Douglas McKee, MD, is a board-certified family medicine and informatics physician, serving as Chief Medical Information Officer at Health First, a $2 billion integrated delivery network and an Inlightened expert. A collaborative leader known for bridging the gap between clinical and IT stakeholders, Dr. McKee leads IDN change management, electronic medical record modernization efforts, and digital strategy, in addition to directly caring for patients. Dr. McKee previously spent the nearly a decade as the National Clinical Lead for Emerging Health Technologies at the VA, the world’s largest and most complex medical system. His focus on improving the overall healthcare experience of patients and providers alike is driven by a unique combination of expertise in patient care, access, local and national informatics, human factors engineering, and modern IT. Having worked with paper records, athenahealth, CPRS, Centricity, Epic, eClinicalWorks, and Meditech, Dr. McKee is uniquely equipped to support organizations in their efforts to mobilize innovative approaches and technologies that combat physician burnout. Dr. McKee is a member of several local and national organizations and committees, including the American Medical Informatics Association.
EHRs have caused a few problems for healthcare but they have paved a path on which we can set out on the journey of healthcare transformation. Without the existing EHR infrastructure, we’d not only have to map out a path but lay the road while we’re on it.