The Harvard Clinical Informatics Lecture Series (HCILS) provides a forum for clinicians and researchers at HMS and beyond to learn the field of clinical informatics. The series addresses core topics in clinical informatics as outlined by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education as well as cutting edge research being done nationally.
This series is designed to change the way clinicians approach clinical informatics problems and provide them with tools to create more successful intervention.
The seminar intends to provide attendees with the tools to:
- Apply Clinical Informatics principles to solve clinical and operational challenges
- Understand proven informatics tools and techniques
- Critically review informatics evidence
Sessions are held Tuesdays 12–1pm. Check the DBMI Calendar for upcoming sessions and descriptions. If calling in remotely, please take a moment to read our Virtual Etiquette Guide.
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2018-2019 Schedule
Date Speaker Details
Jan. 15 Jonathan Bickel, MD
Assistant in Medicine, Childrens Hospital Primary Care Center, Boston Children's Hospital
Development of Integrated Data Management System
Jan. 22 Amir Kimia, MD
Associate Physician in Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, BCH
Clinician Driven NLP. Applications in Clinical Research and Quality Improvement
Jan. 29 Esteban Gershanik, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Feb. 5 Kathrin Cresswell, PhD
University of Edinburgh
Grand Rounds: Technology Strategy and Health Information Systems Implementation
Feb. 12 TBD
Feb. 19 NO LECTURE - SCHOOL VACATION
Feb. 26 Yuri Quintana, PhD
Director of Global Health Informatics, BIDMC
Gamification in Healthcare
March 5 Scott Weiner, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Research and Innovations
March 12 TBD
March 19 NO LECTURE - HMS SPRING BREAK
March 26 Eric Alper, MD
Professor, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Chief Quality Officer
UMass Memorial Health Care
April 4 TBD
April 9 TBD
April 16 TBD
April 23 Adam Wright, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
April 30 TBD
Past Lectures
Sept.18 Adam Landman, MD, MS
Chief Information Officer, Brigham Health
Physician Burnout and EHRs: Technology as Enabler, Not Impediment
Sept. 25 Jonathan Hron, MD, FAAP
Pediatric Hospitalist and Clinical Informatics Lead for Communication and Education, BCH
Downtime
Oct. 2 Yuri Quintana, PhD
Director of Global Health Informatics, Division of Clinical Informatics, BIDMC
Communities of Practice in Healthcare
Oct. 9 Hojjat Salmasian, MD, PhD
Program Director, Data Science and Evaluation, BWH Quality and Safety, BWH
Unintneded Consequences of AI/ML
Oct. 16 Dan Nigrin, MD, MS
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, BCH
When 'Hacktivists' Target Your Hospital
Oct. 23 William Gordon, MD
Clinical Informatics Fellow, Partners Clinical Informatics & Innovation Fellowship
"Phishing” For Answers: Employee Susceptibility to Phishing Attacks at US Healthcare Institutions
Oct. 30 Lipika Samal, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Risk Stratification in Chronic Kidney Disease: Implementation and Evaluation of
Clinical Decision Support
Nov. 6 NO LECTURE
Nov. 13 Chase Parsons, DO, MBI
Pediatric Hospitalist, Department of Pediatrics, BCH
Clinical Decision Support in a Pediatric Hospital
Nov. 20 NO LECTURE
Nov. 27 NO LECTURE
Dec. 4 Ronald Samuels, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Children's Hospital Primary Care at Longwood, BCH
Pediatric Immunizations: Issues with Health Information Exchange (HIE) and Decision Support
Dec. 11 Amy L. Billett, MD
Director of Safety and Quality, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center
The Clinical Informatician's Guide to Patient Safety
Dec. 18 Journal Club
Colby C. Uptegraft, MD, MPH- Clinical Informatics Fellow, BCH
Lin Shen, MD- Clinical Informatics Fellow, BWH
Dec. 25 NO LECTURE - WINTER HOLIDAY
Jan. 1 NO LECTURE - WINTER HOLIDAY
Jan. 8 Sarah Kadish, MSE, Vice President of Quality & Patient Safety, DFCI
Implementation to Optimization: A Tailored, Data-Driven Approach to
Improve Provider Efficiency and Confidence in Use of the Electronic Medical Record