National LHS Summit 2012

The Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation (KFF) convened a two-day Learning Health System (LHS) Summit on May 17-18, 2012 where over 80 prominent individuals representing organizations and stakeholders across the health care and health IT communities gathered at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

• About Kanter Family Foundation
• Participants List
• Planning Committee
• Press Release
• Agenda
• Summit Briefing Slides
• Consensus LHS Core Values (7/20/2012)

May 17

 

Introductory Panel Discussions
Objective: Reinforce the importance of the LHS and establish the organizational character of the LHS.

• The Learning Health System and the Principles (Charles Friedman)
• Remarks by David Blumenthal (No slides)
• Remarks by Robert Kolodner
• Complementarity of the Summit with IOM Activities (Michael McGinnis)

Breakout Group Discussions
Objective: Deepen our understanding of Learning Health System.
Principles: and identify points of concern for further discussion.

LHS Governance Presentation
Information Governance in the UK: Implications for the US Learning Health System (Harry Cayton)

Reception and Dinner
Information May Save a Life in Your Family (“e-Patient Dave” deBronkart)

May 18

Breakout Group Discussions
Objective: To arrive at a recommended modification of each principle based on the expressed concerns.

Group Reports and Plenary Discussion
Objective: To establish general consensus around each principle as modified, making further modifications as necessary.

Panel: A Working LHS
Objective: To explore operational aspects of the LHS, connecting to the “Operational and Design Implications” in the Principles document.

• Distributed Research Networks (Jeffry Brown)
• Outcomes Research Using a Learning Health System: Promise and Pitfalls (Richard Tannen)
• Learning Communities: Infrastructure and Early Experiences (Jim Walker)

Closing Session
Objective: Propose and obtain reactions to a specific plan for post-Summit activity

• Plan for endorsement of the LHS Principles
• Plan to create an “LHS Community”