Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain

This article identifies the main challenges of the National Health Service of Spain and proposes its transformation into a Learning Health System. For this purpose, the main indicators and reports published by the Spanish Ministries of Health and Finance, Organization for Economic Co-operation and D...

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Autores: Carnicero Mazón, Rafael, Rojas de la Escalera, David, Elicegui Maestro, Ignacio|||0000-0003-0822-5522, Carnicero Giménez de Azcárate, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repositorio:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10902/17220
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Learning health system
Big Data applied to healthcare
Big Data applied to clinical research
Data protection
Patient’s phenotyping
Big Data applied to National Health System of Spain
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spelling Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of SpainCarnicero Mazón, RafaelRojas de la Escalera, DavidElicegui Maestro, Ignacio|||0000-0003-0822-5522Carnicero Giménez de Azcárate, JavierLearning health systemBig Data applied to healthcareBig Data applied to clinical researchData protectionPatient’s phenotypingBig Data applied to National Health System of SpainThis article identifies the main challenges of the National Health Service of Spain and proposes its transformation into a Learning Health System. For this purpose, the main indicators and reports published by the Spanish Ministries of Health and Finance, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and World Health Organization (WHO) were reviewed. The Learning Health System proposal is based on some sections of an unpublished report, written by two of the authors under request of the Ministry of Health of Spain on Big Data for the National Health System. The main challenges identified are the rising old age dependency ratio; health expenditure pressures and the likely increase of out-of-pocket expenditure; drug expenditures, both retail and consumed in hospitals; waiting lists for surgery; potentially preventable hospital admissions; and the use of electronic health record (EHR) data to fulfil national health information and research objectives. To improve its efficacy, efficiency, and quality, the National Health Service of Spain should be transformed into a Learning Health System. Information and communication technologies (IT) enablers are a fundamental tool to address the complexity and vastness of health data as well as the urgency that clinical and management decisions require. Big Data solutions are a perfect match for that problem in health systems.MDPI AGUniversidad de Cantabria20192019-09-10journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/10902/17220Processes, 2019, 7(9), 613reponame:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabriainstname:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/172202026-06-02T12:39:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain
title Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain
spellingShingle Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain
Carnicero Mazón, Rafael
Learning health system
Big Data applied to healthcare
Big Data applied to clinical research
Data protection
Patient’s phenotyping
Big Data applied to National Health System of Spain
title_short Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain
title_full Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain
title_fullStr Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain
title_full_unstemmed Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain
title_sort Proposal of a learning health system to transform the National Health System of Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Carnicero Mazón, Rafael
Rojas de la Escalera, David
Elicegui Maestro, Ignacio|||0000-0003-0822-5522
Carnicero Giménez de Azcárate, Javier
author Carnicero Mazón, Rafael
author_facet Carnicero Mazón, Rafael
Rojas de la Escalera, David
Elicegui Maestro, Ignacio|||0000-0003-0822-5522
Carnicero Giménez de Azcárate, Javier
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author2 Rojas de la Escalera, David
Elicegui Maestro, Ignacio|||0000-0003-0822-5522
Carnicero Giménez de Azcárate, Javier
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Learning health system
Big Data applied to healthcare
Big Data applied to clinical research
Data protection
Patient’s phenotyping
Big Data applied to National Health System of Spain
topic Learning health system
Big Data applied to healthcare
Big Data applied to clinical research
Data protection
Patient’s phenotyping
Big Data applied to National Health System of Spain
description This article identifies the main challenges of the National Health Service of Spain and proposes its transformation into a Learning Health System. For this purpose, the main indicators and reports published by the Spanish Ministries of Health and Finance, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and World Health Organization (WHO) were reviewed. The Learning Health System proposal is based on some sections of an unpublished report, written by two of the authors under request of the Ministry of Health of Spain on Big Data for the National Health System. The main challenges identified are the rising old age dependency ratio; health expenditure pressures and the likely increase of out-of-pocket expenditure; drug expenditures, both retail and consumed in hospitals; waiting lists for surgery; potentially preventable hospital admissions; and the use of electronic health record (EHR) data to fulfil national health information and research objectives. To improve its efficacy, efficiency, and quality, the National Health Service of Spain should be transformed into a Learning Health System. Information and communication technologies (IT) enablers are a fundamental tool to address the complexity and vastness of health data as well as the urgency that clinical and management decisions require. Big Data solutions are a perfect match for that problem in health systems.
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