BC SUPPORT Unit
Learning health systems capture data from practice, generate knowledge from the data, and put the knowledge back into practice to improve care. This approach supports organizations of people, institutions and resources that deliver health care services.
A learning community brings people together to solve a shared health problem.
Learning communities are one of the first steps needed in a learning health system project. Learning communities can include care providers, patients and families, researchers and decision-makers, among others.
Learning health systems consultations
Our services that support learning health systems include:
- support to identify priorities
- consultation on knowledge synthesis and translation, implementation science
- support for learning health systems designs, methods and techniques
- guidance on data analysis plans, data cleaning, visualization, synthesis and evaluation
The BC SUPPORT Unit consults with health authority teams to improve publicly funded health services that are cost-effective, evidence-based, equitable, and respond to patient needs.
Why use a learning health system?
Using learning health systems to deliver care has many benefits:
- improve patient outcomes and experiences
- optimize the use of knowledge and evidence for decision making
- reduce health system costs
- increase equitable access to health services
What are different ways to integrate evidence into health care?
We compare five approaches.
A primer on learning health systems and learning communities
How do learning health systems differ from patient-oriented research?
Is quality improvement similar to learning health systems?
What are the building blocks for learning health systems?
How are learning communities different from learning health systems?
How does patient-oriented research fit into learning communities?
How does research fit into learning communities?
Can you give me an example of a learning community?
How can I get started with learning communities and learning health systems?