Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

julia.adler-milstein@ucsf.edu 415-476-9562

Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics & Digital Transformation (DoC-IT).

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Dr. Adler-Milstein is a leading researcher in health IT policy, with a specific focus on electronic health records and interoperability. She has examined policies and organizational strategies that enable effective use of electronic health records and promote interoperability. She is also an expert in EHR audit log data and its application to studying clinician behavior. Her research – used by researchers, health systems, and policymakers – identifies obstacles to progress and ways to overcome them.

She has published over 250 influential papers, testified before the US Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, been named one of the top 10 influential women in health IT, and won numerous awards, including the New Investigator Award from the American Medical Informatics Association and the Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award from AcademyHealth. She has served on an array of influential committees and boards, including the NHS National Advisory Group on Health Information Technology, the Health Care Advisory Board for Politico, and the Interoperability Committee of the National Quality Forum.

Dr. Adler-Milstein holds a PhD in Health Policy from Harvard and spent six years on the faculty at University of Michigan prior to joining UCSF as a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the inaugural director of the Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research in 2017. She became the inaugural Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation in 2023.

Awards

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  • Member, National Academy of Medicine, 2019
  • Don Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contribution in Informatics, American Medical Informatics Association, 2018
  • Alice S. Hersh New Investigator Award, Academy Health, 2017
  • Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), 2017
  • Seema S. Sonnad Emerging Leader in Managed Care Research, American Journal of Managed Care, 2015
  • Henry Russel Award for Outstanding Junior Faculty, University of Michigan, 2015
  • New Investigator Award, American Medical Informatics Association, 2014
  • Top 10 Influential Women in Health IT, Fierce Health IT, 2014
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award, Academy Health, 2011

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training UCSF 2021
  • PhD Health Policy Harvard University 06/2011
  • AB Human Biology Stanford University 06/2001

Interests

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  • health policy
  • health information exchange
  • health informatics
  • health information interoperability
  • healthcare delivery
  • patient generated health data
  • clinical informatics
  • health services research
  • consumer health informatics
  • medical informatics
  • electronic health records (EHR)

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (213)

Top publication keywords:
HospitalsDiffusion of InnovationAccountable Care OrganizationsMeaningful UseMedicareEfficiency, OrganizationalHealth Information InteroperabilityElectronic Health RecordsHospital AdministrationInformation DisseminationMedical Record LinkageMedical InformaticsSkilled Nursing FacilitiesAccess to InformationHealth Information Exchange

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