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Daniel Z. Sands, M.D., M.P.H. is an internationally recognized lecturer, consultant, and thought leader in the area of clinical computing and patient and clinician empowerment through the use of computer technology.Dr. Sands completed fellowships in clinical computing and general internal medicine before joining the faculty of both the Center for Clinical Computing and the Division of General Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. He holds a bachelor's degree from Brown University, a medical degree from Ohio State University and a master of public health degree from Harvard School of Public Health.Dr. Sands has been with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Center for Clinical Computing since 1991. Dr. Sands is the Clinical Director of Electronic Patient Records and Communication for CareGroup Healthcare System, an integrated health care delivery system based in Boston. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is Affiliate Faculty of HST, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology. In addition, Dr. Sands is a primary care internist practice who uses computers extensively in his practice.In 1998, Dr. Sands received the President's Award from the American Medical Informatics Association in recognition of his leadership in co-authoring the first national guidelines for the use of e-mail in patient care. Since 1998 he has maintained the Electronic Patient Centered Communication Resource Center at http://www.e-PCC.org. | 