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TDP 158: UPMC's CMIO Dr. Rob Bart: What CMIOs Can Learn From Working at Health IT Vendors, Reducing Bias with AI, and Building Context-Aware Decision Support

January 6, 2025
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On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Rob Bart, Chief Medical Information Officer at UPMC, about "What CMIOs Can Learn From Working at Health IT Vendors, Reducing Bias with AI, Building Context-Aware Decision Support and more..." Click the play button to listen or read the show notes below.

Audio:

Guest(s):

  • Dr. Rob Bart, Chief Medical Information Officer at UPMC
  • Dr. Joshua Liu (@joshuapliu), Co-founder & CEO at SeamlessMD

Episode 158 - Show Notes:

[00:00:07] Episode preview

[00:03:07] The Journey from Pediatrics to Informatics Leadership

[00:08:49] Optionality in Medicine: Why an MD Opened More Doors

[00:11:06] From Cerner to UPMC: Lessons Learned on Both Sides of the Table

[00:20:43] Incubating Innovation at UPMC

[00:23:22] AI for Operational Efficiency

[00:26:37] AI’s Role in Reducing Bias in Healthcare

[00:35:08] Making Decision Support Context-Aware

[00:41:23] Balancing Innovation with Equity

[00:43:29] Integrating Digital and Traditional Care Pathways

Fast 5 Lightning Round:

  1. Favorite Book or Book You’ve Gifted the Most:
    The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
  2. Person Dead or Alive You’d Love to Meet:
    Ian Fleming.
  3. Super strength, super speed, or mind reading:
    Mind reading... but if I can't turn it off then super speed.
  4. Something in Healthcare You Believe in That Others Might Find Insane:
    There’s more art than science in healthcare.
  5. Last Film/TV Show:
    Lioness

TDP 158: UPMC's CMIO Dr. Rob Bart: What CMIOs Can Learn From Working at Health IT Vendors, Reducing Bias with AI, and Building Context-Aware Decision Support

Posted by:
seamless
on
January 6, 2025

Subscribe on: RSS | SPOTIFY | APPLE PODCAST | GOOGLE | BREAKER | ANCHOR

On this episode of The Digital Patient, Dr. Joshua Liu, Co-founder & CEO of SeamlessMD, and marketing colleague, Alan Sardana, chat with Dr. Rob Bart, Chief Medical Information Officer at UPMC, about "What CMIOs Can Learn From Working at Health IT Vendors, Reducing Bias with AI, Building Context-Aware Decision Support and more..." Click the play button to listen or read the show notes below.

Audio:

Guest(s):

  • Dr. Rob Bart, Chief Medical Information Officer at UPMC
  • Dr. Joshua Liu (@joshuapliu), Co-founder & CEO at SeamlessMD

Episode 158 - Show Notes:

[00:00:07] Episode preview

[00:03:07] The Journey from Pediatrics to Informatics Leadership

[00:08:49] Optionality in Medicine: Why an MD Opened More Doors

[00:11:06] From Cerner to UPMC: Lessons Learned on Both Sides of the Table

[00:20:43] Incubating Innovation at UPMC

[00:23:22] AI for Operational Efficiency

[00:26:37] AI’s Role in Reducing Bias in Healthcare

[00:35:08] Making Decision Support Context-Aware

[00:41:23] Balancing Innovation with Equity

[00:43:29] Integrating Digital and Traditional Care Pathways

Fast 5 Lightning Round:

  1. Favorite Book or Book You’ve Gifted the Most:
    The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.
  2. Person Dead or Alive You’d Love to Meet:
    Ian Fleming.
  3. Super strength, super speed, or mind reading:
    Mind reading... but if I can't turn it off then super speed.
  4. Something in Healthcare You Believe in That Others Might Find Insane:
    There’s more art than science in healthcare.
  5. Last Film/TV Show:
    Lioness

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