The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has appointed Joseph Sanford, M.D., as director of the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation (IDHI).
Dr. Sanford is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Biomedical Informatics and is UAMS site director for the Department of Biomedical Informatic’s Clinical Informatics Fellowship.
Sanford has been on the forefront of digital health and clinical informatics initiatives for UAMS and Arkansas in recent years, serving as interim director of IDHI since last August, succeeding founding director Curtis Lowery, M.D. Sanford’s expertise has been applied in telehealth initiatives relating to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the development of the statewide UAMS Health system.