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Charles Hill, MD, Medical Director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) approached the AIM Lab with an idea for a website that would serve as a hub for information on …
Read more →Our projects span education, clinical informatics, and mobile computing in medicine. No matter what we do, we aim to innovate user-centered solutions to healthcare IT. Our work has been honored by funding and awards from the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality, IARS, Society for Technology in Anesthesia, and Medicine 2.0 among others.
Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.Dieter Rams
Don't design for everyone. It's impossible. All you end up doing is designing something that makes everyone unhappy.Leisa Reichelt
Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.Salvador Dali
Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.Pablo Picasso
We're physicians. We are passionate about medicine at the intersection of emerging health information technologies. We seek to create IT solutions to improve medical education, healthcare practice, and the engagement of patients in their own care.
Medicine X is a catalyst for new ideas about the future of medicine and health care. The initiative explores how emerging technologies will advance the practice of medicine, improve health, and empower patients to be active …
We are interested in how the design of medical information influences the way people use medical checklists in patient care. We believe that design matters. We believe that good design can improve adoption and use of …
This week, the Stanford Anesthesia Informatics and Media Lab (AIM) released a new iPad application as part of the Stanford Medicine 25 initiative, a series of hands-on workshops teaching 25 essential techniques for examining patients.
Healthcare professionals are required to handle medical emergencies and crises. Yet, many of these healthcare providers are not always knowledgeable about teamwork and evidence-based techniques for managing a medical crisis. This web- and tablet-based course will …
Stanford StanMed is an iPad app designed to be used by Stanford medical students, residents, fellows and faculty. We intend StanMed to be used in the classroom and at the bedside. Stanford StanMed will provide …
The ACGME has recommended that anesthesia residency programs integrate the internship year with the 3-year anesthesia training period. Because not all of our Stanford Anesthesia interns participate in an integrated clinical base …
The Stanford AIM lab seeks to produce generalizable new knowledge about how best to use health information technologies to improve medical education, clinical care and research. You can find a list of our recent publications …
WHAT IS LEARNLY?
Learnly is an anesthesia learning ecosystem. It is a collection of courses and resources for anesthesia learning. Learnly grew from STARTprep, the first iteration of our online anesthesia course. STARTprep was an extension …
Anesthesia Illustrated was conceived as a global open access initiative to disseminate high quality educational content and learning objects to anesthesia educators around the world. Our focus is on high-quality multimedia-based visual educational content. Our …
Challenges and opportunities for innovation and digital disruption
Today’s Millennial medical learners are often disappointed by legacy instructional design that fails to address their unique learning preferences. The volume of new medical knowledge is outpacing …
The Stanford AIM Lab offers one of the only anesthesia informatics programs in the country and provides a flexible path to train physicians to lead healthcare innovation. More information here.
The AIM lab consists of a multidisciplinary group of individuals that bring unique talents and skills to our projects. This group of diverse individuals are crucial to the success of our projects.
Director, AIM Lab
Larry Chu is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia on the faculty of the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Chu studies how information technologies can be used to improve medical education and collaborates with researchers in simulation and computer science at Stanford to study how cognitive aids can improve health care outcomes. He is the Executive Director of Stanford Medicine X.
Core Faculty, Simulation
Dr. Kyle Harrison is a founding core faculty member of the AIM lab. A Clinical Assistant Professor at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Hospital, Dr. Harrison is a graduate of Stanford’s simulation program. He is an Associate Program Director of Stanford’s anesthesia residency program and specializes in ACLS, emergency medical checklists, and the use of educational technologies in medicine.
Core Faculty, Informatics
Dr. Bassam Kadry is a core faculty member in the AIM lab. A Clinical Instructor in Anesthesia at Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Kadry is a member of Stanford Anesthesia’s Epic transition team. His interest in informatics centers on the use of user-obvious tools to empower users to gain insight from real-time analytics of clinical data streams in order to improve healthcare practice and quality.
Core Faculty, Perioperative Management
Associated Faculty, Epic Transition
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Consulting Faculty, Neuroscience of Behavior Change
Dr. Bobinet heads EngagedIN, a health and wellness behavior design firm.
Consulting Faculty, Patient Safety
AIM Lab Fellow
Janak Chandrasoma, MD is an AIM lab fellow in the educational informatics track for 2014-2015.
Lab Associate
Anna has worked in the AIM lab since 2010 and is now pursuing a degree in nursing from Duke University.
Lab Associate
Matt has worked in the AIM lab since 2011 and is now pursuing a medical degree from Yale University.
Software Engineer
Karl has worked in the AIM lab since 2011 and is now pursuing a medical degree from Stanford University.
Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.Dieter Rams
Don't design for everyone. It's impossible. All you end up doing is designing something that makes everyone unhappy.Leisa Reichelt
Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.Salvador Dali
Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up.Pablo Picasso
Charles Hill, MD, Medical Director of the Stanford Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) approached the AIM Lab with an idea for a website that would serve as a hub for information on …
Read more →Clinical Assistant Professor Maeve Hennessy, MD, came to the AIM Lab with a simple request: to help her refresh her Libero lecture on cardiomyopathy. She knew that traditional didactic lectures can be made even more effective …
Read more →Clinical instructor Vivianne Tawfik, MD, PhD, continually seeks new ways to engage and support the next generation of physician-scientists. When she joined the newly-minted Society of Early-stage Anesthesiology Scholars, she knew the group needed a …
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