Learning Health System

GOAL

Provide patients and care providers with timely, relevant data to optimize clinical decision making.

Action

Decrease the number of cancelled appointments/no shows.

Success Measure

Two clinics (Graduate Periodontics and the Vertically Integrated Clinics (predoctoral) increase their use of text messages for patient reminders from 1.5% to 25%.

STatus

Completed: Dec 2019

Optimize student clinical rotation changes

Analyze pattern of student rotation requests (e.g., reasons, higher users, by clinics) and give feedback to stakeholders.

Completed Feb 2021

Build a strong collaboration with the U-M Learning Health Sciences community

Organize the first collaborative U-M Medical-Dental Learning Health Systems Conference - Digital Transformation in Healthcare for a Diverse World. Presenters should be national and international leaders.

Completed: Feb 2021