I am a huge fan of Kpop, and of Kpop Demon Hunters specifically. Read the interview with EJAE. I very much align with her Asian-American vibe and insights. So cool for a colleague's success and for the American melting-pot. And the song and movie: excellent as well.

This is very much on my mind as we race to embrace our newest AI assistants. If we outsource more and more of our tasks and thinking, does that make us duller? Yes and no, depending on ...

I love questions like this, that don't make sense, then then slowly start to make sense, and then draw you into the math and science and ... woop! There's an answer to the question.

This is the beginning of the beginning. Teachers are starting to create generative AI that helps students learn, and NOT do the actual assignment. Imagine a chatbot where a student can ask questions outside of the classroom to understand concepts or ask it to critique initial writing. I like this very much. There is something here for medical residents and medical students, and indeed even practicing physicians. Tweaking the relationship between the AI assistant and the human is our hard work to come.

One of the great pleasures in life is to catch people in a moment of joyful surprise. My schtick is ukulele EHR parody songs when people don't expect it. Here are two: ChatGPT, sung to Sweet Caroline, about AI draft replies to patients, chart summaries and ambient notes. Then, EHR Wonderland, about Abridge and ambient note experience. OK, strictly speaking, only one is a holiday song parody, but who's counting. Happy holidays!

The story continues. Our EHR, partnered with Epic predictive AI model among other predictive tools have reduced sepsis mortality by 1000 fewer deaths per year compared to our baseline, as we find and treat sepsis earlier with reconfigured teamwork in addition to improved detection tools. Another tale of the Psycho-80: 80% of a project's success is about the psycho-socio-political skills of the people and 20% of the success is due to technology. Grateful for smart colleagues and partners. (image, our fearless informatics leaders, analysts and trainers having a well-deserved meal after another EHR implementation day)

I don't often cite other blogs, but this is a worthwhile quick read about changing patient behaviors. Wonderful story about a physicians failure with a patient and the lessons he draws from using a calcium score to try to get a patient to change. Did not go well. And I will change how I think about this as a result.

Engineers have simulated an Easter Island Moai and demonstrated that the easiest way to transport a Moai, the many-ton stone statues, is by WALKING THEM.

There is a new category of origami folding and researchers think it can revolutionize solar panels or other technology going to space by folding down flat in rockets.