@kbjohnsonmd.bsky.social
Physician–scientist focused on AI, trust, and equitable healthcare. Leading research on real-world clinical interactions and community voices. Here to listen, learn, and share. Also find me at: https://www.kevinbjohnsonmd.net/
Check out my new post! This chapter addresses a topic it’s taken me a long time to face, and I grew from the experience of writing it. Note that it is going to be integrated into the existing chapters, well before events that were the hallmark of my own evolution.
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A new scoping review out in @journalgim.bsky.social examines the current state of #AI in primary care ft. Stacy Iannone, @kbjohnsonmd.bsky.social (@dbei-upenn.bsky.social) & Amarpreet Kaur (@chopresearch.bsky.social) @pennldi.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
10.12.2025 15:59 — 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
This latest memoir chapter is sort of my "leadership, part 2" chapter, with lots of references to key moments I shared to help me manage career, family, and friends. Thanks to Drs. George Dover and Arnold Strauss for having my back during this part of my journey. open.substack.com/pub/kbjohnso...
25.12.2025 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Spreading the word! #marginalized, #hispanic, #black #immigrant. Please repost! I need lots of voices!
22.11.2025 14:15 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Sending this post out to the world. I need you to amplify it! @bluedotin.bsky.social @bobwachter.bsky.social #blacksky
22.11.2025 14:04 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Working on a project about AI and trust in historically marginalized communities and need your voices. 🙏 If you’re open to sharing your views (and maybe a short video), please take this quick survey and share widely. Selected video contributors get a $25 gift card. 💳🗣️ Link: forms.gle/RFvedx2e2Lmd...
22.11.2025 13:55 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
I’m excited to share that @rockefellerfdn selected me as a Bellagio Center Resident! This prestigious program has hosted numerous artists, scholars, and leaders, including Maya Angelou and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I’ll be writing and editing a film about equitable AI in medicine. rockfound.link/3IY51GG
02.11.2025 16:03 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0rdcu.be/eNcsi
Our recent piece in @springernature.com JGIM summarizes the state of AI in primary care. There are many articles about tools in development, but only a few about tools in actual use. We need a periodic survey to follow our progress. @pennldi.bsky.social @pennmedresearch.bsky.social
Our latest research on the penetration of AI into primary care has just been published in JGIM by Springer Nature. There are a lot of publications about AI in development, but only six about AI in use; this deserves to be followed with an annual pulse survey:
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This piece is gaining traction! By embedding equity considerations at every stage of AI development and deployment, the US can begin to take meaningful steps toward leveraging AI’s increasing capabilities to address urgent health care challenges.
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New JAMA paper. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"[AI] disruption represents an incredible opportunity. However, the odds that this disruption will improve health for all will depend heavily on the creation of an ecosystem capable of rapid…knowledge about the consequences of these tools on health."
It's a pleasure to release the latest chapter of my memoir. Thanks to O'Neal Compton, a friend & successful actor. My coming out process allowed me to discover a true source of creativity that I had long suppressed. Hope you enjoy it and click the links at the end.
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Ptown sights!
03.08.2025 01:57 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
All, I've just released the latest chapter of my memoir (The Influencers) on Substack! @lgbtqreads.bsky.social @ameracadpeds.bsky.social @amiainformatics.bsky.social @pennldi.bsky.social @petebuttigieg.bsky.social @pennchibe.bsky.social
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Our final episode, and I’m very proud of it. Please repost! @jama.com #podcast @dbei-upenn.bsky.social @vumcdbmi.bsky.social
27.03.2025 19:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’m actually more proud of this than I’ll ever admit. Thanks to all our 1000s of listeners!!! Please repost this! # informatics #medicine. @pennengineering.bsky.social @vumcdbmi.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social @jama.com
27.03.2025 19:04 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thanks to our good friend Jane Bach for sending us one of your songs to play in this episode! Jane has appeared in 8 episodes of Informatics in the Round, and we were so excited to honor her commitment by including one of her songs! Check it out on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/5iVTUg... #podcast
24.03.2025 14:41 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
This episode of the New Yorker podcast is informative and depressing. Please listen. It’s also not an ideal way to find happiness, unless you want the US to be an untrustworthy geopolitical force. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
16.03.2025 16:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Biomedical graduate admissions paused or cut back as some universities respond to Trump orders on research - STAT
20.02.2025 12:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This just out. A study from my group describing the impact of ambient scribing in primary care. It’s an overall positive report that demonstrates opportunities for improvement.
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Our article in the Jama Health Forum provides actionable recommendations for equitable AI model development, health system integration, and model deployment. Our hope is that our recommendations will improve the equitable performance of AI in healthcare. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... m
31.01.2025 17:00 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
My friends thought others might benefit from the message thanking the American College of Medical Informatics for designating me as a Distinguished Fellow. I was grateful but fell into my usual imposter syndrome. I hope this inspires others! #imposter @hrw.org youtu.be/WmAVV_DQhc0
28.12.2024 16:43 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Kennedy Center Honors is excellent as usual.
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