Danny Sands

Danny Sands
Dr. Sands at screen of his medical record system
Born	Daniel Zev Sands April 1962
Alma mater	Brown University The Ohio State University College of Medicine Harvard School of Public Health
Occupation	Primary care physician

Daniel Zev Sands, M.D., M.P.H. , professionally known as Danny Sands, is an American primary care physician and specialist in medical informatics. He is a co-founder of the Society for Participatory Medicine, of which he is the Board Chair. ^[1]

Awards and honors

• William F. Ashe Award from the Department of Preventive Medicine for his work with computers as systems operator of Black Bag II BBS, a computerized medical information system, Ohio State University College of Medicine (1988).
• President’s Award, American Medical Informatics Association (1998).
• 2001 Technical Paper of the Year, Health Information Management Systems Society, for paper about PatientSite ^[2] (2002).
• IT Innovator Award from Healthcare Informatics magazine (a McGraw-Hill publication) (2003).
• 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better - Health Leaders magazine, 2009.

Memberships

Dr. Sands has been elected to fellowships in both the American College of Physicians and the American College of Medical Informatics and is a founder and co-chair of the Society for Participatory Medicine.

Publications

A Model for the Future of Health Care, Journal of Participatory Medicine, 5/16/2013

References

1. 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better in 2009, Health Leaders, December 2009.
2. "PatientSite - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | Login". patientsite.bidmc.org. Retrieved 2024-04-14.

External links

• DrDannySands.com (his website)
• Society for Participatory Medicine