diff --git a/healthcare/datasets/createDataset.js b/healthcare/datasets/createDataset.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1787aacb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/healthcare/datasets/createDataset.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2019, Google, LLC
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the `License`);
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an `AS IS` BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+function main(
+  projectId = process.env.GCLOUD_PROJECT,
+  cloudRegion = 'us-central1',
+  datasetId
+) {
+  // [START healthcare_create_dataset]
+  const {google} = require('googleapis');
+  const healthcare = google.healthcare('v1alpha2');
+
+  async function createDataset() {
+    const auth = await google.auth.getClient({
+      scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
+    });
+    google.options({auth});
+
+    // TODO(developer): uncomment these lines before running the sample
+    // const cloudRegion = 'us-central1';
+    // const projectId = 'adjective-noun-123';
+    // const datasetId = 'my-dataset';
+    const parent = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${cloudRegion}`;
+    const request = {parent, datasetId};
+
+    await healthcare.projects.locations.datasets.create(request);
+    console.log(`Created dataset: ${datasetId}`);
+  }
+
+  createDataset();
+  // [END healthcare_create_dataset]
+}
+
+// node createDataset.js <projectId> <cloudRegion> <datasetId>
+main(...process.argv.slice(2));
diff --git a/healthcare/datasets/datasets.js b/healthcare/datasets/datasets.js
index c29cc9ad5f..f050b8f381 100644
--- a/healthcare/datasets/datasets.js
+++ b/healthcare/datasets/datasets.js
@@ -17,28 +17,6 @@
 
 const {google} = require('googleapis');
 
-// [START healthcare_create_dataset]
-function createDataset(client, projectId, cloudRegion, datasetId) {
-  // Client retrieved in callback
-  // getClient(serviceAccountJson, function(client) {...});
-  // const cloudRegion = 'us-central1';
-  // const projectId = 'adjective-noun-123';
-  // const datasetId = 'my-dataset';
-  const parentName = `projects/${projectId}/locations/${cloudRegion}`;
-
-  const request = {parent: parentName, datasetId: datasetId};
-
-  client.projects.locations.datasets
-    .create(request)
-    .then(() => {
-      console.log(`Created dataset: ${datasetId}`);
-    })
-    .catch(err => {
-      console.error(err);
-    });
-}
-// [END healthcare_create_dataset]
-
 // [START healthcare_delete_dataset]
 function deleteDataset(client, projectId, cloudRegion, datasetId) {
   // Client retrieved in callback
@@ -258,17 +236,6 @@ require(`yargs`)  // eslint-disable-line
       type: 'string',
     },
   })
-  .command(
-    `createDataset <datasetId>`,
-    `Creates a new health dataset.`,
-    {},
-    opts => {
-      const cb = function(client) {
-        createDataset(client, opts.projectId, opts.cloudRegion, opts.datasetId);
-      };
-      getClient(opts.apiKey, opts.serviceAccount, cb);
-    }
-  )
   .command(
     `deleteDataset <datasetId>`,
     `Deletes the specified health dataset and all data contained
diff --git a/healthcare/datasets/system-test/datasets.test.js b/healthcare/datasets/system-test/datasets.test.js
index d1f1979d9a..02b9ece011 100644
--- a/healthcare/datasets/system-test/datasets.test.js
+++ b/healthcare/datasets/system-test/datasets.test.js
@@ -35,7 +35,10 @@ after(async () => {
 });
 
 it('should create a dataset', async () => {
-  const output = await tools.runAsync(`${cmd} createDataset ${datasetId}`, cwd);
+  const output = await tools.runAsync(
+    `$node createDataset.js ${datasetId}`,
+    cwd
+  );
   assert.strictEqual(output, `Created dataset: ${datasetId}`);
 });