Academic and Research Skills
Digital Therapeutics Pathway
Health Services Research
Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
Telemedicine/EHR/Medical Informatics
John Chuo, MD, MS, IA
Associate Professor
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, SPROUT, University of Pennsylvania
Asian/Pacific American, Pennsylvania, United States
Christina Olson, MD
Associate Professor
Telehealth
University of Colorado School of Medicine/ Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, United States
David McSwain, MD MPH
Chief Medical Informatics Officer
UNC Health
Mt Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
Michelle Macy, MD, MS (she/her/hers)
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Digital health in pediatric care is increasingly prevalent and encompasses telemedicine, m-health, chatbots, remote patient monitoring, wearable technology, tele-mentoring and tele-education. Users of digital health range from patients to healthcare providers and ancillary staff such as educators, care coordinators, social workers and case managers to quality improvement specialists and researchers. Evaluating the effectiveness and efficacy of digital health and associated technology for such wide range of purposes and users is challenging but becomes more manageable using STEM (SPROUT telehealth Evaluation and Measures). Participants will learn to use the STEM framework to assess the outcomes, quality, experience, and equity of digital health interventions in three use-case contexts – quality improvement, clinical interventions, and research. The workshop begins with a 20-minute didactic session illustrating how to apply the STEM framework broadly followed by three 20-minute breakout sessions. At the start of the breakout sessions, participants will be divided into three groups - Digital health for QI, Digital health interventions, and Digital health in research. After 20 minutes, participants will rotate to the next small group and by the end will have engaged in in-depth learning about all three use case contexts. After completing the workshop, participants will have gained experience working through the STEM process and its tools, and return to their home institutions prepared to navigate the nuances involved in measuring effectiveness and efficacy in the three different and important use cases. Post session, participants can reach out to SPROUT faculty in the metrics topic working group for further guidance.