Research by UAMS Clinical Informatics Fellowship alumna Lori Wong, M.D., MPH, on the impact of electronic health record (EHR) system upgrades on physicians has been published in the October issue of Applied Clinical Informatics Open. Dr. Wong is the first author on the paper, “The Impact of an Organization-Wide Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Upgrade […]
CI Fellowship News
Clinical Informatics Fellows, Faculty Contribute to National Pediatric Health IT Standards
Fellows and faculty from the UAMS/Arkansas Children’s Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program helped develop and test a new pediatric health IT certification program for electronic health records (EHR), in partnership with industry and experts from across the nation. The Drummond Group LLC announced its new Pediatric Health IT Certification Program on Oct. 4. Drummond created the […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Sees Honors, Presentations at MIS Summit
Researchers from the UAMS/ACH Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program received recognition and presented research at the MIS Virtual Summit, an international meeting for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) research. The Medical Intelligence Society (MIS) Virtual Summit was held online July 29-30. Then-senior fellow, now faculty member, Daniel Liu, M.D., and Program Director Feliciano “Pele” […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Graduate Dr. Wong Joins University of Southern California
Lori Wong, M.D., MPH, has accepted a position at the University of Southern California (USC) as a Data Innovation Clinical Informatician. Dr. Wong is a 2022 graduate of the UAMS Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program. She published several papers and gave multiple presentations during her time with the two-year fellowship program. She is moving into a […]
Clinical Informatics Fellows Train with Peers at Epic
Nadim Nicolas Ghanem, M.D., (UAMS) and Azriel Stinson, D.O., (Arkansas Children’s) are among a group of new Clinical Informatics fellows from across the nation training together this week at Epic software’s training center in Verona, Wisc. The group took Epic’s Notecraft course online last week and are meeting in-person this week for the Physician Builder […]
Drs. Wooldridge, Liu Join Clinical Informatics Fellowship Faculty
Daniel Liu, M.D., and Jacob Wooldridge, M.D., have joined the faculty of the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program, housed in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI). Both are 2022 alumni of the fellowship program. Dr. Liu is an assistant professor of pediatrics and biomedical informatics. His research interests include machine learning and data analytics. His senior research […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Welcomes New Fellows
The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program welcomed its new fellows for the ’22-’23 academic year in July. Azriel Stinson, D.O., joins the fellowship program after completing a pediatrics residency at Geisinger Health System in Danville, Penn. He will train at Arkansas Children’s Hospital, working closely with fellowship Program Director Dr. Pele Yu, Jr. Nicolas Nadim Ghanem, […]
Clinical Informatics Fellow Dr. Wong Publishes 2 Papers
Graduating senior fellow Lori Wong, M.D., MPH, has published two papers of original research in informatics as the first author in peer-reviewed journals. “Elective Operations Delay and Emergency Department Visits and Inpatient Admissions During COVID-19” has been published in Surgery in Practice and Science. “Covid-19 Positivity Differences Among Patients of a Rural, Southern US State […]
Clinical Informatics Fellowship Celebrates First Graduating Class
The Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program graduated its first class in June 2022. Daniel Liu, M.D.; Lori Wong, M.D., MPH; and Jacob Wooldridge, M.D., made up the first graduating class. The program is the first Clinical Informatics Fellowship in Arkansas and one of about 50 nationwide. Its application was approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate […]
Pharmacogenomics Research Featured in Arkansas Medical News
Dr. Pele Yu’s pharmacogenomics work, bringing precision medicine to Arkansas Children’s Hospital at the intersection of pharmacology and genomics, is featured in Arkansas Medical News. Dr. Yu is director of the Clinical Informatics (CI) Fellowship Program, a pediatrician, Chief Medical Information Officer at Arkansas Children’s, and a professor of Pediatrics, Biomedical Informatics, and Public Health […]