Clinical Informatics Lecture Series

Dana A. Schinasi, MD, MSHI

Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

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Dana Aronson Schinasi, MD MSHI is an attending physician in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine.  She is the Chief Medical Informatics Officer and Medical Director of Digital Health at Lurie Children's Hospital. In these roles, she is responsible for leading the clinical, quality, education, research, and advocacy initiatives at the intersection of clinical care and technology, to eliminate inefficiencies, optimize safety and quality of care delivery, and enhance user experience. She works collaboratively with Information Management leadership to oversee strategy, policy development, organization, education, and direction for all institutional digital health activities. Dr. Schinasi has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and given many national and international presentations on digital health topics.  

Dr. Schinasi received her undergraduate degrees in Economics and Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan, where she went on to obtain her Medical Degree. She completed a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Chicago, followed by a fellowship in Pediatric Emergency Medicine at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, during which time she completed a certificate program in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania. While on faculty, she completed the Executive Fellowship in Innovation Health Leadership at the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Most recently, she completed a master’s in Health Informatics at Northwestern University, with a Health Administration Informatics specialization. 

Trials and Tribulations of Data Conversion: Case Studies from an Enterprise EHR transition

Jonathan Hron, MD 

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Dr. Hron attended medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and completed his residency in the Boston Combined Residency Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. He continued on as a Chief Resident at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he began practicing Clinical Informatics. As a faculty member he has devoted his career to improving systems of care through the implementation of information technology, including electronic health records, HIPAA compliant text communication systems, telehealth and artificial intelligence. He is a staunch advocate for data driven decision making in clinical informatics as well as the secondary use of clinical data for research and quality improvement. In 2015 he co-founded the Boston Children’s Hospital Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, one of the first ACGME approved pediatric Clinical Informatics training programs in the country. Clinically, Dr. Hron cares for hospitalized patients on the general pediatrics and complex care services at Boston Children's.