Posts by Sarita Choy

American healthcare has so many advantages: cutting-edge vaccine development, global experts in public health, massive gains in our technology and interoperability, while at the same time, Americans are suffering and dying because of a crisis of trust. The devastating health outcomes of distrust and a broken health contract this year have been made even clearer…

Too many Californians have learned first-hand that one of the most frightening things about COVID-19 is how it robs you of your ability to breathe — let alone speak. In a medical emergency, every second counts and every bit of information matters. But what happens when we can’t communicate because we’re unconscious and gasping for…

With COVID-19 cases on the rise and hospitals again overwhelmed, recent good news about three vaccine candidates provides a welcome light at the end of a long tunnel and is a stunning scientific achievement. “This will go down in history as one of science and medical research’s greatest achievements. Perhaps the most impressive,” said Scripps…

When doctors know their patients have been to the hospital, they can act fast to provide needed support. Widespread use of hospital event notifications is associated with all kinds of health benefits, including a 10 percent decrease in readmissions for Medicare beneficiaries. These event notifications are one of the simplest, easiest (most-bipartisan!), and most impactful changes we can…

We got the call. Riverside County, one of the most active regions in our health data network, was asking for help with identifying people in their community who most critically need help during the COVID-19 pandemic. From my time at the Office of the National Coordinator to Aledade to the past three years at Manifest…

What do we want from our healthcare system? What do we need from it? And what is the role of technology in helping us feel better? There are so many ways that healthcare technology has advanced to help people live better lives in the last few decades: pacemakers, CT scans, interventional radiology, insulin pumps, digital records, genome…

Anybody who has had a loved one with an acute hospitalization or a chronic illness will have experienced some of the many ways in which healthcare systems fail to live up to the values and ideals of the people who have chosen healthcare as a calling. Healthcare is complicated indeed, but there are rare instances…

What do we want from our healthcare system? What do we need from it? And what is the role of technology in helping us feel better? There are so many ways that healthcare technology has advanced to help people live better lives in the last few decades: pacemakers, CT scans, interventional radiology, insulin pumps, digital records, genome…