Toward a science of learning systems: A research agenda for the high-functioning Learning Health System

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 43-50

  Friedman, Charles P ^a   Rubin, Joshua ^a   Brown, Jeffrey ^b   Buntin, Melinda ^c   Corn, Milton ^d   Etheredge, Lynn ^e   Gunter, Carl ^f   Musen, Mark ^g   Platt, Richard ^b   Stead, William ^c   Sullivan, Kevin ^h   Van Houweling, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning health system; Population health; Research agenda; System science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASE; LEARNING; LEARNING HEALTH SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SOCIAL LEARNING; WORKSHOP; COMPUTER SECURITY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929512412     PISSN: 10675027     EISSN: 1527974X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/amiajnl-2014-002977     Document Type: Article

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