Diagnose Before You Design
Enthusiasm at the demo. Excitement in the pilot. Silence six months later. Two frameworks reveal why healthcare tech fails and what to do before designing solutions.
Design Your Schedule: Building an AI Assistant for Emergency Physicians
Emergency medicine scheduling doesn't have to feel like chaos. I built an AI assistant that understands my constraints and helps me generate optimized QGenda requests each quarter. This post breaks down the tiered priority system and skill architecture.
The Magnetism of Unfinished Work in Academic Medicine
Most of our best ideas live in drafts, not journals. This piece shares what happened when I circulated a rough AI-scribe write-up in our ED—and why making unfinished work visible can quietly transform your academic career.
Teaching Your AI Scribe to See: What I Learned in Three Shifts
Less time documenting. More mental bandwidth for patient care. After three shifts with an AI scribe, I've experienced a fundamental shift in practice. This guide shares practical communication strategies that don't just improve charting—they make you a better physician.
Scaling Innovation: The Compounding Effects of Institutional Culture
Discover how human-centered design transforms communication in medicine, from personal mastery to institutional culture change.
The P3 Framework for Medical Presentations — How Message, Media, and Delivery Multiply to Drive Engagement and Learning
Transform medical presentations with the P3 Framework: Message, Media, and Delivery. Practical steps + worksheet to boost clarity and engagement.
The Five Design Mindsets That Transform Medical Communication
Discover 5 proven mindsets that turn EM presentations into engaging, behavior-changing sessions. Includes a real case study + free quick reference card.
The Art of Conveying Health Information
Stop treating presentations like information transfer. Start designing them for behavior change. Here's how emergency medicine can lead healthcare communication transformation.
How I Use AI to Enhance My Academic Career (Written By An Academic Physician)
Discover how AI tools like ChatGPT transform academic medicine by enhancing productivity, reducing administrative burdens, and fostering innovation. Explore practical AI applications to streamline your academic career.
The Emergency Department: A Safety Net or a Buffer?
Emergency Departments (EDs) are strained, acting as buffers due to patient boarding and system stress. Rethinking the healthcare system, creating resilience and proper slack can alleviate ED burden.
How to Prioritize Writing in the Busy Life of an Academic Emergency Physician
Boost your academic writing as a physician with daily habits. Learn to balance patient care and scholarly work, prioritize quality, and leverage writing accountability groups for success.
The Role of Human Factors in Creating Effective Solutions
Explore the key to success in innovation: the difference between efficacy and effectiveness. Learn about human-centered design and inclusivity in turning great ideas into real-world solutions with inspiring examples from OXO and more.