Craig Joseph, MD

Craig Joseph is a physician and clinical informaticist who designs healthcare technology around the people who use it. Craig Joseph is the Chief Medical Officer of Nordic Global, co-author of Designing for Health: The Human-Centered Approach, and host of the Designing for Health podcast.

About

Craig Joseph is a physician, board-certified pediatrician, and clinical informaticist. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Nordic Global. Earlier in his career he served as chief medical information officer (CMIO) at health systems running the Epic and Oracle Health (formerly Cerner) electronic health record platforms, where his work centered on making clinical software usable for the people who depend on it.

He is a co-author of the book "Designing for Health: The Human-Centered Approach," which argues that healthcare technology should be built around human-centered design principles rather than forcing clinicians to adapt to the software. He also hosts the "Designing for Health" podcast, where he speaks with people working at the intersection of healthcare, technology, and design.

What he works on

• Clinical informatics
• Electronic health record (EHR) usability
• Human-centered design in healthcare
• Healthcare operations and quality improvement
• Change management
• Physician workflow

Writing

Craig writes for health-system executives and clinician leaders on clinical informatics, EHR usability, quality improvement, and change management. Read the latest posts.