Raman Khanna, MD, MAS

Associate Professor

Dr. Raman Khanna is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF and Medical Director of Inpatient Informatics at UCSF Health. He received his BA and MD, and subsequently completed his residency, at Northwestern University, following which he completed a research fellowship and Masters in Clinical Research at UCSF.

Raman's work centers on the design and implementation of information technology applications in health care. He helped create CareWeb, a project to transform clinical communication within and between providers and their teams, and now co-chairs the Digital Diagnostics and Therapeutics Committee which seeks to improve and regulate access to the UCSF electronic Health Record via its increasingly robust APIs.

Raman is the Program Director for the Clinical Informatics Fellowship Program.

For his clinical time Raman attends on the Medicine Teaching services.

Areas of Specialization/Research Interests include:
Inter-provider communication
Information technology
Decision support
API Integration
Venous Thromboembolism
Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
M.A.S. in Clinical Research, 2011 - Graduate Division (Advance Training in Clinical Research), University of California, San Francisco
Publications

  1. Tamraz B, Shin J, Khanna R, Van Ziffle J, Knowles S, Stregowski S, Wan E, Kamath R, Collins C, Phunsur C, Tsai B, Kong P, Calanoc C, Pollard A, Sawhney R, Pleiman J, Devine WP, Croci R, Sashikanth A, Kroon L, Cucina R, Rajkovic A. Clinical implementation of preemptive pharmacogenomics testing for personalized medicine at an academic medical center. 2024. PMID: 39665424


  2. Pourian J, Subramanian C, Blebea C, Auerbach AD, Khanna R. The Elements of Style for Interruptive Electronic Health Record Alerts. 2024. PMID: 39740769


  5. Lingham V, Chandwarkar A, Miller M, Baker C, Genes N, Hellems M, Khanna R, Mize D, Silverman H. A Systematic Approach to the Design and Implementation of Clinical Informatics Fellowship Programs. 2023. PMID: 38057262


  6. Ravi A, Arvisais-Anhalt S, Weia B, Khanna R, Adler-Milstein J, Auerbach AD. Governance of Electronic Health Record Modification at US Academic Medical Centers. 2023. PMID: 37553071


  8. Khoong EC, Sherwin EB, Harrison JD, Wheeler M, Shah SJ, Mourad M, Khanna R. Impact of standardized, language-concordant hospital discharge instructions on postdischarge medication questions. 2023. PMID: 37490045


  9. Grouse CK, Waung MW, Holmgren AJ, Mongan J, Neinstein A, Josephson SA, Khanna RR. Behavioral "nudges" in the electronic health record to reduce waste and misuse: 3 interventions. 2022. PMID: 36519951


  10. Khanna RR, Murray SG, Wen T, Salmeen K, Illangasekare T, Benfield N, Adler-Milstein J, Savage L. Protecting reproductive health information in the post-Roe era: interoperability strategies for healthcare institutions. 2022. PMID: 36287823


  11. Sakumoto M, Khanna R. Using Technology to Enhance Communication. 2022. PMID: 35725235


  12. Xu NY, Nguyen KT, DuBord AY, Klonoff DC, Goldman JM, Shah SN, Spanakis EK, Madlock-Brown C, Sarlati S, Rafiq A, Wirth A, Kerr D, Khanna R, Weinstein S, Espinoza J. The Launch of the iCoDE Standard Project. 2022. PMID: 35533135


  13. Huppert LA, Hsu G, Elnachef N, Flint L, Frank JA, Gensler LS, Hsiao EC, Khanna RR, Qasim A, Schwartz BS, Widera E, Zapata C, Babik JM. A single center evaluation of applicant experiences in virtual interviews across eight internal medicine subspecialty fellowship programs. 2021. PMID: 34187346


  15. Subash M, Sakumoto M, Bass J, Hong P, Muniyappa A, Pierce L, Purmal C, Ramaswamy P, Sono R, Uptegraft C, Feinstein D, Khanna R. The emerging role of clinical informatics fellows in service learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021. PMID: 33164076


  16. Huppert LA, Hsiao EC, Cho KC, Marquez C, Chaudhry RI, Frank J, Goglin SE, Hsu G, Kathpalia P, Khanna R, Kompala T, Rao MN, Bower BA, Trafas V, Santhosh L, Schwartz BS, Babik JM. Virtual Interviews at Graduate Medical Education Training Programs: Determining Evidence-Based Best Practices. 2020. PMID: 33298691


  17. Chu CD, Tuot DS, Harrison JD, Duong J, Luxenberg A, Khanna RR. Completeness and quality of text paging for subspecialty consult requests. 2020. PMID: 32820085


  18. Auerbach AD, Khanna R, Adler-Milstein J. Letting a Good Crisis Go to Waste. Volume 35 of Issue 4. 2019. PMID: 31745851


  19. Jue VI, Khanna RR. The Best Laid Plans-Medication Reconciliation Optimization in Theory and Practice. Volume 14 of Issue 10. 2019. PMID: 31577223


  20. Najafi N, Cucina R, Khanna R. Effectiveness of a Best Practice Alert to Reduce Telemetry Orders-Reply. Volume 179 of Issue 6. 2019. PMID: 31157847


  21. Ghazvinian R, White RH, Gage BF, Fang MC, Saeed R, Khanna RR. Predictive value of the present-on-admission indicator for hospital-associated hemorrhage. Volume 180. 2019. PMID: 31163300


  22. Rojek AE, Khanna R, Yim JWL, Gardner R, Lisker S, Hauer KE, Lucey C, Sarkar U. Differences in Narrative Language in Evaluations of Medical Students by Gender and Under-represented Minority Status. Volume 34 of Issue 5. 2019. PMID: 30993609


  23. Najafi N, Cucina R, Pierre B, Khanna R. Assessment of a Targeted Electronic Health Record Intervention to Reduce Telemetry Duration: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial. Volume 179 of Issue 1. 2019. PMID: 30535345


  24. Auerbach AD, Neinstein A, Khanna R. Balancing Innovation and Safety When Integrating Digital Tools Into Health Care. Volume 169 of Issue 8. 2018. PMID: 30326099


  25. Groningen NV, Prasad PA, Najafi N, Rajkomar A, Khanna RR, Fang MC. Electronic Order Volume as a Meaningful Component in Estimating Patient Complexity and Resident Physician Workload. Volume 13 of Issue 12. 2018. PMID: 30156577


  26. Auerbach AD, Neinstein A, Khanna R. Balancing Innovation and Safety When Integrating Digital Tools Into Health Care. Volume 168 of Issue 10. 2018. PMID: 29582072


  27. Sankaran S, Ravi PS, Wu YE, Shanabogue S, Ashok S, Agnew K, Fang MC, Khanna RA, Dandu M, Harrison JD. An NGO-Implemented Community-Clinic Health Worker Approach to Providing Long-Term Care for Hypertension in a Remote Region of Southern India. Volume 5 of Issue 4. 2017. PMID: 29284700


  28. Murray SG, Yim JWL, Croci R, Rajkomar A, Schmajuk G, Khanna R, Cucina RJ. Using Spatial and Temporal Mapping to Identify Nosocomial Disease Transmission of Clostridium difficile. Volume 177 of Issue 12. 2017. PMID: 29059280


  29. Wang MD, Khanna R, Najafi N. Characterizing the Source of Text in Electronic Health Record Progress Notes. Volume 177 of Issue 8. 2017. PMID: 28558106


  30. Luxenberg A, Chan B, Khanna R, Sarkar U. Efficiency and Interpretability of Text Paging Communication for Medical Inpatients: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. Volume 177 of Issue 8. 2017. PMID: 28628695


  31. Elias P, Khanna R, Dudley A, Davies J, Jacolbia R, McArthur K, Auerbach AD. Automating Venous Thromboembolism Risk Calculation Using Electronic Health Record Data upon Hospital Admission: The Automated Padua Prediction Score. Volume 12 of Issue 4. 2017. PMID: 28411291


  32. Jenkins IH, White RH, Amin AN, Afsarmanesh N, Auerbach AD, Khanna R, Maynard GA. Reducing the incidence of hospital-associated venous thromboembolism within a network of academic hospitals: Findings from five University of California medical centers. Volume 11 Suppl 2. 2016. PMID: 27925421


  33. Khanna RR, Wachter RM, Blum M. Reimagining Electronic Clinical Communication in the Post-Pager, Smartphone Era. Volume 315 of Issue 1. 2016. PMID: 26746450


  34. Khanna RR, Kim SB, Jenkins I, El-Kareh R, Afsarmanesh N, Amin A, Sand H, Auerbach A, Chia CY, Maynard G, Romano PS, White RH. Predictive value of the present-on-admission indicator for hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism. Volume 53 of Issue 4. 2015. PMID: 23552437


  35. Fontil V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Kazi DS, Sidney S, Coxson PG, Khanna R, Victor RG, Pletcher MJ. Simulating Strategies for Improving Control of Hypertension Among Patients with Usual Source of Care in the United States: The Blood Pressure Control Model. Volume 30 of Issue 8. 2015. PMID: 25749880


  36. Khanna R, Stoddard PJ, Gonzales EN, Villagran-Flores M, Thomson J, Bayard P, Palos Lucio AG, Schillinger D, Bertozzi S, Gonzales R. An automated telephone nutrition support system for Spanish-speaking patients with diabetes. Volume 8 of Issue 6. 2014. PMID: 25239122


  37. Greysen SR, Khanna RR, Jacolbia R, Lee HM, Auerbach AD. Tablet computers for hospitalized patients: a pilot study to improve inpatient engagement. Volume 9 of Issue 6. 2014. PMID: 24523051


  38. Khanna R, Maynard G, Sadeghi B, Hensley L, Medvedev S, Danielsen B, White RH. Incidence of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolic codes in medical patients hospitalized in academic medical centers. Volume 9 of Issue 4. 2014. PMID: 24497463


  39. Shoeb M, Khanna R, Fang M, Sharpe B, Finn K, Ranji S, Monash B. Internal medicine rounding practices and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education core competencies. Volume 9 of Issue 4. 2014. PMID: 24493566


  40. Khanna R, Yen T. Computerized physician order entry: promise, perils, and experience. Volume 4 of Issue 1. 2014. PMID: 24381708


  41. Fontil V, Pletcher MJ, Khanna R, Guzman D, Victor R, Bibbins-Domingo K. Physician underutilization of effective medications for resistant hypertension at office visits in the United States: NAMCS 2006-2010. Volume 29 of Issue 3. 2013. PMID: 24249113


  42. Moriates C, Novelero M, Quinn K, Khanna R, Mourad M. "Nebs no more after 24": a pilot program to improve the use of appropriate respiratory therapies. 2013. PMID: 23877555


  43. Khanna RR, Victor RG, Bibbins-Domingo K, Shapiro MF, Pletcher MJ. Missed opportunities for treatment of uncontrolled hypertension at physician office visits in the United States, 2005 through 2009. Volume 172 of Issue 17. 2012. PMID: 22869238


  44. Khanna RR, Karliner LS, Eck M, Vittinghoff E, Koenig CJ, Fang MC. Performance of an online translation tool when applied to patient educational material. Volume 6 of Issue 9. 2011. PMID: 22034196


  45. Khanna R, Vittinghoff E, Maselli J, Auerbach A. Unintended consequences of a standard admission order set on venous thromboembolism prophylaxis and patient outcomes. Volume 27 of Issue 3. 2011. PMID: 21948203


  46. Khanna R, Wachsberg K, Marouni A, Feinglass J, Williams MV, Wayne DB. The association between night or weekend admission and hospitalization-relevant patient outcomes. Volume 6 of Issue 1. 2010. PMID: 21241035