Celebrating G. Octo Barnett MD

摘要

In the eighth month of 2020, in which the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic remains a global health crisis and there is heightened awareness of structural racism in our society, I’ve chosen to step back from these critical issues and briefly reflect on the legacy of G. Octo Barnett, MD, medical informatics pioneer, who died at the end of June.