Transforming Biomedical Informatics Research into Better Patient Care

Developing, implementing, and evaluating clinical informatics innovations that improve healthcare delivery.

About

Dr. Allison B. McCoy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Director of the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Core, and Clinical Director with HealthIT. She specializes in applied clinical informatics, partnering with clinicians, researchers, and health system leaders to translate innovative ideas into scalable solutions that improve patient care.

Her work bridges biomedical informatics research and healthcare operations by leveraging electronic health record (EHR) data, implementing clinical decision support, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and workflow innovations directly into clinical practice. Through the Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Core, she supports investigators throughout the research lifecycle by providing data extraction, informatics consultation, EHR implementation, and evaluation.

Her research focuses on ensuring that informatics innovations are not only developed, but successfully integrated into real-world clinical workflows. By combining implementation science with rigorous evaluation, she helps organizations determine what works, why it works, and how informatics technologies can be deployed to improve healthcare delivery.

Areas of Expertise

Clinical Decision Support • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare • Electronic Health Records • Predictive Analytics • Implementation Science • HealthIT Evaluation • Workflow Optimization • Applied Clinical Informatics

Impact

Dr. McCoy’s work spans research, clinical operations, and national collaborations, supporting investigators and healthcare organizations in translating biomedical informatics innovations into practice.