Accepted for/Published in: Journal of Medical Internet Research
Date Submitted: Nov 12, 2019
Date Accepted: Dec 31, 2019
An analysis of the Learning Health System in its First Decade: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT
Background:
Just over a decade has passed since Lynn Etheredge presented a vision for the Learning Health System (LHS) as an opportunity for increasing value of health care via rapid learning from data, and immediate translation to practice and policy.
Objective:
In the current review, the authors examined themes in literature and rhetoric on the LHS over the past decade in order to understand efforts to realize the LHS in practice, and to identify gaps and opportunities for continuing to move the LHS forward.
Methods:
The authors conducted thematic analysis in 2018 to analyze progress and opportunities over time as compared to the initial “Knowledge Gaps and Uncertainties” initially proposed in 2007.
Results:
The authors found that literature on the LHS has increased over the past decade, with a majority of articles focused on theory and implementation; articles have been increasingly concerned with policy.
Conclusions:
There is a striking need for attention to understanding the ethical and social implications of the LHS, and for exploring opportunities for ensuring that these implications are salient in implementation, practice, and policy efforts.
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