Public Biography
Dr. Kawamoto’s leverages his experience in health informatics, software engineering, and clinical medicine to enable practical and scalable use of health IT to optimize disease prevention, diagnosis, and management. He is actively engaged in the development and adoption of health IT standards, co-chairs the HL7 CDS Work Group, and is a member of the US federal Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC). He directs the ReImagine EHR initiative, which focuses on the development, evaluation and dissemination of interoperable CDS tools over multiple EHR platforms using standards such as SMART on FHIR and CDS Hooks. He is also Co-Director of the Digital Health Initiative.
Historic ACMI Biography
Dr. Kawamoto has pioneered the use of Web services to enable clinical decision support (CDS) at scale, including through the open-source, multi-institutional OpenCDS initiative (www.opencds.org). He has led the development of multiple HL7 CDS standards designated “best available standards” by the ONC and leads national ONC/CMS interoperability initiatives (www.healthedecisions.org, www.cqframework.info).
Affiliations
Fellows of AMIA (FAMIA)
FAMIA stands for “Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association” and it recognizes the contributions and professional accomplishments of AMIA members who apply informatics skills and knowledge to their practice – be that in a clinical setting, a public or population health capacity, or as a clinical researcher.
Year Inducted
2020
The American College of Medical Informatics
ACMI is a college of elected Fellows from the U.S. and abroad who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of medical informatics. It is the central body for a community of scholars and practitioners who are committed to advancing the informatics field.
Year Elected
2016