title: A Bridging Opportunities Work-frame to develop mobile applications for clinical decision making.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mobile applications (apps) providing clinical decision support (CDS) may show the greatest promise when created by and for frontline clinicians. Our aim was to create a generic model enabling healthcare providers to direct the development of CDS apps.
  
  
  METHODS
  We combined Change Management with a three-tier information technology architecture to stimulate CDS app development.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A Bridging Opportunities Work-frame model was developed. A test case was used to successfully develop an app.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Healthcare providers can re-use this globally applicable model to actively create and manage regional decision support applications to translate evidence-based medicine in the use of emerging medication or novel treatment regimens.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3142, Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy & Health Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, AB T6G 2E1, Canada; Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3142, Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy & Health Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, AB T6G 2E1, Canada.
authors.forename: Tibor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Rooij
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Department, Grey Nuns Community Hospital, 1100 Youville Drive West NW, Edmonton, Alberta, AB T6L 5X8, Canada; Pharmacy Department, Grey Nuns Community Hospital, 1100 Youville Drive West NW, Edmonton, Alberta, AB T6L 5X8, Canada.
authors.forename: Serena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rix
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, 1-001 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, AB T6G 2E9, Canada; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, 1-001 Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, AB T6G 2E9, Canada.
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3142, Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy & Health Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, AB T6G 2E1, Canada; Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 3142, Katz Group Centre for Pharmacy & Health Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, AB T6G 2E1, Canada.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marsh
keywords: clinical decision support; clinical guidance; eHealth; mHealth; mobile application; model development; point-of-care