IDEA4PS: the development of a research-oriented learning healthcare system. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

IDEA4PS: the development of a research-oriented learning healthcare system. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published January 2018

IDEA4PS: the development of a research-oriented learning healthcare system.

Moffatt-Bruce S, Huerta T, Gaughan A, McAlearney AS. Am J Med Qual. 2018 Jan 1; [Epub ahead of print].

Collaborating to implement rapid-cycle learning is a strategy to design and sustain patient safety innovations. This commentary describes an AHRQ-funded learning laboratory, the Institute for the Design of Environments Aligned for Patient Safety. The authors outline the infrastructure of the initiative and highlight how its research integrates the results of their activities into system-level improvement.

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