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Our open-access series:

Discover Elements of Improving Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

We have an important goal:

To strengthen the evidence base for improving the quality and safety of healthcare.

Our guiding principle:

Efforts to improve care should be based on the highest quality evidence.

We’re highly collaborative:

We work closely with patients and healthcare staff to provide a unique range of perspectives.

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We shine a light on the research addressing current and enduring challenges through frank and honest conversations with the people driving meaningful change in the NHS.

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The missing piece

Without high-quality, reliable evidence, the puzzle of healthcare improvement will always be incomplete. So we’re on a mission to fill those gaps.

the Missing Piece

🆕Learning Health Systems

Thomas Foley and Leora I. Horwitz

Despite ongoing efforts to improve healthcare, challenges remain in achieving optimal outcomes, safety, cost efficiency, and value. This Element introduces the concept of learning health systems as a potential solution.

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Our strategy 2022-2027

Learn more about how we will build on the achievements of THIS Institute while also bringing fresh ideas to life.

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Our annual flagship event welcomes researchers, patients, carers and healthcare staff for a variety of talks, panels and discussions.

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