Learning Health System STAR
A Learning Health System (LHS) systematically integrates internal data, experience, and external evidence to improve healthcare practice, delivery, and equity. The LHS continuously improves the care and outcomes of their patients and organizational structures, processes, and culture by: 1) gathering and applying best evidence in real-time to guide care; 2) employing information technology and behavior change methods to implement best practices; and 3) generating new knowledge about innovative ways to deliver care through experimentation and iteration.
Our Learning Health System Scientist Training and Research Program (LHS STAR NJ) will train future scholars and health professionals and equip them with skills to evaluate and improve the patient-centeredness, quality, and outcomes of care. Through mentoring, hands-on learning, and research resources, we will empower our LHS Scholars to design and implement projects focused on improving health and promoting equity. Our program leverages the combined teaching and research capabilities of Rutgers Health, comprising seven health professions schools in collaboration with health system partners (RWJBarnabas Health, University Hospital Newark, among others), insurers, and government agencies.