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Transforming the future of health: building learning health systems across the globe

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Yankah, S; Saunders, R; Tykocinski, M; Salzberg, C; Gonzalez-Smith, J; Bonesteel, R; Joyce, C; Kahn, C; McClellan, M; Zimlichman, E
Published in: Health Affairs Scholar
June 1, 2025

Health care has faced disruptions over the past 5 years, including a global pandemic, supply chain interruptions, workforce shifts, and the introduction of new artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Health care organizations continue to leverage the learning health system (LHS) concept to adapt to these challenges through iterative feedback loops. The Future of Health (FOH), an international community of over 50 senior health leaders that focuses on shared challenges across international health systems, collaborated with the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy in a consensus-building process with FOH members to identify opportunities for action in an LHS. Key areas for action identified include opportunities to leverage data and AI to support clinical decision-making, steps to create an organizational culture of learning, and strategies to engage patients and caregivers, illustrated through case examples.

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Health Affairs Scholar

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2976-5390

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June 1, 2025

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3

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6
 

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Yankah, S., Saunders, R., Tykocinski, M., Salzberg, C., Gonzalez-Smith, J., Bonesteel, R., … Zimlichman, E. (2025). Transforming the future of health: building learning health systems across the globe. Health Affairs Scholar, 3(6). https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf103
Yankah, S., R. Saunders, M. Tykocinski, C. Salzberg, J. Gonzalez-Smith, R. Bonesteel, C. Joyce, C. Kahn, M. McClellan, and E. Zimlichman. “Transforming the future of health: building learning health systems across the globe.” Health Affairs Scholar 3, no. 6 (June 1, 2025). https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf103.
Yankah S, Saunders R, Tykocinski M, Salzberg C, Gonzalez-Smith J, Bonesteel R, et al. Transforming the future of health: building learning health systems across the globe. Health Affairs Scholar. 2025 Jun 1;3(6).
Yankah, S., et al. “Transforming the future of health: building learning health systems across the globe.” Health Affairs Scholar, vol. 3, no. 6, June 2025. Scopus, doi:10.1093/haschl/qxaf103.
Yankah S, Saunders R, Tykocinski M, Salzberg C, Gonzalez-Smith J, Bonesteel R, Joyce C, Kahn C, McClellan M, Zimlichman E. Transforming the future of health: building learning health systems across the globe. Health Affairs Scholar. 2025 Jun 1;3(6).

Published In

Health Affairs Scholar

DOI

EISSN

2976-5390

Publication Date

June 1, 2025

Volume

3

Issue

6