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Functioning information in the learning health system.
Journal article

Functioning information in the learning health system.

  • Stucki G Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland - gerold.stucki@paraplegie.ch.
  • Bickenbach J Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland.
  • 2017-02-02
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  • European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine. - 2017
Activities of Daily Living
Disabled Persons
Evidence-Based Practice
Health Information Systems
Health Services Research
Humans
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Quality Assurance, Health Care
English In this methodological note on applying the ICF in rehabilitation, we introduce functioning information as fundamental for the "learning health system" and the continuous improvement of the health system's response to people's functioning needs by means of the provision of rehabilitation. A learning health system for rehabilitation operates at the micro-level of the individual patient, meso-level of operational management, and the macro-level of policy that guides rehabilitation programming. All three levels rely on the capacity of the informational system of the health system for standardized documentation and coding of functioning information, and the development of national rehabilitation quality management systems. This methodological note describes how functioning information is used for the continuous improvement of functioning outcomes in a learning health system across these three levels.
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  • English
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