Aaron Neinstein

Aaron Neinstein, MD

Vice President of Digital Health
UCSF Health

You’ll be glad you saw Aaron because...

This digital quality pioneer comes to Quality Talks with a rallying cry for a reset about what digitalization means.

Expect to learn why converting to digital quality measurement is as much about anthropology and sociology as it is about technology. Rather than digitalization turbocharging how we work now, the real opportunity is in rewiring work culture. How people think about their jobs, and how they relate to each other, matters more than the software and hardware they use.

Aaron sees true digitalization as both more complex, and more interesting, than the adoption of EHRs, a decade ago.

After hearing Aaron, the digital future will seem both more clear to you—and bigger.


Dr. Aaron Neinstein is Vice President of Digital Health for UCSF Health, Associate Professor in the UCSF Division of Endocrinology, and Senior Director at the UCSF Center for Digital Health Innovation.  He has led the development and implementation of a wide range of health technology, with a focus on digital transformation and improving patient access and empowerment through virtual care models.  This includes leading UCSF’s ambulatory Epic EHR implementation, development and deployment of numerous digital health solutions transforming digital patient experience and virtual care delivery across UCSF, and co-founding of Tidepool, a non-profit creating open-source software to empower people with diabetes.

Dr. Neinstein was an inaugural inductee as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA) and was appointed to serve on the United States Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC).  Board-certified in Endocrinology, Clinical Informatics, and Internal Medicine, he maintains an active clinical practice focused on the care of people with diabetes, and is considered a national expert in diabetes technology.  He was named by Marin Magazine to the 2020 Bay Area [415] Top Doctors List and has received a teaching award from UCSF.  Dr. Neinstein is a nationally-invited speaker, peer-reviewed author, advisor to numerous companies, and has appeared in media outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC Good Morning America, and NPR.  He received his Doctor of Medicine from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and his undergraduate degree in American Studies from Northwestern University.

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May 03, 2023  |   WASHINGTON, DC