Healthier Together Learning Health Networks
Healthier Together Learning Health Networks are multisite, practice-based clinical networks that use data for research and improvement. They are particularly important in pediatrics because of the limitations posed by having small numbers of patients at any one site. They involve collaborations among engaged patients and families, multidisciplinary teams of clinicians and staff, scientists, and communities.
Distinguished Characteristics of Healthier Together Learning Health Networks
- Shared vision – unrelenting focus on unprecedented, equitable outcomes
- Co-production and actor-oriented – everybody can contribute expertise
- Transparent data sharing drives learning, research, innovation, planning and priority setting
- Widespread capacity to change systems by applying continuous improvement methods
- A reservoir of resources, information, knowledge, and know-how to find "what I need, when I need it
- Culture of trust, contribution, shared learning, curiosity, respect
- Governance, policies and incentives aligned with inherent motivation to improve outcomes
