James M Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence
Active Learning Health Networks

Active Learning Health Networks

Learning health networks have grown over the years to encompass numerous teams across many pediatric care organizations in various states and countries, including the United States, Belgium, Canada, Qatar, and the United Kingdom. Systematic implementation of quality improvement science and increasing engagement and partnership with patients and families have resulted in improved outcomes, such as increases in remission and physical functioning and decreases in premature births, serious safety events, and mortality.

Programs (13)

Advanced Cardiac Therapies Improving Outcomes Network (ACTION)
Working to unite and connect our global healthcare community to improve outcomes for patients with heart failure.
All Children Thrive (ACT)
Bringing community members - children, families, community and civic leaders, educators, social service providers, faith leaders, health care providers, researchers and others – together to collaborate, learn, formulate and answer questions, encourage discovery, and implement findings to co-create an environment where children thrive.
Bipolar Action Network (BAN)
Continuously improving the health and healthcare of people with bipolar disorder through unprecedented collaboration powered by breakthrough data sharing and unwavering empathy.
Cardiac Networks United (CNU)
Catalyzing research and improving health outcomes for pediatric and congenital heart disease patients by sharing data and resources among networks, harmonizing data capture and analysis, making shared data accessible, translating discoveries into better care, and developing scalable infrastructure.
Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS)
Working together to eliminate serious harm across all children’s hospitals.
Engraft Learning Network
Bringing together patients, caregivers, and diverse members of the healthcare delivery team to innovate and change the paradigm of pediatric and adult transplant and cellular therapy, resulting in improved care and outcomes.
Fontan Outcomes Network (FON)
Optimizing longevity and quality of life by dramatically improving physical health and functioning, neurodevelopment, and emotional health and resilience for individuals with Fontan circulation and their families.
ImproveCareNow (ICN)
Transforming the health, care and costs for all children and adolescents with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD) by building a sustainable collaborative chronic care network. ICN enables patients, families, clinicians and researchers to work together in a learning health care system to accelerate innovation, discovery and the application of new knowledge.
Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative (IROC)
Partnering with patients with a kidney transplant and their families to improve health, longevity, and quality of life.
National Pediatric Cardiology Quality Improvement Collaborative (NPC-QIC)
Decreasing mortality and improving quality of life for infants with single ventricle congenital heart disease and their families.
Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative (OPQC)
Reducing preterm births and improving maternal and birth outcomes across Ohio.
Pediatric Improvement Network for Quality (PINQ)
Delivering exceptional care and eliminating equity gaps through strong partnerships to ensure all children are healthy and thriving.
The Roadmap for Emotional Health Project
As a routine part of excellent care, patients with chronic conditions and their families receive proactive support from clinical teams to foster emotional health.