Digital Learning Health Systems

Nearly 40% of healthcare costs can be attributed to wastage and harm. At the same time, digital health and informatics is generating rich and valuable data that can be used to generate insights and improve the quality of care, enhance patient-centred care, as well as dramatically increase value-based care. While, on average, it takes 17 years for research to translate and have impact in the clinical setting, the Learning Health System framework allows for immediate real-time interrogation of data and implementation of knowledge gained in rapid quality improvement cycles, to ultimately improve patient outcomes.