Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH completed fellowships in clinical computing and general internal medicine before joining the faculty of both the Center
for Clinical Computing and the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Hospital (now Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) and Harvard Medical School. He holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University, a medical degree from Ohio State University, and a master of public health degree
from Harvard School of Public Health. He has been with Beth Israel and the Center for Clinical Computing since 1991.
Dr. Sands, who is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School,conducts research in various areas of clinical computing including decision support, electronic mail and patient-centered communication, computerized
discharge planning, and electronic patient records. He is Director of Electronic Patient Records at the Center for Clinical Computing and manages the OMR, a point-of-care computer system used by 1000 clinicians
in over 50 practices. He is also Clinical Director of Electronic Patient Records
and Communication for CareGroup HealthCare System, an integrated delivery system based in Boston.
Dr. Sands is a board-certified internist with an active primary care practice at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He teaches medicine and clinical epidemiology to residents and medical students, directs the Douglas
Porter Fellowship in Clinical Computing at Harvard Medical School, and is a nationally-recognized speaker and consultant in the area of clinical computing and patient and clinician empowerment through the use of computer technology.
