CT Lin MD

Kpop Demon Hunters, yes, I’m a fanatic. Interview with EJAE (wired.com) ctlin.blog/2026/01/21/k...

“Harvard Learning” preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts (harvard.edu) This is a sobering reflection. How do we learn when grasping information is so easy?

“Harvard Learning” preserving learning in the age of AI shortcuts (harvard.edu)

This is a sobering reflection. How do we learn when grasping information is so easy?

The Cholera Pump and the Oldest Operating Theater in London Ever asked ChatGPT for tourism advice for medical professionals? I did. Its not what you think.

The Cholera Pump and the Oldest Operating Theater in London

Ever asked ChatGPT for tourism advice for medical professionals? I did. Its not what you think.

Digital distractions. Time to fix myself, again. Muir Woods and a reflection. Come along! Why am I sucked in? Why is it bad for me? How will I solve this? How will YOU solve this?

Digital distractions. Time to fix myself, again. Muir Woods and a reflection. Come along!

Why am I sucked in? Why is it bad for me? How will I solve this? How will YOU solve this?

THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. Thanks Brittany for explaining this so clearly. So well said. ‘Taste’ per Jensen Huang is everything a clinical informaticist has been doing for a loooonnng time.

Smart Is Cheap. Taste Is the New Clinical Informatics Superpower. We’ve got to say that kind of out loud. Intelligence is about to be a commodity

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5 questions clinicians should ask themselves when using AI in healthcare (JAMIA.org) I like that smart colleagues are starting to write about automation bias, interruptions, skill decline. This academic paper poses 5 questions we should all be asking ourselves. So begins our hard work to welcome a new entity into the exam room, with careful forethought.

5 questions clinicians should ask themselves when using AI in healthcare (JAMIA.org)

I like that smart colleagues are starting to write about automation bias, interruptions, skill decline. This academic paper poses 5 questions we should all be asking ourselves. So begins our hard work to welcome a…

The math on AI agents doesn’t add up (Wired.com) I wish we had a crystal ball for what is coming. If we thought that the acceleration from internet-generations and rapid change was uncomfortable, what do we call this, the generative-AI-powered generational change? Hyper-change? Articles like this are fascinating glimpses behind the scenes at AI companies thinking ahead to AI agents and what they might be doing now, and able to do in a few weeks or months.

The math on AI agents doesn’t add up (Wired.com)

I wish we had a crystal ball for what is coming. If we thought that the acceleration from internet-generations and rapid change was uncomfortable, what do we call this, the generative-AI-powered generational change? Hyper-change? Articles like this…

Medicine: the last uncompressed profession? (Liminal MD) Bryan Vartabedian calls out the idea of "compression" where standard process and measurement have transformed many professions. Yet, medical care at its root is a sick patient that may not fit easily into a measurable box. Healthcare as a profession cannot be compressed. A must read.

Medicine: the last uncompressed profession? (Liminal MD)

Bryan Vartabedian calls out the idea of "compression" where standard process and measurement have transformed many professions. Yet, medical care at its root is a sick patient that may not fit easily into a measurable box. Healthcare as a…

iPhone notes app is the purest reflection of our humanity (Wired.com) and a medical informatics observation What’s on your notes app in your phone? WIRED argues that this simple, unfiltered blank page is the easiest place for us to store our unfiltered thoughts. How true. For me: fragments of blog post ideas, books I hear about, movies to watch, hilarious quote from family members, messy to-do lists. Hotel room numbers. Parking garage locations. Who knows? What’s on yours?

iPhone notes app is the purest reflection of our humanity (Wired.com) and a medical informatics observation

What’s on your notes app in your phone? WIRED argues that this simple, unfiltered blank page is the easiest place for us to store our unfiltered thoughts. How true. For me: fragments of blog…

Kpop Demon Hunters, yes, I’m a fanatic. Interview with EJAE (wired.com) I am a huge fan of Kpop, and of Kpop Demon Hunters specifically. Read the interview with EJAE. I very much align with her Asian-American vibe and insights. So cool for a colleague's success and for the American melting-pot. And the song and movie: excellent as well.

Kpop Demon Hunters, yes, I’m a fanatic. Interview with EJAE (wired.com)

I am a huge fan of Kpop, and of Kpop Demon Hunters specifically. Read the interview with EJAE. I very much align with her Asian-American vibe and insights. So cool for a colleague's success and for the American melting-pot.…

Do pictures change patient behaviors (James Stein substack) ctlin.blog/2026/01/14/d...

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Make the Days Longer? *Wired.com ctlin.blog/2025/12/31/c...

What if AI helped students learn, not just do (harvard.edu) ctlin.blog/2025/12/24/w...

Holiday Songs Featuring Generative AI in Healthcare (didn’t see that coming did you?) ctlin.blog/2025/12/17/h...

Is AI Dulling our Minds *news.harvard.edu ctlin.blog/2026/01/07/i...

The name of the game is "Publish or Perish" and some of our team's researchers have been playing it for decades.

In October, @ctlin.bsky.social, @thelizarmy.bsky.social and @epatientdave.bsky.social gathered in our Boston office and played this all-too-real board game from @chethan.bsky.social.

Is AI Dulling our Minds *news.harvard.edu This is very much on my mind as we race to embrace our newest AI assistants. If we outsource more and more of our tasks and thinking, does that make us duller? Yes and no, depending on ...

Is AI Dulling our Minds *news.harvard.edu

This is very much on my mind as we race to embrace our newest AI assistants. If we outsource more and more of our tasks and thinking, does that make us duller? Yes and no, depending on ...

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Make the Days Longer? *Wired.com I love questions like this, that don't make sense, then then slowly start to make sense, and then draw you into the math and science and ... woop! There's an answer to the question.

Can a Hydroelectric Dam Make the Days Longer? *Wired.com

I love questions like this, that don't make sense, then then slowly start to make sense, and then draw you into the math and science and ... woop! There's an answer to the question.

What if AI helped students learn, not just do (harvard.edu) This is the beginning of the beginning. Teachers are starting to create generative AI that helps students learn, and NOT do the actual assignment. Imagine a chatbot where a student can ask questions outside of the classroom to understand concepts or ask it to critique initial writing. I like this very much. There is something here for medical residents and medical students, and indeed even practicing physicians. Tweaking the relationship between the AI assistant and the human is our hard work to come.

What if AI helped students learn, not just do (harvard.edu)

This is the beginning of the beginning. Teachers are starting to create generative AI that helps students learn, and NOT do the actual assignment. Imagine a chatbot where a student can ask questions outside of the classroom to understand…

Holiday Songs Featuring Generative AI in Healthcare (didn’t see that coming did you?) One of the great pleasures in life is to catch people in a moment of joyful surprise. My schtick is ukulele EHR parody songs when people don't expect it. Here are two: ChatGPT, sung to Sweet Caroline, about AI draft replies to patients, chart summaries and ambient notes. Then, EHR Wonderland, about Abridge and ambient note experience. OK, strictly speaking, only one is a holiday song parody, but who's counting. Happy holidays!

Holiday Songs Featuring Generative AI in Healthcare (didn’t see that coming did you?)

One of the great pleasures in life is to catch people in a moment of joyful surprise. My schtick is ukulele EHR parody songs when people don't expect it. Here are two: ChatGPT, sung to Sweet Caroline, about AI…

UCHealth Parkview reduces sepsis deaths (Beckers) ctlin.blog/2025/12/12/u...

Easter Island Moai: Walking as a mode of transport?! (Binghamton.edu) ctlin.blog/2025/12/10/e...

Origami Bloom Patterns (NYtimes) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/s... ctlin.blog/2025/12/03/o...

UCHealth Parkview reduces sepsis deaths (Beckers) The story continues. Our EHR, partnered with Epic predictive AI model among other predictive tools have reduced sepsis mortality by 1000 fewer deaths per year compared to our baseline, as we find and treat sepsis earlier with reconfigured teamwork in addition to improved detection tools. Another tale of the Psycho-80: 80% of a project's success is about the psycho-socio-political skills of the people and 20% of the success is due to technology. Grateful for smart colleagues and partners. (image, our fearless informatics leaders, analysts and trainers having a well-deserved meal after another EHR implementation day)

UCHealth Parkview reduces sepsis deaths (Beckers)

The story continues. Our EHR, partnered with Epic predictive AI model among other predictive tools have reduced sepsis mortality by 1000 fewer deaths per year compared to our baseline, as we find and treat sepsis earlier with reconfigured teamwork…

Do pictures change patient behaviors (James Stein substack)

I don't often cite other blogs, but this is a worthwhile quick read about changing patient behaviors. Wonderful story about a physicians failure with a patient and the lessons he draws from using a calcium score to try to get a patient to…

Easter Island Moai: Walking as a mode of transport?! (Binghamton.edu) Engineers have simulated an Easter Island Moai and demonstrated that the easiest way to transport a Moai, the many-ton stone statues, is by WALKING THEM.

Easter Island Moai: Walking as a mode of transport?! (Binghamton.edu)

Engineers have simulated an Easter Island Moai and demonstrated that the easiest way to transport a Moai, the many-ton stone statues, is by WALKING THEM.

Such an honor to attend Dr. Delbanco’s Grandberg lecture and celebration of his career.

Origami Bloom Patterns (NYtimes) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/science/origami-bloom-patterns.html

There is a new category of origami folding and researchers think it can revolutionize solar panels or other technology going to space by folding down flat in rockets. 

Vibe Coding (Wired.com) ctlin.blog/2025/11/26/v...