The concept of Learning Health Systems is becoming ubiquitous in discussions of integrating research and clinical practice to produce better outcomes with children, youth and their families. Given previous divisions between research and clinical practice, the existence of various islands of research expertise that are disconnected from front line clinical staff and service users’ knowledge and expertise often gets in the way of LHS implementation. In this workshop, the presenters will discuss efforts to bring together these islands of research expertise with the knowledge of front-line clinical staff and service users at their respective institutions, highlighting the organizational cultural shifts necessary to enable LHS implementation. Presenters will demonstrate how, through these efforts, staff members and service users can be sustainably engaged to improve mental health outcomes for children, youth and their families.
Learning Objectives
- Understand foundational constructs of Learning Health Systems (LHS) by engaging in reflective discussion of LHS implementation journeys at two organizations.
- Understand and reflect upon islands of expertise at their own organizations.
- Conceptualize what cultural shifts may be necessary at their own organizations to support LHS implementation.
Presenters:
Marissa Bird (Trillium Health Partners Assistant Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation University of Toronto)
Dr. Marissa Bird is a Registered Nurse and Scientist in the Learning Health System Program at the Institute for Better Health, Trillium Health Partners. Dr. Bird is a recognized scholar in the fields of health innovation, learning health systems, co-design, and evaluation. Her program of work focuses on creating sustainable innovation in healthcare environments by optimizing innovations for sustainability within Learning Health Systems, as well as supporting the health system to transform toward sustainability.
Stephanie Greenham (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario)
Dr. Stephanie Greenham is the Professional Practice Lead for Psychology and the Clinical Lead for Inpatient mental health at CHEO. Current research interests include mental health services research, outcomes management, inpatient mental health services for children and youth, predictors of suicide risk and readmission
Noah Spector (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Eating Disorders Program/CHEO Research Institute)
Noah Spector is a social worker in CHEO’s eating disorders program, the founding program director of the CHEO research institute’s Mind Matters team, a lecturer in family therapy at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. His research interests include improving teaching, intervention and inclusion in family and professional systems.
Jessica Willson (Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario)
