The best-performing hospitals treat every patient encounter as an opportunity to learn how to improve the care process. Instead of having a culture focused on secrecy, they promote transparency and the open sharing of information. Many facilities have achieved these objectives by becoming part of a learning health system.
According to an article in Hospitals and Health Networks, with a learning health system, hospitals and health systems use electronic health records (EHRs) to gather information about patients that’s used to provide personalized treatment. The data’s also used to figure out new best practices through research.
