Many thanks to those who attended our inagural workshop, held at the Keck Center of the National Academies on July 20-21, 2006.  This workshop was the first in a series focusing on ways to better incorporate evidence into healthcare decision-making and took a broad view of the issues, characterizing the key features of a Learning Healthcare System, identifying barriers to its evolution and possible remedies. 

An agenda of the meeting, participant biosketches and presentation abstracts, as well as a summary of common themes identified by participants are available below.

The full presentations given during the workshop can also be accessed here.  

A summary of this workshop is now published and available through The National Academies Press. The summary, The Learning Healthcare System, can be accessed by clicking here.