title: Moving closer to a rapid-learning health care system.
abstract: This Perspective discusses activities that are necessary for developing a rapid-learning health system. Recognition of the central role that patients play in the successful evolution of such a system will help ensure that the goals of the transformation are met. Understanding the trade-offs of using a less controlled form of research to inform health care decision making and making necessary investments in methodology and translation will help secure the success of continuous-learning research. Major public policy interest in promoting health information technology and in getting more value for health care spending creates a framework for moving ahead.
authors.affiliation: Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, USA. jean.slutsky@ahrq.hhs.gov
authors.forename: Jean R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Slutsky
mesh_terms: D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011634:Public Health; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014481:United States