Music continues to be a theme in my life. I especially enjoy musical theater and one of my top 20 shows is Aida.  A favorite song is “A Step Too […]

Busy is how most of us would describe our everyday lives. I have a running list of “To Do’s” and it seems like for every task marked off as completed, […]

At this point in my life, many individuals I know have been touched by cancer in one way or another. Since March is colorectal cancer month, this seemed like an […]

This week’s AI Talk… Breakthrough Technologies This week, MIT Technology Review released 10 breakthrough technologies for 2020. An interesting list and there are a few that focus on health: Hyper-personalized […]

What does “severe” mean? I know this sounds like a specious question, but it provides a window into the complex world of clinical documentation. As a palliative care physician, Dr. […]

Since my last blog, the novel coronavirus continues to be a daily top story from all news sources. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it to be a public […]

For me, 2013 was a great year. It was also an awful year. What made it great? I met my wife Lauren that year. Why was it awful? I unexpectedly […]

There are many questions healthcare leaders across the Gulf are asking when exploring health system reimbursement options, including “What are the available innovative reimbursement models?”, “How to define successful reforms?” […]

We introduced the Women in AMIA Leadership Program in an earlier blog, and would like to provide an update. We’ve worked hard preparing for the first face-to-face meeting, held in […]

This week’s AI Talk… Guides to building AI systems AI-based solutions and systems are popping up all around us. How does one ensure these systems are effective? Useful? Safe? Ethical? […]

Happy New Year and welcome to 2020! A new year brings new opportunities to start fresh, create new goals and, for medical coders, it means an abundance of new CPT […]

This week’s AI Talk… Out of sheer coincidence, I ran across a number of articles related to the use of robots in a variety of settings. It is interesting to […]