The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is launching an initiative to fund a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Learning Network.

The network will "engage stakeholders in the dissemination and implementation of PCOR findings through CDS and to promote incorporation of PCOR into clinical practice through CDS," according to a grant notice.

The network also aims to reveal barriers to CDS use in implementing PCOR findings into clinical practice and provide recommendations for development of CDS and best practices for CDS design and implementation.

“The field of CDS, as an area of scientific research, is evolving rapidly,” AHQR wrote in its funding opportunity announcement. “The PCOR CDS Learning Network will be an agile partner that can identify the issues most important to the field, can bring together the most forward-thinking researchers and implementers, and can return those recommendations to the field with the highest chances of uptake.”