Eric Kim, MD, PhD**

Undergraduate – Vanderbilt University, Biomedical Engineering

Graduate School  – Wayne State University, PhD - Biomedical Engineering

Medical School – Wayne State University

Residency – Family Medicine, University of Colorado

Role in Fellowship Program – Alumnus 2023

Post Fellowship Position – Director of Clinical Informatics - Virtual Care, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at The MetroHealth System

Brief Description – Dr Kim’s interests in clinical informatics include research informatics, virtual care, and digital equity. Among other projects, during fellowship he participated in the development of clinical and operational research tools in support of several research studies. He also participated in the integration of 3rd party health tracker biometrics into the EHR, as well as patient facing tools to improve engagement with virtual care. He has been active in academia and has authored/co-authored over 40 articles, scientific presentations, a patent, and NIH grants on subjects ranging from lab-on-a-chip engineering to case reports. He also has a passion for family medicine and the vertical integration of care that it offers. He participates in outpatient and obstetric care with MetroHealth.

Selected Recent Projects

Oral Health Intervention in Primary Care: Leveraging MetroHealth’s position both as a source of care for many Medicaid patients, as well as our integrated dental care service line, this project seeks to integrate a novel oral health screening, education, and referral system to primary care clinics focusing on patients greater than 55 years old. Informatics has participated in the development of EHR tools that support this workflow.

Track My Health Patient Entered Vital Signs: With the proliferation of consumer health trackers like cloud connected smart watches, scales, blood pressure cuffs, blood glucose meters and more, remote self-monitoring is now an option for managing a patient’s healthcare. At MetroHealth we seek to connect these cloud services to our EHR, and find ways to meaningfully integrate them into clinical workflows.

Hypertension Care Companion: Patient portals put many powerful tools in the hands of patients. However, they can be difficult to navigate. MetroHealth is implementing Care Companion, a powerful tool for patient education and care plan organization, giving patients direct access to a care plan with tasks, remote monitoring instructions, and educational materials.

* - Board Certified in Clinical Informatics
** - Board Eligible in Clinical Informatics