Member Spotlight: Danny Lee, MD, FACP Chief Medical Information Officer at Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Second-Year HIMSS Physician Committee Member

Dr. Lee has contributed to pieces on physician burden reduction, interprofessional collaboration, and AI while serving on the HIMSS Physician Committee. In 2015, he was awarded the Johns Hopkins Innovation in Clinical Care. Since then, he has continued to focus on patient safety and provider efficiency. In 2020 and 2021, he helped lead his teams to win back-to-back Surescripts White Coat Safety Awards for our work in safe e-prescribing practices at Johns Hopkins.

Read more about Dr. Lee’s thoughts on the healthcare industry.

How have industry connections and relationships helped you achieve your biggest professional milestones?

Collaborating with experts (other clinical informaticists, Epic physician builders, and quality officers) helps me foster knowledge of quality metrics and develop tools that enhance patient care and provider success. Joining HIMSS has fostered a robust network within the healthcare IT industry, exposing me to a wider range of approaches to shared challenges. This network has facilitated collaboration and knowledge exchange, leading to more effective solutions.

What are the benefits of a health information and technology career? Why should someone consider it?

Collaborating with diverse teams across departments fosters a holistic understanding of managing complex healthcare organizations and hones the ability to navigate diverse perspectives to achieve shared goals. The health information and technology field offers benefits and exciting prospects. Here's why:

• Crucial Industry Connections: Collaborating with experts (other clinical informaticists, Epic physician builders, and quality officers) helps me foster knowledge of quality metrics and develop tools that enhance patient care and provider success.
• Interdisciplinary Value: Working alongside diverse teams from various departments deepens understanding of managing large healthcare organizations and cultivates the ability to navigate differences to achieve shared goals.
• The Future is Bright (and AI-Powered): Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming healthcare workflows. While cost and evaluating new AI technologies pose current challenges, the potential for AI integration into every aspect of healthcare – from patient care to finance and equity – is vast.

Building solid relationships within the industry is essential for professional growth in health information and technology. This dynamic field holds great promise for the future.

What do you see as the future of health information and technology? Where do you think the industry can/will go?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming healthcare workflows. While cost and evaluating new AI technologies pose current challenges, the potential for AI integration into every aspect of healthcare – from patient care to finance and equity – is vast.