Learning Health Systems (LHS)

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In 2007, the Washington-based Institute of Medicine (IOM), a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization that is part of the National Academies of Science, released a book-length report titled The Learning Healthcare System(LHS)[1]. This report was the first of a series of dozen reports from IOM’s Roundtable on Evidence-Based Medicine(now the Roundtable on Value & Science-Driven Health Care. This report envisioned the creation of LHS by integrating two disparate fields, clinical research and clinical medicine. The report describes LHS as:

A learning healthcare system is [one that] is designed to generate and apply the best evidence for the collaborative healthcare choices of each patient and provider; to drive the process of discovery as a natural outgrowth of patient care; and to ensure innovation, quality, safety, and value in health care [1].


References Institute of Medicine. The Learning Healthcare System: Workshop Summary. Olsen L, Aisner D, McGinnis JM, eds. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2007. Available at: http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2007/The-Learning-Healthcare-System-Workshop-Summary.aspx. Accessed April 4, 2014. ↑