Bringing smarter clinical decision tools to more hospitals
Bytes to Bedside: Collaborative Development for Translational Clinical Decision Support
This project builds shared data tools so doctors' computer-based decision aids work better across multiple hospitals to help improve patient care.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Wake Forest University Health Sciences NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Winston-Salem, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11243547 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you are a patient receiving care at a participating hospital, this project will use electronic health record information to see how well computer decision aids help clinicians in real practice. The team will expand shared performance measures and create a central data-sharing system across six CTSA hub hospitals, following the EPIS framework (Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, Sustainment). They will compare how decision support performs across sites and benchmark which alerts or recommendations lead to better outcomes. The goal is to make decision support more consistent and tied to real clinical results so your care is safer and more effective.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Patients who receive care at one of the participating CTSA hub hospitals and whose electronic health records can be included in the project's data-sharing system are the ones who would be included.
Not a fit: People who get care outside the participating hospitals, opt out of data sharing, or whose conditions are not targeted by the decision-support tools are unlikely to see direct benefits.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could make clinical decision alerts more accurate and useful, reducing errors and improving outcomes for patients across multiple hospitals.
How similar studies have performed: Single-hospital projects have shown clinical decision support can reduce errors, but multi-site efforts that link shared CDS metrics to real clinical outcomes are less common and relatively new.
Where this research is happening
Winston-Salem, United States
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences — Winston-Salem, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Kirkendall, Eric Steven — Wake Forest University Health Sciences
- Study coordinator: Kirkendall, Eric Steven
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.