Anne Gravel Sullivan

The Learning Loop - UW Health's Learning Health System News

Health EN ↓ 4 episodes

Learn about the University of Wisconsin - Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research's pragmatic approach to building its Learning Health System as it chronicles its journey, with its many diverse partners, to grow UW Health's LHS and create a sustainable system for continuous learning and health care improvement. You'll come away with greater appreciation for the benefits of the LHS approach, learn strategies for success, best practices and lessons learned along the way. UW's LHS Program Director Majid Afshar and Associate Director Anne Gravel Sullivan host conversations with p...

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Anne Gravel Sullivan

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The Role of Implementation Science and Systems Engineering in Effective Learning Health Systems Video 25.03.2026 42:11

In this episode, Dr. Andrew Quanbeck and Dr. Felice Resnik provide an introduction to the essential role implementation science and systems engineering play in the development, growth and sustainment of an effective Learning Health System. We discuss the aims these approaches have in common, as well as some key differences, then explore strategies specific to those disciplines that enhance a he...

Envisioning a Regional Learning Health System: A Conversation with Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality's President and CEO, Gabrielle Rude 17.09.2025 49:01

In this podcast, we invite Dr. Gabrielle Rude, President and Executive Director of the Wisconsin Collaboarative for Healthcare Quality , for a conversation about what it takes to design and build a state-wide learning health system. For over 20 years the WCHQ has collected and analyzed outcome data from a variety of health care institutions across Wisconsin. The Collaborative established local me...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Learning and Health Systems: UW Health's Ambient Listening Case Study 20.06.2025 34:24

In this episode, we meet with Dr. Joel Gordon, UW Health's Chief Medical Informatics Officer, to talk about the purpose and promise of adopting an LHS approach to using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve health care. We focus specifically on UW Health's recent LHS project and study, an evaluation of an Ambient Listening tool to lessen clinical documentation burden and enhance provider well-be...

Learning & Health Systems Improvement 16.02.2025 20:07

What exactly is a Learning Health System? Definitions are highly variable and differ from one health organization and system to the next. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison's LHS program, the most common characterization of an LHS approach is that "we learn from what we do, and do what we learn." In part one of this two-part episode, Program Director Majid Afshar and Associate Program Director...