The CTSA Program’s Learning Health System (LHS)-CTSA Partnerships Working Group launched a Community of Practice in June. More than 47 clinicians, researchers, community members, and CTSA hub representatives from 26 organizations participated. The Community of Practice is open to health system leaders, patients, clinicians, CTSA faculty and staff, researchers, and other stakeholders. Participants do not need to be members of the working group.
The inaugural session focused on engaging key stakeholders. Participants shared their organization’s spectrum of stakeholder groups currently involved in LHS-CTSA partnerships. Given these relationships are at varying stages of maturity, the group also brainstormed strategies to expand and enhance engagement.
Among the strategies were:
- Demonstrating the value-added of research by tackling one or more of an LHS's “big problems” using research skills,
- Articulating the value proposition of an LHS approach to CTSA hub faculty and other researchers,
- Incorporating LHS sites into research funding mechanisms
- Promoting the use of implementation science in LHS work
- Developing a culture of engagement by building collaborations, including with LHS senior leaders, patients, and community members.
The next session is Wednesday, August 6 at 12:00 pm ET and will delve deeper into several practical, actionable approaches for expanding engagement in LHS/CTSA partnerships. All are invited!
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