It’s the 20th anniversary of The Tale of Despareux by Kate DiCamillo, and this is a book the world needs. I regularly wonder how much of...

Digital health and informatics sit at the intersection of humans, healthcare, information, and technology, and working in this...

If you were going to launch a new medical school to teach students how to leverage technology in healthcare, how would you do it? The...

Being in Pittsburgh where I started my academic career got me thinking about what I've accomplished--and not. Coming to Melbourne was a...

Before I get into that... I am in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania right now, where we lived for 10 years (2000-2010) on a business trip that...

In particular, generative AI using large language models. They are on everyone’s mind, and papers and talks abound to help us think about...

I switched from my blog to Slack in hopes we could have more frequent and interactive communications. But I declare it a failure. Please...

Let me take you on a whirlwind tour of the past week, which was overflowing with social interactions that included some of Australian and...

The LHS Academy fellows shone last week as they shared their accomplishments and learnings from the last year at a symposium in Melbourne...

I made a bold claim recently that you may want to challenge: AI is not going to transform healthcare in the near future. My research for...

I was reminded at AMIA how going to a conference brings a mixed set of emotions: excitement at the cutting edge research and envy that I...

Kit presented the Vaiditron Sandbox at AMIA and it was as impressive as you would hope for and expect of Kit. He was the only one in the...

I met with a few folks from Stanford University while I was in Palo Alto on my way to DC for the American Medical Informatics Association...

I made banana bread yesterday to celebrate the 4th adoption anniversary of our husky/malamute Gorm (see here for his namesake--he is in...

We have probably all seen diagrams that indicate the drivers of health like this one with the clear message that clinical care plays a...

I took my first Australian holiday last week and had a magnificent time--I'm refreshed and ready for the busy week ahead. Because I spent...

A learner in the first cohort of our Applied Learning Health Systems course asked what differentiates a learning health system from other...

In staff meeting last week, we introduced our initial vision for the next iteration of the Centre for Digital Health (CDTH) 2.0. CDTH 1.0...

In September 2019, I spoke at the Health Informatics New Zealand (HINZ) conference, and I entered a cardboard house with a smart fridge...

Kara, Mahima, and Simone led an amazing symposium and workshop on digital health equity, with over 120 people attending the symposium...