Learning Health System
- Andrew Sills
…Is composed of continuous learning cycles where data generated from delivering health care are used to create evidence to improve care, which in turn is applied to further promote the spread of effective practices systematically.
Accelerating Research Impact in a Learning Health Care System
Learning Health Systems (LHS) depend directly on data, as evidence, to improve the overall process of providing clinical care. This creates a culture within the organization where the overall health care systems implement/deploy evidence-based clinical practices.
Below are data-centric areas of improvements for health systems:
Big Data needs to be augmented with Deep Data
Patient-centered metrics are needed to assess progress at the individual level
Better Methods are needed to evaluate and learn from the numerous innovations occurring in clinical programs
Research and improvement efforts need better tools to reduce practice variation among facilities, clinics, and providers
Reducing variation will require better strategies to engage and assist low-performing sites
System improvement requires a focused set of performance measures