Generative AI may help improve patient-centered decision-making, but only if tools are designed with patients and caregivers in mind. Our AHRQ-funded study, published in JMIR, shares seven considerations for safe, trustworthy, and meaningful GenAI-supported PC CDS. www.jmir.org/2026/1/e75851

📢 New in JMIR: In an AHRQ-funded study, patient & caregiver advocates shared what matters most for generative AI–supported patient-centered clinical decision support, including trust, transparency, accuracy, co-design, clinician oversight. www.jmir.org/2026/1/e75851

Attending #ARM26? Be sure to check out #HISC presentations today: Prashila Dullabh on patient preferences in PC CDS & Priyanka Desai on shared decision‑making with PC CDS (8-9:15AM), and on text message–facilitated PC CDS (5-6:15PM).

At the @academyhealth.bsky.social Annual Research Meeting (#ARM26) on Monday, June 1st from 5:00-6:15 PM, don’t miss “Text Message-Facilitated PC CDS Implementation: Key Considerations and Promising Practices” presented by #HISC’s Priyanka Desai.

Don’t miss NORC #ImpSci's Health Implementation Science Center at #ARM26! Prashila Dullabh (@healthitzen.bsky.social ) will present on patient preferences in digital tools that support patient decision-making and self-management on June 1st from 8-9:15 AM.

Proud to represent NORC Health Implementation Science Center (#HISC) at AMIA #Amplify2026. Prashila Dullabh, MD (healthitzen.bsky.social) presented #CDSiC work introducing a novel taxonomy to understand clinician & patient override reasons in patient‑centered CDS. #ClinicalDecisionSupport

Don’t miss @norc.org Health Implementation Science Center (#HISC) at AMIA #Amplify2026! Thu, May 21 | 8am MT/10am ET: Prashila Dullabh, MD presents AHRQ #CDSiC work on a new taxonomy for understanding overrides in patient centered CDS. #ClinicalDecisionSupport

🚨New publication in Applied Clinical Informatics from NORC’s #ImpSci explores why patient engagement technologies succeed in pilots but struggle to scale. Read more here: www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejo... #PatientEngagement #DigitalHealth #HealthIT @healthitzen.bsky.social

Attending the @sheaepi.bsky.social (SHEA) conference? Don’t miss Sara Keller'stalk, “‘Providing Us the Confidence to Say No’: Lessons from a Nationwide Antibiotic Stewardship Intervention in Telemedicine,” on 4/9, 8:30–9:30 AM CT to learn key insights from the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine.

📢ICYMI: NORC #ImpSci, Yale School of Medicine, & Elimu Informatics piloted an app that integrates patient-contributed postpartum BP data into the EHR to improve monitoring of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/jami... #DigitalHealth #MaternalHealth #EHR #FHIR #PublicHealth

Check out SPARC’s 2025 Year in Review! - 24 webinars reaching all MD acute care hospitals - New initiatives on SSIs & pediatric infection prevention - Continued targeted guidance in antibiotic stewardship Read more here: maryland-sparc.org/assets/pdf/S... #QualityImprovement

Check out a new publication evaluating the SPARC sepsis-focused antibiotic stewardship initiative of tailored guidance, webinars, & office hours to implement sepsis-focused antibiotic stewardship. 💊 Read more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #Sepsis #QualityImprovement #AntibioticStewardship

NORC's #ImpSci is exploring how AI can be used to improve patient care. In collaboration with partners, the HISC supported pilot testing and evaluation of an NLP medication adherence app for patients with hypertension. Learn more here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40924835/ #AIinHealthcare #PCCDS

📢 ICYMI: Check out the NORC #ImpSci “Practical Insights About Creating and Implementing Patient-Facing Digital Health Tools” webinar recording here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X2N... #PCCDS #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #PatientEngagement

WEBINAR: Practical Insights About Creating & Implementing Patient-Facing Digital Health Tools

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At NORC #ImpSci, we use process frameworks to map phases of implementation. In our PCOR CDS Current State and Future Directions work, the Socio-Technical Model helped us understand how tech, people & processes interact in CDS systems. 🔗 www.norc.org/research/pro...

The NORC Health Implementation Science Center ( #ImpSci) team routinely uses process, determinant, and evaluation frameworks in our project work to ensure a structured, consistent, and rigorous approach. Learn more here: www.norc.org/research/top... #ImplementationScience

📢 Interested in building patient-facing digital health tools that use patient-contributed data? Join NORC #ImpSci Center’s webinar on Jan 14, 3–4 PM ET for practical insights from leading experts. Register here: norc.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PCCCDS #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare

📢 Don't miss NORC’s Health Implementation Science Center ( #ImpSci) webinar on Practical Insights About Creating & Implementing Patient-Facing Digital Health Tools from 3-4pm ET on January 14th. Register here to attend: norc.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #PCCDS #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare

Since our inception in 2020, NORC’s #ImpSci Center has produced over 250 products and 30 peer-reviewed publications! Read more about our past, present, and future projects in our 2025 newsletter here: us7.campaign-archive.com?u=ddf7e1f972... #ImplementationScience #DigitalHealth #HealthInformatics

We’re celebrating another year of impactful collaboration here at the NORC #ImpSci Center! Since our start in 2020, we’ve worked on projects to advance high-quality, patient-centered health care. Check out our 2025 Year in Review here: us7.campaign-archive.com?u=ddf7e1f972...

Interested in building patient-facing digital health tools that use patient-contributed data? Join NORC #ImpSci Center’s webinar on Jan 14, 3–4 PM ET for practical insights from leading experts. Register here: norc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We’re thrilled to have attended the AcademyHealth #DIScience25 conference! NORC #ImpSci’s Kiran Correa presented insightful preliminary findings from evidence-based interventions to improve appropriate antibiotic use in the telemedicine setting. #ImplementationScience

📢 Join NORC’s Health Implementation Science Center (#ImpSci) for a webinar on Practical Insights About Creating & Implementing Patient-Facing Digital Health Tools from 3-4pm ET on January 14th. Register here to attend: norc.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Attending the AcademyHealth #DIScience25 conference? Catch NORC #ImpSci’s Kiran Correa’s poster presentation on the preliminary insights of implementing the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine in primary care practices on Monday 12/15 from 1:15 - 2:30 pm ET #ImplementationScience

Check out this framework for measuring patient-centered clinical decision support (#PCCDS) performance across 6 domains—safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, & patient centered. Read the full article here: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

New Performance Measurement Framework for Realizing Patient-Centered Clinical Decision Support: Qualitative Development Study

Patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) exists on a continuum that reflects the degree to which its knowledge base, data, delivery, and use focus on patient needs and experiences. A new focus on value-based, whole-person care has ...

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ICYMI📢 NORC’s #ImpSci horizon scan explored challenges and future directions for patient-centered clinical decision support (#PCCDS). Key insights: progress requires patient input, patient-centered terminology, and stronger transparency. Read here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35534996/

Challenges and opportunities for advancing patient-centered clinical decision support: findings from a horizon scan - PubMed

Addressing these challenges and embracing these opportunities will help realize the promise of PC CDS-placing patients at the center of the healthcare system.

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Attending the AMIA Annual Symposium (#AMIA2025)? Join NORC's Health Implementation Science Center (#ImpSci) director, Prashila Dullabh (@healthitzen.bsky.social) on Sunday, November 16 from 5:45-7:00pm ET as she presents two posters! See details below. #PCCDS #PatientEmpowerment #DigitalHealth

At #APHA2025, our NORC #ImpSci colleague is sharing new research on breastfeeding duration using CDC PRAMS data. Find out how WIC participation and other factors influence breastfeeding duration. apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me... #MaternalHealth #Breastfeeding #WIC

Don’t miss NORC #ImpSci at the AMIA Annual Symposium (#AMIA2025)November 15-17! The #AHRQ Clinical Decision Support Innovation Collaborative (#CDSiC) team is headed to showcase their work to advance patient-centered clinical decision support (#PCCDS).

Don’t miss NORC #ImpSci at the 2025 Patient Insight Congress, November 6-7! Kiran Correa will be presenting on “Understanding Why Patients and Caregivers Sometimes Choose to Decline Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Recommendations” at 10am ET. Learn more: impact.patientadvocate.org/event/patien...