Commentary: Achieving Health Equity – The Role of Learning Health Systems

Achieving health equity, for decades a domain of high-performing health systems, has been elevated to a priority and recognized as a central objective of health system transformation and quality improvement efforts. By prioritizing health equity; developing, implementing and evaluating models of care that optimize individual and population health; developing strong partnerships with patients and communities; conducting research to generate evidence on the effectiveness of interventions across diverse populations; implementing strategies to integrate clinical care, public health and social care; and participating in multisector collaborations to address social needs, learning health systems can play a pivotal role in eliminating health inequities.