting-edge technology.

Digital Health / EHR Optimization / Pediatric Informatics

Best for: Healthcare executives and digital health developers.

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CT Lin, MD

Clinical Informatics

Chief Medical Information Officer, UCHealth

Practical, often humorous commentary on improving electronic health records, addressing clinical burnout, and designing intuitive patient-facing portal experiences.

EHR Design / Physician Burnout / Patient Portals

Best for: CMIOs and electronic health record builders

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Peter Embí, MD, MS

Clinical Informatics

Chair of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Academic and clinical insights into how health systems learn from data, evaluate artificial intelligence safely, and translate biomedical research into bed-side tools.

Biomedical Informatics / Learning Health Systems / AI Evaluation

Best for: Academic researchers and biomedical informaticians

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Dr. Ashish Atreja, MD, MPH

Clinical Informatics

Chief Information and Digital Health Officer, UC Davis Health

Shares pioneering work on prescribing digital therapeutics, scaling remote patient monitoring platforms, and building digital medicine ecosystems across health networks.

Digital Therapeutics / Remote Patient Monitoring / Digital Medicine

Best for: Digital health entrepreneurs and health system innovators.

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Steven Lane, MD, MPH

Clinical Informatics

Chief Medical Officer, Health Gorilla

Expert perspectives on national data exchange standards, interoperability regulations, and how seamless patient data access improves primary care delivery.

Interoperability / Health Information Exchange / Primary Care

Best for: Developers and policy advocates in interoperability

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Dr. William Hersh, MD

Clinical Informatics

Professor and Chair of Medical Informatics, Oregon Health & Science University

Offers comprehensive educational resources, updates on clinical informatics training programs, and critical analysis of trends in biomedical data science.

Informatics Education / Information Retrieval / Data Science

Best for: Students and academic informatics researchers.

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Margaret Lozovatsky, MD

Clinical Informatics

Vice President of Digital Health Innovations, American Medical Association

Thought leadership on national digital health policy, strategies to reduce EHR administrative burdens, and advocacy efforts supporting clinical workflow efficiency.

Digital Health / Clinical Informatics / Physician Wellness

Best for: Advocates for clinical workflow improvement

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Dr. CT Lin, MD

Clinical Informatics

Chief Medical Information Officer, UCHealth

Provides highly practical and humorous perspectives on improving electronic health record usability, reducing clinical burnout, and designing intuitive patient-facing technologies.

EHR Usability / Physician Burnout / Patient Portals

Best for: CMIOs and clinical IT analysts.

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Dr. Peter Embí, MD, MS

Clinical Informatics

Chair of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Explains how to integrate clinical research within healthcare delivery systems using advanced informatics, learning health networks, and artificial intelligence.

Learning Health Systems / AI in Medicine / Clinical Research Informatics

Best for: Researchers and clinical trial technologists.

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Dr. Sameer Badlani, MD, FACP

Clinical Informatics

Chief Information and Digital Officer, M Health Fairview

Provides strategic guidance on enterprise-level IT transformation, clinical AI deployment, and the integration of technology with human-centered care models.

Healthcare Leadership / Enterprise Digital Transformation / Clinical AI

Best for: Chief Information Officers and healthcare leaders.

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Dr. Steven Lane, MD, MPH

Clinical Informatics

Chief Medical Officer, Health Gorilla

Provides clear, expert commentary on national health data interoperability, TEFCA standards, and the practical challenges of exchanging health information.

Interoperability / TEFCA / Health Information Exchange

Best for: Health policy professionals and interoperability engineers.

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Patricia Dykes, RN, PhD

Clinical Informatics

Program Director for Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Deep, research-backed insights into clinical decision support design, nursing informatics, and digital tools created to prevent patient falls and adverse hospital events.

Nursing Informatics / Patient Safety / Clinical Decision Support

Best for: Nursing informaticists and patient safety officers

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Dr. Jonathan Chen, MD, PhD

Clinical Informatics

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

Blends rigorous computer science research with real-world internal medicine practice to analyze how artificial intelligence can assist clinical decision-making.

Artificial Intelligence / Clinical Decision Making / Electronic Health Records

Best for: AI researchers and practicing physicians.

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Dr. Natalie Pageler, MD, MEd

Clinical Informatics

Chief Medical Information Officer, Stanford Medicine Children's Health

Delivers key insights on pediatric-specific informatics, clinical decision support systems, and the integration of digital health into pediatric specialty care.

Pediatric Informatics / Clinical Decision Support / Digital Transformation

Best for: Pediatricians and clinical decision support engineers.

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Dr. Titus Schleyer, DMD, PhD

Clinical Informatics

Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Indiana University School of Medicine

Offers a unique focus on dental and oral health informatics alongside general clinical informatics, emphasizing electronic health record usability.

Dental Informatics / EHR Usability / Precision Medicine

Best for: Dental professionals and biomedical informatics students.

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