Discussion of “Combining Health Data Uses to Ignite Health System Learning”

S. Denaxas; C. P. Friedman; A. Geissbuhler; H. Hemingway; D. Kalra; M. Kimura; K. A. Kuhn; H. A. Payne; F. G. B. de Quiros; J. C. Wyatt

doi:10.3414/ME15-12-0004

Methods of Information in Medicine, Table of Contents

Methods Inf Med 2015; 54(06): 488-499
DOI: 10.3414/ME15-12-0004

Original Articles

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Discussion of “Combining Health Data Uses to Ignite Health System Learning”

S. Denaxas

¹Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, United Kingdom

²Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, London, United Kingdom

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C. P. Friedman

³Department of Learning Health Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

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A. Geissbuhler

⁴Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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H. Hemingway

¹Institute of Health Informatics, University College London, London, United Kingdom

²Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, London, United Kingdom

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D. Kalra

⁵The EuroRec Institute, Gent, Belgium

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M. Kimura

⁶Hamamatsu University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Informatics, Hamamatsu, Japan

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K. A. Kuhn

⁷Technische Universität München, Chair of Medical Informatics, Munich, Germany

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H. A. Payne

⁸University of Washington, Department of Medicine, UW Medicine IT Services, Seattle, USA

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F. G. B. de Quiros

⁹Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

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J. C. Wyatt

¹⁰University of Leeds, Leeds Institutes of Health Sciences and Data Analytics, Leeds, United Kingdom

¹¹University of Southampton, Wessex Institute of Health, Southampton, United Kingdom (from 2016–01–01)

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Abstract

Summary

This article is part of a For-Discussion-Section of Methods of Information in Medicine about the paper “Combining Health Data Uses to Ignite Health System Learning” written by John D. Ainsworth and Iain E. Buchan [1]. It is introduced by an editorial. This article contains the combined commentaries invited to independently comment on the paper of Ainsworth and Buchan. In subsequent issues the discussion can continue through letters to the editor.

With these comments on the paper “Combining Health Data Uses to Ignite Health System Learning”, written by John D. Ainsworth and Iain E. Buchan [1], the journal seeks to stimulate a broad discussion on new ways for combining data sources for the reuse of health data in order to identify new opportunities for health system learning. An international group of experts has been invited by the editor of Methods to comment on this paper. Each of the invited commentaries forms one section of this paper.

Keywords

Health data reuse; secondary uses - meaningful use - learning health systems - adaptive health systems - intelligence pipelines - health-care evidence - population health

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