NORC Health Implementation Science Center

Real pilots. Real lessons. From BP management apps to patient-clinician chatbots, learn what worked at HISC’s #AMIA2026 workshop on patient-facing digital health tools: Nov. 7, 8:30am CT. Learn more here: amia.secure-platform.com/sym…

Wearables, apps, portals – patient-facing health tech is everywhere. But is it built with patients in mind? NORC #ImpSci's #AMIA2026 workshop offers evidence-based strategies to advance these important tools: amia.secure-platform.com/sym…

Don’t miss NORC #ImpSci at the Weill Cornell Medicine Virtual Healthcare in the Mainstream Symposium & Research Forum on Oct. 21! Rina Dhopeshwarkar will present: “From Design to Insight: FHIR-enabled Apps to Support Patient Engagement." #DigitalHealth #HealthIT

📢 When it comes to clinical decision support interactions, what should we measure? Our latest AHRQ-funded article explored what patients and primary care physicians prioritize in #PCCDS and found communication quality and trust ranked highest. Read here: link.springer.com/article/10…

Don’t miss our  AHRQ-funded study sharing patient- and caregiver-informed considerations for GenAI-supported PC CDS, emphasizing accuracy, data security, bias mitigation, user choice, and support for the patient-clinician relationship. Read it here: jmir.org/2026/1/e75851

📢 In our latest AHRQ-funded @jmirpub publication, patients & caregivers identified 7 considerations for generative AI–supported patient-centered clinical decision support. 👉Read it here: jmir.org/2026/1/e75851

This new video from #ImpSci introduces a taxonomy explaining why patient-centered clinical decision support (PC CDS) recommendations are overridden—covering 6 domains across clinician, patient & caregiver perspectives.

🚨Our new manuscript details the SPARC Water Management Initiative—13 months of tailored learning that helped Maryland hospitals strengthen water management. 93% adopted new or improved practices. Read more: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… #InfectionPrevention #WaterManagement

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 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 ) will present on patient preferences in digital tools that support patient decision-making and self-management on June 1st from 8-9:15 AM.

Attending #ARM26? Be sure to check out NORC #ImpSci’s “How Digital Health Tools Can Strengthen Shared Decision-Making” presented by Priyanka Desai on June 1st from 8-9:15 AM.

Proud to represent NORC Health Implementation Science Center (#HISC) at AMIA #Amplify2026. Prashila Dullabh, MD (@HealthITzen) 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 (@HealthITzen) presents AHRQ #CDSiC work on a new taxonomy for understanding overrides in patient centered CDS. #ClinicalDecisionSupport

Excited to highlight the AHRQ Safety Program for Telemedicine at #SGIM26! @SaraKellerMD1 presents on May 8 at 5pm ET on reducing inappropriate antibiotic prescribing in telemedicine using #CUSP methods. Don’t miss insights from this nationwide stewardship effort.

New publication in Applied Clinical Informatics from NORC #ImpSci explores why patient engagement technologies succeed in pilots but struggle to scale. Read the findings here: thieme-connect.com/products/… #PatientEngagement #DigitalHealth #HealthIT

Attending the SHEA conference? Don’t miss @SaraKellerMD1's talk, “‘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.

New in JAMIA: NORC researchers explore global trends in consumer-mediated health information exchange, highlighting standards, policy, and tech that empower patients to share their data: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4019… #HealthIT #HIE #PatientCenteredCare

📢ICYMI: NORC #ImpSci, @YaleMed & @elimu_io 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/jamiaopen/oo… #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/pd…... #QualityImprovement