Projects Focus on Learning Health System Acceleration at Penn Medicine

“In January 2024 the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced a joint effort to advance learning health system (LHS) scientist training with an investment of up to $80 million over five years to fund 16 centers nationwide. At one of those centers, Penn Medicine in Philadelphia has named the inaugural cycle of clinician leaders and scientist investigators in its effort to accelerate progress toward an integrated LHS at Penn and in the wider Philadelphia region.

The Learning Health System Embedded Scientist Training and Research (LHS E-StaR) Centers funded through the AHRQ-PCORI initiative are recruiting scientists who are representative of the diverse backgrounds and cultures of the communities they serve. The initiative is providing training and professional development for scientists in various care settings, engaging communities and other health system stakeholders in novel ways, and promoting research to improve health outcomes at the individual and population levels while enhancing health system operations.

The Penn PORTAL (Patient-Oriented Research and Training to Accelerate Learning) program is supported by multiple centers at Penn including the Palliative and Advanced Illness Research (PAIR) Center, Penn Medicine Nudge Unit, and Center for Healthcare Improvement & Patient Safety.”

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