The Learning Loop – UW Health's Learning Health System News
The Learning Loop - UW Health's Learning Health System News
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Learn about the University of Wisconsin - Madison Institute of Clinical and Translational Research's pragmatic approach to building its Learning Health System as it chronicles its journey, with its many diverse partners, to grow UW Health's LHS and create a sustainable system for continuous learning and health care improvement. You'll come away with greater appreciation for the benefits of the LHS approach, learn strategies for success, best practices and lessons learned along the way. UW's LHS Program Director Majid Afshar and Associate Director Anne Gravel Sullivan host conversations with project leaders and program partners to discuss the issues encountered and problem-solving strategies used to improve healthcare at UW Health and in the Wisconsin region.
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The show focuses on definitions and best practices related to Learning Health Systems, with episodes that include discussions on the role of AI in healthcare transformation, successful project strategies, and practical lessons learned from collaborating with diverse partners in the Wisconsin region.
Learn about the University of Wisconsin – Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research’s pragmatic approach to building its Learning Health System as it chronicles its journey, with its many diverse partners, to grow UW Health’s LHS and create a sustainable system for continuous learning and health care improvement. You’ll come away with greater appreciation for the benefits of the LHS approach, learn strategies for success, best practices and lessons learned along the way. UW’s LHS Program Director Majid Afshar and Associate Director Anne Gravel Sullivan host conversations with project leaders and program partners to discuss the issues encountered and problem-solving strategies used to improve healthcare at UW Health and in the Wisconsin region.
What exactly is a Learning Health System? Definitions are highly variable and differ from one health organization and system to the next. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s LHS program, the most common characterization of an LHS approach is that “we learn from what we do, and do what we learn.”
In part one of this two-part episode, Program Director Majid Afshar and Associate Program Director Anne Gravel Sullivan talk with Dr. Jeff Pothof, Chief Quality Officer at UW Health, about the hallmarks of a Learning Health System and how they differ from the quality improvement process. They discuss the benefits of the LHS approach to healthcare improvement and the role the Institute for Clinical and Translational Reasarch (ICTR) plays in creating the architecture to support the LHS as both a research and system improvement enterprise. They delve into the variables that help facilitate change –or generate obstacles–with an LHS approach, as well as the potential for Artificial Intelligence to help accelerate positive change in the UW Health learning health system.
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