Digital Health and Continuous Improvement with Dr. Christopher Longhurst

Christopher Longhurst MD, MS, isthe chief medical officer (CMO) and chief digital officer (CDO) at UC San DiegoHealth. This dual, complementary role provides leadership to medical staff,ensuring that standards and protocols are in place to provide the highestquality of care to patients. He also serves as an associate dean at theSchool of Medicine, overseeing and aligning our education and research missionswithin the clinical environment, and leading our journey to become a highlyreliable, learning health system.As CMO, Dr. Longhurst isresponsible for maintaining excellence in clinical care, including regulatory,patient and clinician satisfaction, quality and safety, and medical affairs. Heworks alongside leaders at UC San Diego Health, the School of Medicine, and UCHealth to improve care delivery and oversees UC San Diego Health’s reputationfor delivering safe, innovative, patient-centered care.Dr. Longhurst is passionate aboutimplementing innovative digital solutions that help improve the patientexperience. As the CDO, he leads UC San Diego Health’s technology strategy,overseeing initiatives that advance the infrastructure across UC San Diego andthe UC Health system. In addition, Dr. Longhurst leads the clinical activitiesof the academic medical center, working alongside clinical leaders to guide theplanning of quality, safety, and performance excellence of programs.He is also a key faculty memberin the Departments of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics in the UC San DiegoSchool of Medicine, maintaining an active clinical practice as a newbornhospitalist and pursuing scholarship in care quality, patient safety, andhealth informatics.Prior to his current role, Dr.Longhurst served as the chief information officer (2015-2021) and associatechief medical officer for quality and safety (2018-2021) at UC San DiegoHealth, where he provided leadership in key functional areas to continuouslyimprove efforts around operations, reputation and care.Before joining UC San DiegoHealth, Dr. Longhurst served as chief medical information officer for StanfordChildren's Health. He led strategic efforts to improve children's health andprovider workflow using information technology. He founded and led the nation'sfirst accredited clinical informatics fellowship at Stanford, where he was aclinical professor of pediatrics and biomedical informatics. He also staffedthe quality committee of Stanford's hospital board and facilitated nationalquality improvement collaborative work.Dr. Longhurst completed hisresidency at Stanford University and earned his medical degree and MS inmedical informatics from UC Davis. He holds a BS in molecular biology fromRevelle College at UC San Diego. He is a board-certified pediatrician andclinical informaticist.He is the author and co-author ofmany publications on using technology and data to improve quality of care. Dr.Longhurst is an elected fellow of the prestigious American College of MedicalInformatics.Link to claim CME credit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3DXCFW3CME credit is available for up to 3 years after the stated release dateContact [email protected] if you have any questions about claiming credit.