Kumah Crystal Yaa

Dr. Yaa Kumah-Crystal is an Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Pediatric Endocrinology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). Dr. Kumah-Crystal’s research focuses on studying communication and documentation in healthcare and developing strategies to improve workflow and patient care delivery. Dr. Kumah-Crystal is the project lead for the Vanderbilt EHR Voice Assistant (VEVA) initiative to incorporate voice user interfaces and ambient scribe technology into the EHR through Natural language processing. Dr. Kumah-Crystal is the HealthIT Clinical Director for the VUMC Telehealth Taskforce and works to develop and implement strategies to leverage remote patient care models. She remains clinically active and also supervises pediatric residents and fellows. Dr. Kumah-Crystals related publications define the use of technology to improve care and communication for providers and patients.