About David Ting, MD
Dr. David Y. Ting is the Chief Medical Information Officer of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization (MGPO) and the Co-Director of the MGH Center for Innovation in Digital HealthCare (CIDH). Dr. Ting is dual-board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, and is a practicing primary care internist and pediatrician at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston. He is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He earned his M.D. degree from Duke University Medical School and then completed a combined internal medicine and pediatrics residency in the Harvard Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Program, where he later became the Residency Program Director. In this role as CMIO, Dr. Ting has liaised among MGPO’s nearly 3000 faculty physicians, 250 ambulatory practices, hospital and HIT leadership, and enterprise management teams. His major initiatives emphasize leveraging technology and workflow engineering to reduce administrative burden on physicians and their practices and improve provider and patient experiences of healthcare. Examples of this body of work include implementing scribes and virtual scribes, developing a centralized medication renewal process, scaling adoption of computerized voice recognition, delegating clinical data abstraction and transfer, and applying artificial intelligence in clinical care. In his leadership role in the MGH CIDH, Dr. Ting brings MGH innovators and investigators together with internal and industry partners to coordinate, guide and promote ideation, development, implementation and scaling of next-generation digital healthcare solutions.
In his clinical practice at MGH Everett Family Care, Dr. Ting cares for the primary care needs of both adults and children, with a particular clinical interest in the management of hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, asthma, and childhood attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Adult and pediatric asthma care
- Adult primary care medicine
- Child and adolescent development
- Diabetes management
- General pediatrics
- Hypertension management
- Integrating computer technology and health care
Treats:
- Adult & Pediatrics
Languages:
- Mandarin Chinese, Chinese, French, Spanish
Locations
Mass General Everett Family Care
19 Norwood St.
Everett, MA 02149
Phone: 617-394-7500
Medical Education
- MD, Duke University School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- MassHealth ACO
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Publications
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Liang B, Tracy A, Glenn C, Burns SM, Ting D. The Relational Health Indices: Assessing men’s and women’s relationships. Australian Community Psychologist. 2007:1935-52.
Fortuna RJ, Ting DY, Kaelber DC, Simon SR. Characteristics of Medicine-Pediatrics Practices: Results from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey. Academic Medicine. 2009; 84(3).
Emani S, Ting DY, Healey M, Lipsitz SR, Karson AS, Einbinder JS, Leinen L, Suric V, Bates DW. Physician beliefs about the impact of meaningful use of the EHR: A cross-sectional study. Appl Clin Inf 2014; 5: 789–801.
Emani S, Ting DY, Healey M, Lipsitz SR, Ramelson, H, Suric V, Bates DW. Physician perceptions and beliefs about generating and providing a clinical summary of the office visit. Appl Clin Inform 2015; 6: 577.
Emani S, Healey M, Ting DY, Lipsitz SR, Ramelson H, Suric V, Bates DW. Awareness and Use of the After-Visit Summary Through a Patient Portal: Evaluation of Patient Characteristics and an Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. J Med Internet Res 2016 (Apr 13); 18(4):e77
Emani S, Ting DY, Healey M, Lipsitz SR, Karson A, Bates DW. Physician Beliefs about the Meaningful Use of the Electronic Health Record: A Follow-Up StudyAppl Clin Inform 2017;8:1044–1053.
del Carmen MG, Herman J, Rao S, Hidrue MK, Ting D, Lehrhoff SR, Lenz S, Heffernan J, Ferris, TG. Trends and Factors Associated With Physician Burnout at a Multispecialty Academic Faculty Practice Organization. JAMA Network Open 3/15/2019; 2(3): e190554-e190554.
we talk and he listen and we get to the root of the problem.
Top notch, best Doctor I ever had
I have been a patient of Dr. David Ting probably since 1995. And within that time, I have seen him numerous times each year. He's referred me to specialists. He is very thorough in whatever he tells me. I appreciate everything he has done for me and I cannot complain or say a bad thing about this individual. I referred numerous family members and ... Read More
Dr. Ting is an excellent physician. He is very caring and respectful.
I've been a patient of Dr. Ting's for over twenty years, and he's always treated me with great respect. He's a dedicated, highly professional doctor.
Long time patient of Dr. Ting. Would never think of changing Doctor.
I'm satisfied! He's a professional who treats with courtesy and as a doctor, he's a good professional. I hope God blesses him. My eternal gratitude.
Dr Ting is the best
I have had Dr. Ting for many years and I like him very, very much and I do respect him. However, I feel like not enough time is spent in the office and I don't feel like enough, a thorough exam is provided.
Dr Ting has been my primary care for 25 years and I am very fortunate to have him he has had a major impact on my healthcare in a very positive way. Thank You Dr. Ting