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Learning Health Systems as Facilitators of Precision Medicine
Author(s) -
Ramsey LB,
Mizuno T,
Vinks AA,
Margolis PA
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt.594
Subject(s) - pharmacy , medicine , center of excellence , center (category theory) , family medicine , library science , gerontology , political science , law , chemistry , computer science , crystallography
The concept of the learning health system offers promise to facilitate personalized medicine. In children, serious illness is uncommon so generating and applying new knowledge therefore requires networks of institutions. To illustrate the concept of the Learning Health System, we describe the example of the ImproveCareNow Network. We then use a network case study to illustrate how the concept of precision medicine can be achieved through a Learning Health System in a real-world clinical environment.