In this episode, Clara Lin, MD, Associate Vice President & Chief Medical Information Officer at Seattle Children’s, discusses her background & transition into her current role, her focus on leveraging Ai to ease the burden on clinicians, how she's thinking about growth and adding value to Seattle Children’s, and more. Want to network with peers and hear more conversations like this? Apply to be one of our complimentary guest reviewers at our upcoming HIT + Digital Health + RCM Meeting Oct, 3-6 2023 here.
Summary
Learn from Seattle Children’s CMIO on Leveraging AI to Ease Clinician Burden
Background of Clara Lin, MD
Clara Lin, MD, Associate Vice President & Chief Medical Information Officer at Seattle Children’s, has been in her role for about a year. Previously, she practiced as an internal medicine/pediatrics physician at UCLA for almost 8 years. As the CMIO, she experiences the collaboration between other healthcare leaders, which has broadened her perspective on how decisions made for the EHR can impact the organization as a whole.
Leveraging AI to Ease Clinician Burden
One of Dr. Lin’s main focuses is clinician wellness and the intersection between artificial intelligence and healthcare. She believes that the competition between tech giants to create AI-assisted tools is speeding up development, which is exciting for users. Dr. Lin understands how important it is to have team-based care and sees the value teams bring to healthcare, such as referral coordinators who help configure out patient messages.
Growth and Adding Value to Seattle Children’s
Dr. Lin discusses the importance of team-based care, investment in clinician wellness, and primary care as a way to improve healthcare equity. She views her role as CMIO as approaching problems in a clinical fashion, with an emphasis on data-gathering and risk assessment. She is looking forward to using artificial intelligence and machine learning to help diagnose and solve problems.
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This episode aired on 05/03/2023 and can be listened here.
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