title: The Learning Healthcare System and Cardiovascular Care: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
abstract: The learning healthcare system uses health information technology and the health data infrastructure to apply scientific evidence at the point of clinical care while simultaneously collecting insights from that care to promote innovation in optimal healthcare delivery and to fuel new scientific discovery. To achieve these goals, the learning healthcare system requires systematic redesign of the current healthcare system, focusing on 4 major domains: science and informatics, patient-clinician partnerships, incentives, and development of a continuous learning culture. This scientific statement provides an overview of how these learning healthcare system domains can be realized in cardiovascular disease care. Current cardiovascular disease care innovations in informatics, data uses, patient engagement, continuous learning culture, and incentives are profiled. In addition, recommendations for next steps for the development of a learning healthcare system in cardiovascular care are presented.
authors.forename: Thomas M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Maddox
authors.forename: Nancy M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Borden
authors.forename: Lesley H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: T Bruce
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Ferguson
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Gregory M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: Eric D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Redberg
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rumsfeld
authors.forename: Nilay D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Tcheng
mesh_terms: D000572:American Heart Association; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; cardiovascular diseases; delivery of health care; informatics; learning; science; technology