A visionary physician leader has been appointed CHOC Children’s chief intelligence and innovation officer. Dr. Anthony Chang helped establish in 2013 the Sharon Disney Lund Medical Intelligence and Innovations Institute (MI3) at CHOC, bringing together physicians, researchers and others, across multiple disciplines, to promote innovations in diagnoses and treatments for children. MI3 also focuses on artificial intelligence […]
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CHOC Earns International Award For Information Technology
HIMSS Analytics awarded CHOC Children’s Hospital with a Stage 7 Award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption ModelSM (EMRAM), which is used to track electronic health record (EHR) progress at hospitals and health systems. HIMSS Analytics developed the EMR Adoption Model in 2005 as a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact […]
Innovator Spotlight – Sharief Taraman
Sharief Taraman MD, DABPN, DABPM, FAAP linkedin.com/in/drtaraman How has your background in informatics and innovation impacted your day-to-day interactions with patients in the Neurology clinic? Having a background in informatics and innovation makes it so that you’re always looking at ways to improve things within healthcare. Healthcare is complicated, and there are all kinds of barriers to […]
Researcher Profile: Dr. Carl R. Weinert
Dr. Weinert’s research interests include developing effective, minimally invasive treatment alternatives for benign bone tumors and bone cysts, designing new surgical instruments for improving the treatment of fractures, especially elbow fractures, and advancing the treatment of clubfoot and other congenital foot deformities.
CHOC Children’s Hospital Awarded Coveted 2014 Leapfrog Top Hospital Distinction
(ORANGE, Calif. Dec. 2, 2014) — The Leapfrog Group has named CHOC Children’s Hospital to its annual list of Top Hospitals. An elite distinction awarded to hospitals nationwide for demonstrating excellence in hospital safety and quality through the Leapfrog Hospital Survey, the Leapfrog Top Hospital award is given to less than seven percent of all […]
Researcher Profile: Dr. John A. Schlechter
Dr. Schlechter is an advocate for ACL injury prevention, including the value of allowing young athletes time to recover after an injury before they return to their sport, and neuromuscular training programs that protect the ACL as the athlete runs, jumps and pivots.
