Current Projects /Past Projects

Fellows in the UNM Clinical Informatics Fellowship have led and contributed to high-impact initiatives across clinical, operational, and technological domains. Examples include:

  • ENT Order Set Uplift – Streamlined and updated clinical order sets for ENT services to improve usability and standardization.
  • Co-founded Alert Governance Council – Created a multidisciplinary team to oversee and optimize clinical alert systems.
  • Acting Co-Chair, Clinical Informatics Lab Subcommittee – Provided leadership and clinical insight to lab-related informatics strategy and implementation.
  • Activity Orders Consolidation – Reduced redundancy and improved clarity in activity-related order options within the EHR.
  • National Survey of Clinical Informatics Fellows – Designed and conducted a national survey to explore pathways into the clinical informatics subspecialty.
  • IV to Subcutaneous Insulin Transition Project – Led a process improvement project to enhance safety and efficiency in insulin management.
  • Daily CXR and Lab Ordering Optimization – Developed and implemented strategies to reduce unnecessary imaging and lab testing.
  • Dragon Medical Assistant & SCAPD Implementation – Supported the rollout of voice-recognition tools and specialty documentation aids.
  • Digitizing Parenteral Nutrition Ordering – Leading the transition to a fully electronic workflow
  • ICOPE New Mexico Mobile App Implementation – Supporting healthy aging through mobile technology for older adults
  • Bedside Procedure Documentation Overhaul – Streamlining and standardizing point-of-care documentation
  • Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) – Designing responsive documentation tools for high-risk events
  • Workflow Optimization – Pediatric Sedation Clinic and Anesthesia service integration
  • Redesign of Hospital Intranet and Knowledge Management System – Enhancing access to internal clinical resources
  • System-wide Sedation Practice Improvements – Collaborating across departments for safer sedation protocols
  • ECMO Data Extraction System Design – Structuring data architecture for high-acuity patient care
  • AI in Medical Education – Exploring the use of artificial intelligence to enhance physician learning