From Potholes to Piglets, 30 Years of Health IT Lessons| The 229 Podcast with CT Lin, MD

Episode Description

August 13, 2026: CT Lin, MD, spent 30 years at UC Health, the last stretch as Chief Medical Information Officer, before stepping into his next chapter as Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado and first-time author. His new book, “It’s Not About the Tech: From Potholes to Piglets, Real-Life Lessons in Health IT,” argues that health IT success is 80 percent people and 20 percent technology, a lesson he learned by failing loudly and often. Lin tells Sarah Richardson about the radiology order set that accidentally triggered a hospital-wide outbreak of "acromegaly," the identity crisis of losing a CMIO title after three decades, and why governing generative AI will be this era's tragedy of the commons.

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