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photo Gary S. Fischer, MD, FACP

General Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics

Associate Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine

Program Director, UPMC Clinical Informatics Fellowship

Medical Director, eRecord Ambulatory Decision Support and Analytics

Email: fischerg@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-692-4888
Contact
Office: UPMC Montefiore Hospital, Suite 933W
200 Lothrop Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-692-4888
Fax: 412-688-4499
E-mail: fischerg@upmc.edu
Education and Training
Education
BA, Mathematics, Franklin and Marshall College, 1986
MD, Harvard Medical School, 1990
Training
Residency, Primary Care Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1993
Fellowship, GIM and Medical Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, 1995
Research Interest
Dr. Fischer conducts research in several areas related to using informatics to improve health care quality: (1) the use of health information technology (HIT) and clinical decision support to improve quality of care; (2) the use of patient-facing HIT tools to improve patient outcomes, including with weight loss, diabetes care, hypertension, and prevention; (3) electronic communication between patients and health care providers; and (4) ambulatory quality improvement.
Clinical Interest
As medical director of the General Internal Medicine ambulatory practice, Dr. Fischer works with our physicians and staff to foster a Patient Centered Medical Home ethos within the practice, involving patient-centeredness, expanded access, coordination of care, and a focus on data and continuous quality improvement.
Educational Interest
Dr. Fischer is program director for the UPMC Clinical Informatics fellowship and is passionate about developing effective training programs for physicians who want to make clinical informatics part of their career. He is also involved in educating about medical ethics, internal medicine, and effective use of the electronic health record.
Publications
For my complete bibliography, Click Here.
Selected Publications:
Moerenhout, T., Fischer, G. S., Devisch, I. The elephant in the room. A postphenomenological case study of the electronic health record and its impact on the clinical encounter. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy. 2020; 23: 227-36.
Rockette-Wagner, B., Fischer, G. S., Kriska, A. M., Conroy, M. B., Dunstan, D., Roumpz, C., McTigue, K. M. Efficacy of an Online Physical Activity Intervention Coordinated with Routine Clinical Care: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Control Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2020; 9(11): e18891.
Sheth, H., Grimes, V., Rudge, D., Ayers, B., Moreland, L., Fischer, G. S., Aggarwal, R. Improving Pneumococcal Vaccination Rates in Rheumatology Patients by Using Best Practice Alerts in the Electronic Health Records. Journal of Rheumatology. 2020.
Kraemer, K. L., Althouse, A. D., Salay, M., Gordon, A. J., Wright, E., Anisman, D., Cochran, G., Fischer, G., Gellad, W. F., Hamm, M., Kern, M. Effect of Different Interventions to Help Primary Care Clinicians Avoid Unsafe Opioid Prescribing in Opioid-Naïve Patients With Acute Noncancer Pain: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Health Forum. 2022; 3(7): e222263.
Sponsored Research/Activities
Title: Provider-Targeted Behavioral Interventions to Prevent Unsafe Opioid Prescribing for Acute Non-Cancer Pain in Primary Care
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
Grant Number: RES
Start Year: 2018
End Year: 2022
Title: OPTIMIZing carE in Chronic Kidney Disease (OPTIMIZE CKD)
Role: Co-Investigator
Funding Agency: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, & Kidney Disease
Grant Number: R18 DK118460
Start Year: 2018
End Year: 2021
Notable Achievements
Practice Innovation and Quality Award, Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, 2016
Fellow, American College of Physicians, 2016

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