HEALTH INFORMATICS · DATA & ANALYTICS · IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE

Turning healthcare data into better decisions, systems, and outcomes.

I work at the intersection of health informatics, data analytics, improvement science, rehabilitation, and education—connecting people, data, and technology to improve healthcare systems and outcomes.

Explore My Work

Advisory & Collaboration

PRACTICE AREAS

Where healthcare, data, and systems come together.

Health Informatics

Connecting clinical workflows, EHR systems, data, and technology to improve healthcare delivery and decision-making.

Data & Analytics

Transforming clinical, operational, and outcomes data into meaningful insights for practice, research, and organizational improvement.

Improvement Science

Using data, measurement, and systematic inquiry to identify problems, test solutions, and improve healthcare processes and outcomes.

Education & Innovation

Advancing informatics, data literacy, AI, systems-based practice, and improvement science across health professions education.

Selected Work

RESEARCH · IMPLEMENTATION · EDUCATION

PROMIS-CAT Implementation

Led the integration of standardized patient-reported outcome measures into EHR workflows across UCSF outpatient physical therapy practices, supporting scalable outcomes measurement and data-informed care.

PROMIS-CAT Implementation

OPTICS

Developed an EHR- and Tableau-based practice dashboard that brings clinical, operational, and patient-reported outcomes data into orthopedic residency education and improvement.

OPTICS

Developed an EHR- and Tableau-based practice dashboard that brings clinical, operational, and patient-reported outcomes data into orthopedic residency education and improvement.

Healthcare Access & Equity

Using EHR data, population characteristics, and informatics methods to identify disparities in rehabilitation access, utilization, and outcomes.

Healthcare Access & Equity

Using EHR data, population characteristics, and informatics methods to identify disparities in rehabilitation access, utilization, and outcomes.

Health Informatics Education

Developing curriculum and experiential learning that prepares physical therapists to work with health informatics, EHR data, systems-based practice, quality improvement, and emerging technologies.

Health Informatics Education

Developing curriculum and experiential learning that prepares physical therapists to work with health informatics, EHR data, systems-based practice, quality improvement, and emerging technologies.

A PERSONAL THROUGHLINE

I’ve always been drawn to systems.

My career has crossed accounting, information systems, clinical practice, EHR technology, research, and education. What connects them is a longstanding curiosity about how systems work—and how data can help us make them better.

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PROCESS

OUTCOME

ADVISORY & COLLABORATION

Better questions. Better systems. Better care.

Health Systems & Clinical Organizations

Informatics, analytics, outcome measurement, and improvement strategies that turn clinical and operational data into actionable change.

Health Systems & Clinical Organizations

Informatics, analytics, outcome measurement, and improvement strategies that turn clinical and operational data into actionable change.

Academic & Professional Programs

Curriculum, program analytics, and educational strategy for health informatics, AI and data literacy, systems-based practice, and improvement science.

Academic & Professional Programs

Curriculum, program analytics, and educational strategy for health informatics, AI and data literacy, systems-based practice, and improvement science.

Digital Health & Innovation

Clinical and informatics advisory expertise connecting new technologies with healthcare workflows, rehabilitation practice, outcomes, and research.

Digital Health & Innovation

Clinical and informatics advisory expertise connecting new technologies with healthcare workflows, rehabilitation practice, outcomes, and research.

Speaking

I speak about health informatics, data and AI, improvement science, and the evolving role of technology in rehabilitation and health professions education. Available for invited talks, panels, workshops, and educational programs.

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CONTACT

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For advisory work, research and innovation partnerships, speaking, or educational collaboration.

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