Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP

Dr. David Butler received his first electronic in-basket message from a patient in 2005. It came as a surprise at the time. This was well before the beginning of what […]

Explore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in alleviating administrative burdens and addressing clinician burnout, as well as the concept of ambient documentation in health care, in a Becker’s Healthcare […]

The release of ChatGPT has ignited dueling flames of excitement and concern regarding the potential of artificial intelligence (AI). Will AI end humanity, or is it going to save the […]

In the U.S. health care system, we now have many more surgical procedures being performed in the outpatient setting than even a decade ago. The push to migrate certain procedures […]

Technology and the mounting artificial intelligence (AI) explosion are going to automate a long list of tasks, freeing up time for physicians. The big question then is what should physicians […]

The burnout epidemic among health workers has become front-page news. It took a while, but here we are speaking openly about a problem that has drained our health care workforce […]

The health innovation world has started the year off with a bang. A new year means new technologies and, in this macroeconomic environment, new deals, new acquisitions, consolidations, and other […]

I sat down with 3M Health Information Systems Chief Medical Officer of Clinician Solutions Dr. Travis Bias to discuss what capture to code really means and how technology should help […]

How do physicians find the information they need to make decisions in the electronic health record (EHR)? How does the EHR organize information – narrative and more discrete data elements […]

Kicking off a new year provides the opportunity to take stock of our current station. The health care system, rather than returning to our pre-pandemic state after almost three years […]

As health care technology and clinical documentation requirements become more complex, health systems must find ways to enable physicians to maintain a high level of quality in their documentation, while […]

Leaders of all health care organizations consistently have one thing at the top of their minds: health workforce retention and burnout. A recent McKinsey report warns that by 2025 the […]

Can you share the most interesting or most exciting story that has happened to you since you began at your company?  One of my favorite things to do is to […]

In February 2020, less than one percent of all patient-physician visits were conducted via telemedicine. Within about six weeks, 32 percent thanks to the initial COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home orders. Health […]

Three years after my family medicine residency, I was burned out. I didn’t admit to that label at the time, but I wasn’t sleeping well and even had occasional palpitations. […]

It is an honor to co-host the Inside Angle podcast alongside Dr. Melissa Clarke. In our first episode, we introduced ourselves to the Inside Angle community. And now, it is […]

We’re so excited to welcome our new Inside Angle podcast hosts! Dr. Melissa Clarke is the senior medical director for health care transformation and health equity, and Dr. Travis Bias […]

I had the opportunity to talk with Peter Birch of Talking HealthTech about all things clinician burnout. What causes it? How do we talk about it? What is the role […]

I sat down with Dr. Travis Bias, family medicine physician and medical director of clinician solutions at 3M Health Information Systems, to discuss his recent article tackling physician burnout, and […]

A recent Health Affairs study of “zero burnout” primary care practices found that satisfaction with the electronic health record (EHR) was not a determinant of clinician burnout level. This is […]

“Almost any time we allow the life support systems of our planet or society to be commodified, it drives other breakdowns.” – Tristan Harris There is a tremendous amount of […]

When I was a young primary care physician, all I wanted was more time to spend with my patients. Each day felt rushed, prodded by the fee-for-service system that incentivized […]

The central mission of many health start-ups is explicit: to “disrupt” the status quo in the U.S. health care system. But when disruptions hijack the attention of health workers, it […]

The value of community health workers (CHWs) is finally being recognized here in the U.S. This cadre works to approximate and glue together the pieces of our fragmented health care […]

Fragmented systems lead to fragmented pandemic responses. Or that’s what I took from this Lancet piece published recently.  The opportunities to improve the U.S. public health and health care systems […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed and magnified some nonsensical elements that drive health care delivery in the U.S. One of the most glaring is the method by which primary care […]

The topic of burnout is all the rage lately. Whole conferences are designed to combat it and it is at the center of debates among healthcare delivery leaders nationwide. Its […]

A recent Politico piece on the implementation of Epic in Denmark highlighted some key areas where the American-grown electronic health record (EHR) was simply “lost in translation” in the Scandinavian […]

A culture of patient safety built over the past twenty years is encountering roadblocks. Policies and recent events that defy both research and initiatives geared towards strengthening healthcare safety, whether […]