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Joshua Richardson, PhD, MS, MLIS

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Title(s)AI Strategy and Innovation Mgr, GHS-ExecutiveDirOffice
SchoolChancellor/EVC/FAS
Address654 Minnesota Street
San Francisco CA 94107
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0003-3066-2673 Additional info
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    Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, ORPhD09/2010Medical Informatics
    Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, ORMS05/2007Medical Informatics
    San Jose State University, San Jose, CAMLIS05/2001Library & Information Science
    San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CABA05/1998History
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    American Medical Informatics Association2022Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA)

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    Joshua E. Richardson, PhD, MS, MLIS, FAMIA is AI Strategy & Innovation Manager at the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, where he leads institutional AI strategic planning, develops cross-Center training programs on responsible generative AI workflows, and cultivates partnerships advancing AI adoption.

    Josh brings more than 15 years of health IT experience across academic medical centers, federal agencies, and research organizations, with deep expertise in EHR implementation, clinical decision support, and health IT training and education. He has led business and partner development as well as multi-phase deployments of FHIR-enabled digital health tools across specialty and outpatient settings. Over his career, he has designed and delivered health IT education, role-based training programs for physicians, nurses, patients, and staff across inpatient, outpatient, and home care environments, led coursework on qualitative methodologies, and facilitated group training in innovation.

    A Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA) and co-chair for Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge for North America (2024-2026), Josh is recognized nationally for his contributions to health IT adoption and use, clinical informatics, clinical decision support, and digital health governance and trust.

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    1. Implementation Evaluation of a Web-Based Electronic Information Sharing Platform for Victims and Survivors of Violence: Results from a California Pilot Study. Journal of Applied Social Science. 2026; 1-18. Ramos, S., Kolnik, J., Philbrick, S., Presler-Jur, P., & Richardson, J. View Publication.
    2. Identifying strategies to leverage electronic health records and health information technology in colorectal cancer screening in primary care clinics. JAMIA Open. 2026 Apr; 9(2):ooag031. Richardson JE, Hoover S, Jones M, Kobrin S, Subramanian S. PMID: 41822199; PMCID: PMC12978244.
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    3. Community perspectives on health AI: hopes, concerns and implications for health systems and trustworthy AI. AI Ethics. 2026; 6(2):176. Ryan KA, Sielaff ML, Saleem D, Richardson J, Tan S, Hamasha R, Nong P, Kardia SLR, Romanov V, Hammad A, Platt J. PMID: 41768100; PMCID: PMC12945899.
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    4. Bridging clinical informatics and implementation science to improve cancer symptom management in ambulatory oncology practices: experiences from the IMPACT consortium. JAMIA Open. 2024 Oct; 7(3):ooae081. McCleary NJ, Merle JL, Richardson JE, Bass M, Garcia SF, Cheville AL, Mitchell SA, Jensen R, Minteer S, Austin JD, Tesch N, DiMartino L, Hassett MJ, Osarogiagbon RU, Wong S, Schrag D, Cella D, Smith AW, Smith JD, IMPACT Consortium . PMID: 39234146; PMCID: PMC11373565.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1  
    5. Health Information Technology Documentation and Referrals for Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault. Appl Clin Inform. 2024 10; 15(5):852-859. Richardson JE, Houston-Kolnik J, Ramos S, Oxner D, Presler-Jur P. PMID: 39106951; PMCID: PMC11483172.
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    6. Perspectives on the role of industry in informatics research and authorship. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2024 04 19; 31(5):1206-1210. Strasberg HR, Jackson GP, Bakken SR, Boxwala A, Richardson JE, Morrow JD. PMID: 38531679; PMCID: PMC11031207.
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    7. Socio-technical infrastructure for a learning health system. Learn Health Syst. 2024 Jan; 8(1):e10405. Friedman CP, Lomotan EA, Richardson JE, Ridgeway JL. PMID: 38249851; PMCID: PMC10797563.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 24  
    8. The Longitudinal Implementation Strategy Tracking System (LISTS): feasibility, usability, and pilot testing of a novel method. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 Nov 28; 4(1):153. Smith JD, Norton WE, Mitchell SA, Cronin C, Hassett MJ, Ridgeway JL, Garcia SF, Osarogiagbon RU, Dizon DS, Austin JD, Battestilli W, Richardson JE, Tesch NK, Cella D, Cheville AL, DiMartino LD, IMPACT Consortium. PMID: 38017582; PMCID: PMC10683230.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 26  
    9. Playing in the clinical decision support sandbox: tools and training for all. JAMIA Open. 2023 Jul; 6(2):ooad038. Soares A, Afshar M, Moesel C, Grasso MA, Pan E, Solomonides A, Richardson JE, Barone E, Lomotan EA, Schilling LM. PMID: 37351012; PMCID: PMC10283349.
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    10. Patient-Facing Clinical Decision Support for High Blood Pressure Control: Patient Survey. JMIR Cardio. 2023 Jan 23; 7:e39490. Dorr D, D'Autremont C, Richardson JE, Bobo M, Terndrup C, Dunne MJ, Cheng A, Rope R. PMID: 36689260; PMCID: PMC9903181.
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    11. Provider Perspectives on Patient- and Provider-Facing High Blood Pressure Clinical Decision Support. Appl Clin Inform. 2022 10; 13(5):1131-1140. Dorr DA, Richardson JE, Bobo M, D'Autremont C, Rope R, Dunne MJ, Kassakian SZ, Samal L. PMID: 35977714; PMCID: PMC9713301.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. A survey of computable biomedical knowledge repositories. Learn Health Syst. 2023 Jan; 7(1):e10314. Platt JE, Solomonides AE, Walker PD, Amara PS, Richardson JE, Middleton B, Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge Trust and Policy Work Group. PMID: 36654807; PMCID: PMC9835044.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3  
    13. Generating and Reporting Electronic Clinical Quality Measures from Electronic Health Records: Strategies from EvidenceNOW Cooperatives. Appl Clin Inform. 2022 03; 13(2):485-494. Richardson JE, Rasmussen LV, Dorr DA, Sirkin JT, Shelley D, Rivera A, Wu W, Cykert S, Cohen DJ, Kho AN. PMID: 35508198; PMCID: PMC9068273.
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    14. Assessing Data Adequacy for High Blood Pressure Clinical Decision Support: A Quantitative Analysis. Appl Clin Inform. 2021 08; 12(4):710-720. Dorr DA, D'Autremont C, Pizzimenti C, Weiskopf N, Rope R, Kassakian S, Richardson JE, McClure R, Eisenberg F. PMID: 34348408; PMCID: PMC8354347.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. It is time for computable evidence synthesis: The COVID-19 Knowledge Accelerator initiative. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2020 08 01; 27(8):1338-1339. Alper BS, Richardson JE, Lehmann HP, Subbian V. PMID: 32442263; PMCID: PMC7313978.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    16. Building and maintaining trust in clinical decision support: Recommendations from the Patient-Centered CDS Learning Network. Learn Health Syst. 2020 Apr; 4(2):e10208. Richardson JE, Middleton B, Platt JE, Blumenfeld BH. PMID: 32313835; PMCID: PMC7156865.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22  
    17. Challenges to electronic clinical quality measurement using third-party platforms in primary care practices: the healthy hearts in the heartland experience. JAMIA Open. 2019 Dec; 2(4):423-428. Ahmad FS, Rasmussen LV, Persell SD, Richardson JE, Liss DT, Kenly P, Chung I, French DD, Walunas TL, Schriever A, Kho AN. PMID: 32025638; PMCID: PMC6994020.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 7  
    18. The Potential Role for Smartphones Among Older Adults with Chronic Noncancer Pain: A Qualitative Study. Pain Med. 2018 06 01; 19(6):1132-1139. Richardson JE, Lee JI, Nirenberg A, Reid MC. PMID: 28108642; PMCID: PMC5998946.
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    19. The Imperative for Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support. EGEMS (Wash DC). 2018 May 30; 6(1):12. Marcial LH, Richardson JE, Lasater B, Middleton B, Osheroff JA, Kawamoto K, Ancker JS, van Leeuwen D, Lomotan EA, Al-Showk S, Blumenfeld BH. PMID: 30094284; PMCID: PMC6078148.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19  
    20. The Community Preceptor Crisis: Recruiting and Retaining Community-Based Faculty to Teach Medical Students-A Shared Perspective From the Alliance for Clinical Education. Teach Learn Med. 2016 Jul-Sep; 28(3):329-36. Christner JG, Dallaghan GB, Briscoe G, Casey P, Fincher RM, Manfred LM, Margo KI, Muscarella P, Richardson JE, Safdieh J, Steiner BD. PMID: 27092852.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 21     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. White Matter Diffusion Abnormalities in Carotid Artery Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Neuroimaging. 2016 09; 26(5):481-8. Baradaran H, Mtui EE, Richardson JE, Delgado D, Dunning A, Marshall RS, Sanelli PC, Gupta A. PMID: 27079165.
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    22. Placing wireless tablets in clinical settings for patient education. J Med Libr Assoc. 2016 Apr; 104(2):159-64. Stribling JC, Richardson JE. PMID: 27076806; PMCID: PMC4816481.
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    23. Public Perspectives of Mobile Phones' Effects on Healthcare Quality and Medical Data Security and Privacy: A 2-Year Nationwide Survey. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2015; 2015:1076-82. Richardson JE, Ancker JS. PMID: 26958246; PMCID: PMC4765572.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Information and informatics literacies of first-year medical students. J Med Libr Assoc. 2015 Oct; 103(4):198-202. Richardson JE, Bouquin DR, Tmanova LL, Wright D. PMID: 26512221; PMCID: PMC4613382.
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    25. Practices of Depression Care in Home Health Care: Home Health Clinician Perspectives. Psychiatr Serv. 2015 Dec 01; 66(12):1365-8. Bao Y, Eggman AA, Richardson JE, Sheeran TF, Bruce ML. PMID: 26423098; PMCID: PMC4666762.
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    26. Trends in public perceptions of electronic health records during early years of meaningful use. Am J Manag Care. 2015 Aug; 21(8):e487-93. Ancker JS, Brenner S, Richardson JE, Silver M, Kaushal R. PMID: 26625503; PMCID: PMC5474313.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Physician Satisfaction in Practices That Transformed Into Patient-Centered Medical Homes: A Statewide Study in New York. Am J Med Qual. 2016 07; 31(4):331-6. Richardson JE, Kern LM, Silver M, Jung HY, Kaushal R, HITEC Investigators. PMID: 25877964; PMCID: PMC4720572.
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    28. Patient-centered medical homes: observable types derived from national recognition assessment scores. J Ambul Care Manage. 2015 Apr-Jun; 38(2):144-52. Vest JR, Kern LM, Jung HY, Ancker JS, Richardson JE, Silver MD, Kaushal R, HITEC Investigators. PMID: 25748263.
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    29. A needs assessment of health information technology for improving care coordination in three leading patient-centered medical homes. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2015 Jul; 22(4):815-20. Richardson JE, Vest JR, Green CM, Kern LM, Kaushal R, HITEC Investigators. PMID: 25796597; PMCID: PMC11737642.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    30. The current and ideal state of mental health training: pediatric resident perspectives. Teach Learn Med. 2015; 27(2):147-54. Hampton E, Richardson JE, Bostwick S, Ward MJ, Green C. PMID: 25893936.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 12     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    31. Misalignment between medicare policies and depression care in home health care: home health provider perspectives. Psychiatr Serv. 2014 Jul; 65(7):905-10. Bao Y, Eggman AA, Richardson JE, Bruce ML. PMID: 24632686; PMCID: PMC4167154.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 5     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    32. Novel telemedicine technologies in geriatric chronic non-cancer pain: primary care providers' perspectives. Pain Med. 2014 Feb; 15(2):206-13. Levine M, Richardson JE, Granieri E, Reid MC. PMID: 24341423; PMCID: PMC4351727.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 22     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    33. The patient care circle: a descriptive framework for understanding care transitions. J Hosp Med. 2013 Nov; 8(11):619-26. Lee JI, Cutugno C, Pickering SP, Press MJ, Richardson JE, Unterbrink M, Kelser ME, Evans AT. PMID: 24124032; PMCID: PMC4030373.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    34. The promises and pitfalls of leveraging mobile health technology for pain care. Pain Med. 2013 Nov; 14(11):1621-6. Richardson JE, Reid MC. PMID: 23865541; PMCID: PMC3917776.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 14     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    35. Older adults are mobile too!Identifying the barriers and facilitators to older adults' use of mHealth for pain management. BMC Geriatr. 2013 May 06; 13:43. Parker SJ, Jessel S, Richardson JE, Reid MC. PMID: 23647949; PMCID: PMC3673892.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 85     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    36. Bridging informatics and implementation science: evaluating a framework to assess electronic health record implementations in community settings. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2012; 2012:770-8. Richardson JE, Abramson EL, Pfoh ER, Kaushal R, HITEC Investigators. PMID: 23304351; PMCID: PMC3540540.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 20     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    37. How communities are leveraging the health information technology workforce to implement electronic health records. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2011; 2011:1186-95. Richardson JE, Abramson EL, Pfoh ER, Kaushal R, HITEC Investigators. PMID: 22195179; PMCID: PMC3243241.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    38. A clinical decision support needs assessment of community-based physicians. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Dec; 18 Suppl 1:i28-35. Richardson JE, Ash JS. PMID: 21890874; PMCID: PMC3241161.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    39. The effects of a hands-free communication device system in a surgical suite. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011 Jan-Feb; 18(1):70-2. Richardson JE, Shah-Hosseini S, Fiadjoe JE, Ash JS, Rehman MA. PMID: 21113074; PMCID: PMC3005864.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    40. Multiple perspectives on the meaning of clinical decision support. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2010 Nov 13; 2010:1427-31. Richardson JE, Ash JS, Sittig DF, Bunce A, Carpenter J, Dykstra RH, Guappone K, McCormack J, McMullen CK, Shapiro M, Wright A, Middleton B. PMID: 21347119; PMCID: PMC3041401.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 9     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    41. The effects of hands-free communication device systems: communication changes in hospital organizations. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010 Jan-Feb; 17(1):91-8. Richardson JE, Ash JS. PMID: 20064808; PMCID: PMC2995638.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 11     Fields:    
    42. The effects of hands free communication devices on clinical communication: balancing communication access needs with user control. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2008 Nov 06; 621-5. Richardson JE, Richardson JE, Ash JS, Ash J. PMID: 18999046; PMCID: PMC2656106.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 8     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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