As Chief Information Officer, Dr. Longhurst is responsible for all operations and strategic planning for information and communications technology across the multiple hospitals, clinics, and professional schools which encompass UC San Diego Health. Dr. Longhurst is also a
Clinical Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine, and continues to see patients. As a result of his efforts to leverage technology to improve patient experience in the UCSD Jacobs Medical Center, he was voted the 2017 Top Tech
Exec in the education category for San Diego. He previously served as Chief Medical Information Officer for Stanford Children’s Health and Clinical Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, where he helped lead the organization through the implementation of a comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) for over a decade. This work culminated in HIMSS stage 7 awards for both Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and 167 network practices in Stanford Children’s Health.
Dr. Longhurst has published dozens of scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals on how technology and data can improve patient care and outcomes and was elected as a fellow in the prestigious American College of Medical Informatics, among other distinctions. He is a
board-certified pediatrician and clinical informaticist, and founded Stanford’s fellowship in clinical informatics, first in the nation to receive accreditation. Described as a pragmatic academician, Dr. Longhurst, serves as an advisor to several companies and speaks internationally on a wide gamut of healthcare IT topics.