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Michael Hasselberg on Digital Health + Health IT Podcast
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
From Digital Health + Health IT Podcast: "This episode features Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at URMC. Here he discusses his background, current opportunities and challenges in digital health, and more."
Michael Hasselberg on Digital Health + Health IT Podcast
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
From Digital Health + Health IT Podcast: "This episode features Dr. Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Here, he discusses his background, his excitement surrounding telemedicine, opportunities and headwinds he's keeping his eye on, and more."
Dr. Jon Herington on Managing the Ethics of AI in Medicine
Thursday, October 19, 2023
An international team including Dr. Jonathan Herington, UR faculty member and part of the UR Health Lab team, published two papers in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine. The group of experts calls for increased transparency on equitable access, AI accuracy, and awareness of AI's limitations, and urges those in healthcare to take a human-in-the-loop approach to understand, convey, and weigh AI predictions' risks properly.
Read More: Dr. Jon Herington on Managing the Ethics of AI in MedicineJinjiao Wang shares expertise in TIME article on Anti-Psychotics
Monday, September 11, 2023
Jinjiao Wang, UR Health Lab affiliated faculty, shared insight on how serious psychiatric drugs are overprescribed and used inappropriately for dementia management.
Michael Hasselberg on Notable Perspectives Podcast
Friday, September 8, 2023
From Notable Perspectives Podcast: "Dr. Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, talks about lessons learned from having early access to GPT-4, how his health system tackled the patient messaging challenge using advanced AI technology, and more."
UR Health Lab team publishes VR Study results
Thursday, August 31, 2023
A team within the UR Health Lab - including Daniela Martinez-Bernal, Wendi Cross, Michael Hasselberg, Cristiano Tapparello, Colette Stenz, and Antonia Kolokythas - published a study in the Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, and Oral Radiology journal. This project examined virtual reality (VR) as a promising non-pharmacologic tool for managing health care anxiety.
Michael Hasselberg on HealthsystemCIO Podcast
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Dr. Michael Hasselberg (Co-Director of the UR Health Lab, Chief Digital Health Officer of UR Medicine, and Associate Professor of Psychiatry) visited the HealthsystemCIO.com Podcast to discuss all things digital health. In this episode, Dr. Hasselberg highlights the potential of large-language models in healthcare, particularly in alleviating clinician burdens. As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, he emphasizes the role of AI-driven tools, like chatbots, in handling administrative tasks to allow providers more time for patient care. Hasselberg highlights the critical role of 5G networks in successful hospital-at-home models and discusses how Â鶹ÊÓƵaddresses supply and demand challenges, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging healthcare's local nature.
Dr. Conrad Gleber and Dr. Kathleen Fear on Becker's Healthcare Podcast
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
From Becker's Healthcare Podcast: "Dr. Conrad Gleber and Dr. Kathleen Fear of Â鶹ÊÓƵ join the podcast to discuss the potential impact of generative AI on healthcare as a whole, the importance of proceeding with caution when implementing new technologies, where they see the best opportunities for growth in the future, and more."
Michael Hasselberg on Bite the Orange Podcast
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
From Bite the Orange Podcast: "In this episode of Bite the Orange, Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at Rochester Medicine, talks about moving the whole health system forward into a technology-enabled, data-driven care delivery mechanism through research and development of innovative digital solutions. In the world of telemedicine, he negotiated value-based reimbursement with payers by arguing its cost-saving potential and built telemedicine programs in the state of New York by leveraging the Project ECHO model. From the University of Rochester Health Lab’s digital health incubator, he helps build solutions that make a positive impact on healthcare internally or with external experienced or new companies. He also explains why they mainly focused on solutions that improve data management, workforce wellness, and patient engagement."
Michael Hasselberg on Becker's Healthcare Podcast
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
From Becker's Healthcare Podcast: "This episode features Dr. Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at Â鶹ÊÓƵ. Here, he discusses his background, his excitement surrounding telemedicine, opportunities and headwinds he's keeping his eye on, and more."
Michael Hasselberg on Straight Outta Health IT Podcast
Saturday, April 1, 2023
From Straight Outta Health IT Podcast: "In this episode of Straight Out of Health IT, Chris sits down at the ViVe 2023 conference to talk with Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at the Â鶹ÊÓƵ, about the impact of the current economic conditions on rural healthcare and how advancing technology, services, and policies can help these communities. Michael shares his journey from finding an interest in geriatric psychology to developing telemedicine infrastructure in the state of New York."
Â鶹ÊÓƵResearchers Investigate Public Health Websites
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Â鶹ÊÓƵ researchers Cody Eckert, Mechelle Sanders, Rhea Bharadwaj, and Kevin A. Fiscella conducted a public health study published in JAMA Network. The study, "Accessibility of State and Territory Public Health Department Website Information on COVID-19 Outpatient Treatments in the US," focused on the readability and accessibility of these websites for people with low literacy or limited English language proficiency.
Jinjiao Wang Named Co-Editor in Chief of JMIR Aging
Monday, February 13, 2023
Assistant Professor Jinjiao Wang, PhD, RN, MPhil, affiliated faculty member of the UR Health Lab, named co-editor in chief of , an open-access journal focused on digital health, clinical care, patient education, and other topics surrounding older adults' health.
Michael Hasselberg on Shift Forward Health Podcast
Tuesday, February 7, 2023
From Shift Forward Health: "Michael Hasselberg, Chief Digital Health Officer at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, gives insights into the ecosystem where digital health startups, consumers, and academic medicine intersect for the good of a population. Join him as he discusses using technology to increase access to care and how he gave up his clinical practice in pursuit of building new innovative care delivery models."