TOPICS OF EXPERTISE
- Clinical Health IT (Decision Support, Workflow, Patient Safety/Quality)
- Consumerism and Patient/Consumer Engagement
- EHRs
- Executive Leadership
- Future of Healthcare IT
- Internet of Things
- Systems and Systems Integration (Ambulatory, Clinical and Ancillary, Financial and Business, Medical Device Integration)
CMIO, UCHealth
Denver, CO
CT Lin, MD is CMIO at UCHealth, a seven-hospital, 400-clinic system in the Rocky Mountain region. In 2016, UCHealth achieved HIMSS Stage 7, indicating highest achievement in EHR effectiveness.
He is board-certified in internal medicine and clinical informatics. He sees primary care internal medicine patients and also facilitates workshops on physician-patient communication for students, residents and practicing physicians. His national publications and talks include: physician adoption of IT, EHR usability, Big data and analytics, Medicine in the age of Facebook and patient online communication and access to records with Open Test Results and OpenNotes. His national awards include “Healthcare IT innovator” and “Electronic Physician of the Year.” He leads a team of 20 physician informaticians. “Our vision: We improve physician and team happiness and effectiveness by building world-class relationships and innovative tools.”