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Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. General Cardiovascular Medicine
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1409303
This article is part of the Research Topic Insights in Cardiology from Caring for a Diverse Community: Perspectives from Inova Schar Heart and Vascular View all 22 articles

Embracing Innovation and Advancing Care: Integrating Learning Health System Principles into Inova Schar Heart and Vascular

Provisionally accepted
Christopher M. O'connor Christopher M. O'connor Carolyn Rosner Carolyn Rosner *Andrew Gill Andrew Gill Alan Speir Alan Speir Richard Neville Richard Neville
  • Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, Virginia, United States

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    Inova Schar Heart and Vascular has an unwavering commitment to delivering excellent cardiovascular care and has integrated principles of a learning health care system to develop our system of continuous process improvement and innovation. A learning health system integrates its internal experiences with external research to enhance patient outcomes, support the discovery of new treatments and care pathways, and deliver safer, more efficient, and more personalized care. Leveraging learning across health systems maximizes the impact, allowing cardiovascular teams to gain insights into the effectiveness of different treatment strategies. In this Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine compendium of articles, the team at Inova describe the spectrum of research and educational activities that have contributed to our progress as a learning cardiovascular health system and support our journey to deliver excellent cardiovascular care.

    Keywords: innovation, Learning health care system, Cardiovascular care and outcomes, Systems of care, Integration of care

    Received: 29 Mar 2024; Accepted: 30 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 O'connor, Rosner, Gill, Speir and Neville. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Carolyn Rosner, Inova Schar Heart and Vascular, Falls Church, VA 22042, Virginia, United States

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