Mar 13 2024, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Virtual

Join us for a high-level overview of Learning Health Systems (LHS). This session will define the continuous learning cycle of an LHS that aims to improve patient outcomes and experience through knowledge, practice and data collection. Concrete examples of functioning learning health systems in the Canadian health care context will be presented and attendees will be provided with strategies for applying LHS concepts and workflows in their practice area. Attendees will also learn about the preliminary stages of transforming our infrastructure into one that is constantly growing and bettering itself.

Learning objectives 

In this workshop you will learn:

  • An overview of the LHS concept and how it differs from the way our health care system is currently structured
  • Examples of fully functioning Learning Health Systems in B.C. and Canada and of teams and examples of initiatives currently in transition toward an LHS
  • How to get started with establishing an LHS in your area of work at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)
About the speaker
Dr. Krisztina Vasarhelyi is the Senior Learning Heath Systems Lead for Vancouver Community, Public Health, and Indigenous Health at VCH. She is also an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. As a health systems researcher, she conducts multidisciplinary and cross-sector research focused on designing and improving health care practice, programs and policy. In her current role at VCH, she is supporting and fostering the shift to an LHS through developing embedded research initiatives and conducting practice-based, policy-relevant research. 

 

Primary health service delivery area