CEO @seattlechildren and Professor @UWMedicine, formerly @UCSDHealth and @StanfordChild views=mine, RT≠endorsement

Joined October 2013
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For medical information, general AI frontier models (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic) outperformed specialized @EvidenceOpen and @UpToDate as assessed by 12 US clinicians, randomized and blinded to which model and extensive testing/benchmarks. This was not anticipated. @NatureMedicine nature.com/articles/s41591-0…
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Let’s go @Heart_Of_Racing! 🚗💨
We want to wish our friends at The @Heart_Of_Racing good luck as they head into the Le Mans race weekend with their four cars! The team has generously supported Seattle Children’s Cardiology Research Fund since 2014 as they race all over the world. theheartofracing.com/mission
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Thank you to the @Seahawks players for spending time with our patients, families and workforce members!
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Summer brings new adventures—and new questions. Healthy Tides covers water safety, bike helmets, car seats, and more to help families feel prepared. 🔗 Check out the latest issue here: mailchi.mp/seattlechildrens/…
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Today on National Cancer Survivor Day, we recognize the strength of children, teens and young adults impacted by cancer, and the families and caregivers who walk beside them through every stage of the journey. On Oct. 3, Seattle Children's and Fred Hutch will host their 7th Pediatric Moving Beyond Cancer to Wellness event, bringing survivors of childhood cancer and their families together for a day focused on connection, education and wellness. For more information visit: fredhutch.org/en/events/pedi…
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Let’s go Seattle! ⚽️
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Today is our nations Memorial Day. Enjoy your day and take a moment to remember the true meaning of this day. A day to pay our respects to all those who have given their lives in our country's defense. God bless these brave heroes and their families.
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Flyer photos at dusk of my mural ‘Puget Sound Flow’ in partnership with @FWC26Seattle @seattlechildren in anticipation of the World Cup arriving in my hometown, Seattle 🐋
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We are grateful to the leaders, researchers, presenters, providers and community members who came together for the second annual Mental and Behavioral Health Research Summit, focused on suicide and self-harm prevention. Together, we are advancing meaningful conversations and driving forward impactful solutions—paving the way for more effective, equitable care and a brighter future for every young person. Take a peek into the day.
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Now there's a ChatCPR that outperforms 911 dispatchers in simulation testing @JAMAInternalMed jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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Welcome Katerie! 🤝 !
We are thrilled to welcome Katerie Chapman as our new Chief Operating Officer! With over 25 years of healthcare leadership, Katerie brings a wealth of expertise in operational excellence, patient safety and health equity back to the Seattle community. "Katerie is a visionary leader who understands the balance of operational rigor and compassionate care," says Dr. Christopher Longhurst, CEO of Seattle Children’s. Katerie’s track record of strengthening culture and delivering measurable outcomes at scale will be instrumental as we continue our mission to provide hope, care, and cures for every child. Welcome to the team, Katerie! Learn more: bit.ly/4tGRlTU
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Learning health systems that optimize human-AI collaboration will outperform humans or AI alone Together with @prpayne5 and @jonc101x, we propose extending the fundamental theorem of biomedical informatics for the AI era in @JAMIA_Journal (1/3)
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This proposal expands on the famous 2009 “Fundamental Theorem of Biomedical Informatics" published by Charles Friedman which stipulates that a person working in partnership with an information resource is “better” than the same person unassisted (3/3) ⤵️ academic.oup.com/jamia/artic…
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Reading scores, 3rd graders to 8th graders, 2015 to 2025. This is a national tragedy.
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The Australia social media age of 16 policy (for account creation, not viewing content!) is working as expected––usage declined substantially in the first stage, and is likely to decline further as Australia presses the companies to do better. (That will get ever easier as the tech for effective and privacy preserving methods improves, now that there’s a big market for it). A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and Australia took that first step. Many more steps to come, and many more countries are setting out on that path. I want to applaud @CassSunstein and Leonardo Bursztyn for highlighting something I definitely agree with: "Tipping points can be crossed, as the smoking decline shows. The lesson there is that laws are most likely to change behavior when norms move with them." We need to change societal norms and incentives if we want laws like this to succeed. They offer great advice for the countries that are setting out on the path to get a faster start. nytimes.com/2026/05/08/opini…
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Why are humans still in the loop with advancing AI capabilities? 🤖 TLDR; Unlimited medical knowledge attached to a friendly bedside manner is still not enough to make a functioning clinician! 🐕‍🦺🎙️ Read more in @bmj_latest (link below) with @jonc101x and @DrMikePfeffer
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Why are humans still in the loop with advancing AI capabilities? 🤖 Read our latest @bmj_latest article at bmjdigitalhealth.bmj.com/con…
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