Dr. Brian Douthit was previously a VA post-doctoral fellow in medical informatics and quality improvement and MS student in biomedical informatics. He joined DBMI's primary faculty as assistant professor in 2024. He earned his BSN degree from the Pennsylvania State University, and both his MSN degree in informatics and PhD degree from the Duke University School of Nursing. His clinical background includes medical-surgical nursing and palliative care. He also has operational experience as a board-certified informatics nurse having worked for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as an educator and electronic health record implementation specialist. His doctoral work focused on developing and testing multiple measures for data readiness of clinical decision support via mobile apps, and he continues his research to inform standards to support CDS and the development of metrics and tools to assist in the evaluation of CDS system interactions and outcomes.