Learning Health Systems

A learning health system is one in which health information generated from patients within that system is continuously analyzed to improve patient care. In LHSs, researchers and clinicians analyze various types of health information, including data from clinical visits, laboratory results, medical imaging, and genomic profiling, to gain an understanding of disease processes and to learn how medical interventions associate with disease outcomes. The goal is to use these analyses to make increasingly individualized patient care decisions.

from http://hopkinsinhealth.jhu.edu/resources/glossary/learning-healthcare-system-also-learning-health-system-lhc