Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, vice chair of Faculty Affairs in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, received the Byron Oberst Award from the Council on Clinical Information Technology during the 2024 American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference & Exhibition.
“I am incredibly honored to accept this equally incredible honor named for one of the leaders who created the field of pediatric informatics,” said Rosenbloom, professor of Biomedical Informatics, Medicine and Pediatrics.
Each year, the Byron Oberst Award is presented to a fellow of the AAP who has made significant contributions to the field of pediatric clinical informatics in one or more of the following areas:
- Improving pediatric clinical information systems
- Educating child health professionals in the use of clinical information technology
- Creating health policies that promote better use of pediatric clinical information systems
Rosenbloom received the award in recognition of his two areas of policy work: reducing the burden of clinical documentation on health care professionals practicing pediatrics and improving how children and their families can engage as partners with their health data through patient portals.
Former Vanderbilt recipients of the award are Stuart Weinberg, MD (2004); Kevin Johnson, MD, MS (2008); and Christoph Lehmann, MD (2016).
Rosenbloom is a nationally recognized investigator in the field of health information technology evaluation. His research has focused on studying how patients and health care providers interact with health information technologies when documenting patient care and making clinical decisions. Rosenbloom received his MD and MPH from Vanderbilt, joining the faculty in 2002.
This award acknowledges Rosenbloom’s research and policy work towards reducing documentation burden related to using electronic medical records among clinicians. His leadership on the American Medical Informatics Association’s 25×5 Effort and the National Burden Reduction Collaborative continues to move these efforts forward.
