AlistairRobertErskineMDMBA

Clinical Informatics

Chief Information and Digital Officer

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Dr. Alistair Erskine is a pediatrician and internist in Atlanta, GA and is affiliated with Brigham and Women's Hospital for informatics research. He is also Emory Healthcare Chief Information and Digital Officer and VP for Digital Health for Emory University. He received his medical degree from Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and has been in practice 18 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including French and Spanish. He specializes in hospital medicine/hospitalist and clinical informatics. He has more than 10 publications and over 50 citings.

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMBA, Management, 2016 - 2018
Virginia Commonwealth University Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 2001 - 2003
Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University HealthResidency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, 1999 - 2001
Virginia Commonwealth University School of MedicineClass of 1999
University of VirginiaBA, 1989 - 1993

PubMed

AI and Technology Enabled Clinical Workflow Redesign.
Lee H Schwamm, Sarah Pletcher, Alistair Erskine
Telemedicine Reports. 2024-01-01
22 citations
Patient characteristics associated with the successful transition to virtual care: Lessons learned from the first million patients.
Kori S. Zachrison, Zhiyu Yan, Thomas D. Sequist, Adam Licurse, Aswita Tan-McGrory
Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 2021-06-13
47 citations
Virtual care: new models of caring for our patients and workforce.
Lee H. Schwamm, Juan Estrada, Alistair Erskine, Adam Licurse
The Lancet. Digital Health. 2020-05-06

Abstracts/Posters

Effect of a Medicine Admission Team on Emergency Department Diversion Time.
Dow AW, Erskine A, Banas C, Ramanchandran V and Call SA, Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
Implementing a Medicine Admission Resident Rotation to Teach and Assess System-Based Practices.
Erskine A, Dow AW, Banas C, Ramachandran V and Call SA, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA

Other

Dollars & Sense: Business Intelligence & Financial Decision Support.
Alistair Erskine, CMIO Magazine
http://www.cmio.net/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=24347:dollars-a-sense-business-int
Technology step-by-step.
Erskine, A.R, ZDnet
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/healthcare/failure-taught-dr-erskine-the-way-to-do-tech-is-step-by-step/37
Bling to the EMR
Erskine, A.R, CMIO Magazine
http://www.cmio.net/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=24111:qaa-bling-to-the-emr&divisio
One-on-One with Virginia Commonwealth University Health System’s CMIO Healthcare Informatics.
Alistair Erskine
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com
Hospitals turn to IT to help with patient handoffs, Healthcare IT News, Describes the use of handheld devices for provider handoff .
Erskine, A.R
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hospitals-turn-it-help-patient-handoffs
Teaming up for Mobility, Healthcare Informatics, Description of the use of handheld devices at the point-of-care to improve physician workflow.
Erskine, A.R
http://www.healthcare-informatics.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=9B6FFC446FF7486981EA3C0C3CCE4943&nm=Article
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Emory Healthcare Launches Virtual Nursing Initiative Using AI-Driven Technology to Enhance Patient CareMarch 20th, 2025
Atropos Health and Emory Healthcare Collaborate on Rapid Generation of Real-World Evidence to Advance Patient Care Through Medication SolutionsFebruary 25th, 2025
Emory Healthcare and Guidehealth Announce Population Health Collaborative to Expand Primary Care Access Across GeorgiaNovember 18th, 2024
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