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Craig Joseph, MD
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Was a doctor who was geeky. Now a geek who is doctory. Chief Medical Officer at Nordic Global. Co-author of "Designing for Health: The Human-Centered Approach." Tottenham supporter. #COYS #informatics #healthIT #DigitalHealth #medsky
Talked with Dr. Eve Cunningham (Cadence CMO) about cutting through vaporware to scale RPM that truly integrates with the #EHR, reduces inbox load, and improves CHF/HTN management. Clinician-led design + governance + sustainable economics > pilots. #MedSky
Designing for Health: Interview with Eve Cunningham, MD [Podcast]
Explore healthcare innovation and leadership with Dr. Eve Cunningham as she discusses technology integration, remote patient monitoring, and clinician-led advancements in modern care delivery.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Insight ≠ action. Health dashboards like Function Health assume numbers drive behavior, but motivation fades fast. Design for the tiny window when users might act: make next steps immediate, frictionless, and behaviorally smart. #MedSky buff.ly/FlllpVz
How a behavioral scientist would design Function Health
🎬 TL;DR: WATCH THE VIDEO (click above) for the full teardown with actionable examples.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Clinician burnout is a patient safety risk. Thoughtful AI can ease cognitive load, streamline documentation, and improve outcomes, but only with transparency, governance, and clinician input. Make AI a teammate, not a disruptor. #MedSky
Can AI be a teammate? Human-centered strategies for health IT leaders
Discover how AI and automation can alleviate clinician burnout, enhance patient safety, and streamline healthcare workflows through human-centered technology strategies.
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November 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Designing EHRs for a mythical “average doctor” fails every time. Personas -- real, research-based profiles -- make workflows smarter, reduce alert fatigue, and improve adoption. Stop guessing; start designing for real people. #MedSky
Stop designing for everyone: How personas improve healthcare technology
Learn how personas improve EHR configuration by focusing on real user needs, enhancing efficiency, and reducing clinician frustration in healthcare technology design.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EHRs shouldn’t be “done to you.” In my chat with Dr. Will Morris, we explored how ambient AI can reduce burnout, improve data accuracy, and preserve clinical reasoning. Tech must amplify judgment, not replace it. Listen wherever fine podcasts are downloaded. #MedSky
Designing for Health: Interview with Will Morris [Podcast]
Discover how integrating clinical expertise with technology can revolutionize healthcare. Listen to insights from Will Morris, MD on the evolution of EHRs and AI in medical education.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As always, a booth crawl with Jayne HIStalk, MD is an educational experience. I highly recommend it! Thanks, Dr. Jayne!
Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 10/27/25 – HIStalk
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October 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Cybersecurity is now a clinical issue. Legacy identity systems are failing, and impersonation attacks are rising. CLEAR + Nordic’s identity-first approach secures access, streamlines ops, and improves patient experience. Time to upgrade. #MedSky buff.ly/e5T3n6D
How identity-first security strengthens healthcare cyber defense
Learn how identity-first security can revolutionize healthcare cybersecurity, enhance patient safety, and improve operational efficiency through the partnership of CLEAR and Nordic.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Digital health spend is steady or rising, with health plans and systems leading the charge. AI is mainstream, but execs want proof of ROI and outcomes. Performance-based contracts are in, but satisfaction is not. Value and measurable impact are non-negotiable. #MedSky
2025 State of Digital Health Purchasing
Purchasers remain committed to digital health but demand evidence of measurable outcomes. This survey reveals their priorities and future plans.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Providence’s remote patient care program for chronic disease improved BP control, GDMT use in heart failure, and reduced costs—without adding to clinician burnout. EHR integration, AI, and NP-led teams were key. Time to scale what works. #MedSky
Scaling Remote Patient Care: The Mechanics of a Paradigm Shift in Chronic Disease Management
A health system’s integration of comprehensive remote patient monitoring through a partnership with a specialized remote care delivery program is associated with improved clinical outcomes and redu...
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October 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Unintentional design in healthcare isn’t just inefficient; it’s harmful. Greg Aukerman and I explore how layout, onboarding, and device ecosystems impact healing. Fix the relationship, not just the device. Listen wherever fine podcasts are downloaded. #MedSky buff.ly/DH3htaG
Designing for Health: Interview with Greg Aukerman [Podcast]
Discover how intentional design can transform healthcare environments for better patient and caregiver experiences, featuring insights from Greg Aukerman and Dr. Craig Joseph on the Designing for…
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October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Dr. Mitesh Patel argues that video may be the next major leap for AI in healthcare, just as it was for self-driving cars. Text gave AI knowledge, voice gave interaction, and video can give understanding. The decade ahead may redefine how care is delivered and analyzed. #MedSky buff.ly/UnF05j5
What Self-Driving Cars Can Teach Us About the Future of AI in Medicine
Video is the richest signal yet — and potentially the next great leap for AI in medicine
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October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Healthcare partnerships aren’t driven by quality metrics alone. Execs weigh trust, reputation, value, and strategic alignment more than HEDIS or CAHPS scores. “Quality” is relational as much as it is clinical; ignore that at your peril. #MedSky
How Stakeholder Perceptions of Quality Shape Healthcare Transactions: Insights from Key Decision-Makers Across the Ecosystem
This study found that healthcare executives base partnership decisions less on formal quality metrics and more on perceived value, trust, reputation, and strategic alignment. While quality measures like HEDIS and CAHPS are used, they’re rarely the decisive factor in initiating, sustaining, or ending relationships. In short, “quality” in healthcare transactions is as much about perception and alignment as it is about performance data.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Clinicians who skip well-being surveys are often the ones most at risk: lower productivity and 5–10× higher turnover than respondents. Survey data alone underestimates workforce distress; leaders must pair it with objective metrics. #MedSky
Who’s Not Talking? Nonresponse Bias in Healthcare Employee Well-Being Surveys
We found that clinicians who don’t respond to organizational well-being surveys are more likely to have lower productivity and significantly higher turnover rates than those who do. Specifically, nonresponding physicians were 5 times more likely to leave, and nonresponding advanced practice providers were nearly 10 times more likely to leave their jobs. This shows that relying on survey results alone can seriously underestimate workforce distress, since the highest-risk individuals often don’t participate at all.
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October 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Babies don’t text, but EHRs act like they do. I explain why assigning phone numbers to infants breaks adolescent privacy and how age-aware contact design fixes it. Safety starts with smarter data. #MedSky
Babies aren’t born with cell phones; your EHR didn’t get the memo.
Discover how hospitals can transform EHR practices for pediatric care, enhancing patient safety, confidentiality, and operational efficiency through age-aware and relationship-specific data…
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October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Slack’s AI rollout is a case study in failed adoption: no clear benefit, no action prompt, and no recovery from failure. Healthcare execs, take note: AI success depends on behavior design, not just tech deployment. #MedSky
Slack AI: What product teams can learn from one banner
One message, three lessons in the psychology of feature adoption
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October 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Personas ≠ fluff. Done right, they’re clinical decision support for design, grounded in real user data, not stereotypes. If your #EHR redesign is based on vibes, not workflows, you’re doing it wrong. #MedSky
Personas Make Users Memorable
Personas support user-centered design throughout a project’s lifecycle by making user groups feel real and tangible.
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October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EHRs, AI, and adolescent access: Dr. Denenberg and I unpack how thoughtful design and collaborative leadership can transform care delivery, peer review, and disaster readiness. Listen wherever fine podcasts are downloaded. #MedSky
Designing for Health: Interview with Matthew Denenberg, MD [Podcast]
Explore the integration of AI and ethics in healthcare with Dr. Matthew Denenberg and Dr. Craig Joseph, focusing on system design and collaborative leadership for improved patient outcomes.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Training isn’t a perk; it’s a prerequisite. Clinician-led innovation needs infrastructure, autonomy, and empathy baked into governance and support. Stop waiting for unicorns. Start building systems that make innovation routine. #MedSky
Beyond the sandbox: Building real infrastructure for clinician-led innovation
Empower clinician-led innovation with essential training, robust infrastructure, and trust-building systems to drive digital transformation in healthcare.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
EHR portals may not solve all the problems. I spoke with Justin Schrager and Nick Sterling about how Vital.io uses AI and thoughtful design to fix the communication crisis in hospitals, starting with the ER. #MedSky
Designing for Health: Interview with Justin Schrager, MD and Nick Sterling, MD, PhD [Podcast]
Learn how Vital.io founders, Justin Schrager, MD, and Nick Sterling, MD, PhD, leverage AI to transform patient communication and improve healthcare experiences in emergency settings.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A BMJ review of 140 trials shows how to cut low-value care in primary care. Provider education + audit/feedback ↓ unnecessary care ~23%. Add patient education and results hit 30–35%. Multi-strategy beats one-off fixes. #MedSky
Effectiveness of different de-implementation strategies in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis
The results suggested with moderate certainty of evidence that provider education combined with audit and feedback reduced the use of targeted low value care. Individual strategies may slightly reduce the use of targeted low value care, but achieving a meaningful impact on low value care may require the use of multiple strategies. The results may be useful for patients, clinicians, policy makers, and guideline developers when deciding on future de-implementation strategies and research priorities.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Despite the Cures Act, most caregivers don’t access pediatric inpatient notes. The Bedside Notes trial shows real-time note access via tablets boosts engagement and safety reporting, without raising anxiety. Family-centered care starts with transparency. #MedSky
A multicenter randomized trial to improve family clinical note access and outcomes for hospitalized children: The Bedside Notes study protocol
Introduction The 2021 Cures Act mandates caregiver access to their child′s medical notes with few exceptions, yet fewer than 10% access notes during hospitalization. Caregiver review of real-time…
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September 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Femtech isn’t niche; it’s neglected. I spoke with Marina Gerner about bias, censorship, and why smart bras and sensor-enabled nipple shields deserve serious funding. Time to destigmatize and invest. Listen wherever fine podcasts are downloaded for free! #MedSky

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Designing for Health: Interview with Marina Gerner, PhD [Podcast]
Explore the challenges and innovations in Femtech with Dr. Craig Joseph and Marina Gerner, PhD, on Nordic's Designing for Health podcast. Listen for insights on advancing women's health.
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September 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Socially assistive robots powered by LLMs show promise in reducing psychiatric distress—outperforming chatbots in clinical trials. Physical presence matters. Time to rethink digital mental health strategies. #MedSky
The Health Care Promise of Socially Assistive Robots
This Medical News article is an interview with Maja Matarić, PhD, of the University of Southern California, who discussed how AI is advancing the field of socially assistive robotics in areas ranging…
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September 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A bedside monitor with internet access was found to contact a Chinese IP and allow remote control. Yes, really. Cybersecurity flaws in medical devices are now patient safety “never events.” Time to treat them like wrong-site surgery. #MedSky
Threats to Patient Safety From Cybersecurity Flaws—A New Never Event
This Viewpoint discusses medical device cybersecurity vulnerabilities and the threat they pose to patient safety.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Heat is a hidden comorbidity. Chronic exposure worsens heart, lung, and mental health, but rarely gets coded. Without ICD-10 data, policy and prevention lag. Time to make climate health visible in the EHR. #MedSky
Why Diagnostic Codes for Heat-Related Illness Matter
This Medical News article discusses how barriers to using heat exposure ICD-10 codes—especially for secondary diagnoses—are skewing critical population surveillance.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM