title: The emergence of a learning healthcare system.
abstract: A learning healthcare system has emerged as a means of addressing the need to move evidence to the bedside in a manner that is meaningful and efficacious. The advent of electronic healthcare records has translated to massive quantities of clinical data; a learning healthcare system coupled with locally derived clinical rules will push practice-based evidence to the point of care where its application will mean improved quality and patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Catholic Health Initiatives, Englewood, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: Alison Rich
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mason
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Barton
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D048108:Nursing Informatics; D014481:United States