In Canada and internationally, there is a growing interest in value-based healthcare and a growing belief that learning health systems are a critical strategy for supporting and accelerating health system transformations that create value. But what is a learning health system and how can it create value for the population?

Our colleagues France Légaré and the late Pierre Pluye are among the fifty most-quoted Canadian primary care researchers in Canada. Robert Reid, author of the Learning Health System Action Framework, is also on this list. It's encouraging to see that the LHS, patient partnership, collaborative research and scaling up, to name but a few, are attracting significant interest.

This study shows a significant increase in the delivery of comprehensive care for patients without a regular family doctor, from 13% to 43%, thanks to interprofessional collaboration. Nevertheless, it highlights the need for structural improvements and training to maximize the effectiveness of this collaboration.

A narrative review challenged the dominant model of knowledge in medicine and healthcare, and classified the forms of knowledge that patients acquire, develop and mobilize throughout their care journey.

"The article studies an organizational lever, namely the ethical climate, as a vector of several positive spin-offs, for both caregivers and patients. Considering that the data was collected across Canada during the omicron wave, the article presents an interesting portrait of healthcare networks and the people who make them up in times of crisis." Francis Maisonneuve

How to measure health-related quality of life by considering physical, mental and social health in a balanced way? With the 13-MD tool, available in English and French.

This article identifies relevant guidelines and lists potential items for the development of the SUCCEED (Standards for reporting stUdies of sCaling evidenCEd-informED interventions) guideline.

What are the 5 interdependent disciplines essential to building a learning organization, according to Peter Senge?

Advance Care Planning (ACP) improves care for patients with chronic illnesses and reduces stress for families. But what impact do ACP interventions have on the well-being of healthcare professionals?

To what extent have the Canadian undergraduate nursing programs integrated the national competencies for registered nurses in primary care?

A systematic review of the literature highlights 13 instruments for measuring quality of life at work among health and social services workers.

The scientific paper “Citizens, Research Ethics Committee Members and Researchers’ Attitude Toward Information and Consent for the Secondary Use of Health Data: Implications for Research Within Learning Health Systems” was recently published in connection with the CLARET project, led by our Data Access team and involving meta consent. It included the results of the first part […]