A learning health care system (LHCS) is one in which science, informatics, incentives, and culture are aligned for continuous improvement and innovation, with best practices seamlessly embedded in the care process, patients and families active participants in all elements, and new knowledge captured as an integral by-product of the care experience.
(Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care, 2012)
IOM defines a learning health system as “… one in which progress in science, informatics, and care culture align to generate new knowledge as an ongoing, natural byproduct of the care experience, and seamlessly refine and deliver best practices for continuous improvement in health and health care” 3″
Source: A Continuously Learning Health Care System
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