There’s a flood of different solutions that are out there, and there really isn’t a streamlined way to know, as a clinician or as a patient, which ones really make a difference clinically and which ones are going to be helpful for you. And that’s been the focus of my research – understanding ways to evaluate technologies that are not so burdensome as to be purely in the realm of academics, but to be pragmatic.
Q: Who has had the strongest influence on your life?
A: I would say my spouse. She’s an academic physician at Hopkins. One of the things she has shown me is the importance of finding alignment in what you do professionally with the sort of goals that you have or the values that you hold as an individual. That’s why I’ve done some nontraditional things in my academic career. It’s really been in search of finding that alignment that matches my interests and goals, as opposed to just doing something because it’s a popular thing to do.
Lightning Round
Favorite sport: Soccer
What song do you have to sing along with when you hear it? 80s pop music
Introvert or extrovert? Introvert
Favorite holiday: Christmas
Optimist or pessimist? Realist
Dr. Mathews is on LinkedIn . His health tech blog is Digital Differential.
