The HSIP concept at UAB was based on the concept of a learning health system (LHS) focused on breaking down the “false trichotomy” that clinical care, health operations, and research function independently. UAB’s Health Services Foundation (HSF) provided $750,000 to the COERE to accomplish the following objectives to support development of a LHS at UAB.
- Support the development of a LHS platform that would engage in project identification, data acquisition and transformation
- Dissemination of findings from projects aimed at improving the quality of care at UAB Medicine
- Serving as embedded scientists on 3 projects related to transitions of care and improving throughput in the emergency department.
A taskforce chaired by Tony Jones, MD former President of the UA Health Services Foundation and Robert Kimberly, MD provided guidance on the development of a learning health system at UAB and the HSF grant. The taskforce ended in 2024.
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UAB LHS Taskforce Members
Michael Mugavero, MD, MHSc
Professor, Infectious Diseases
Director, COERE
Andrea Cherrington, MD, MPH
Professor, Preventive Medicine
Director, Clinical and Population Health Sciences
Jennifer Croker, PhD
Assistant Professor, Immunology
Senior Administrative Director, CCTS
Carlie Dobbins, MHA
Associate Principal, Clinical Practice Transformation
Kellie Flood, MD
Professor, Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care
Madeline Gibson, MPH
Deputy Director, COERE
Allyson Hall, PhD
Professor, Heath Services Administration
Co-Director, COERE
Trudi Horton, PhD
Program Director, Clinical and Population Health Sciences
Cayla Brown, MBA, MHSA
Director, Clinical Research Integration
Elizabeth “Lisa” Jackson, MD, MPH
Professor and Interim Division Director, Cardiovascular Disease
Kierstin Kennedy, MD, MSHA
Interim Chief Medical Officer,
UAB Medicine
Robert Kimberly, MD
Senior Associate Dean, HSOM
Director, CCTS
Adam McClintock, MBA
Director, Office of the IRB
Shea Polancich, PhD, RN
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Nursing Academic Affairs;
Joint Appointment, Nursing Administration, UAB Medicine
Patricia J Pritchett, JD, BSN
Executive Vice President Ambulatory and Administrative Services
Jill Stewart, DNP, RN, CNOR, LSSGB
Associate VP, Nursing Quality and Clinical Excellence, UAB Medicine
Frederick ”Rick” Van Pelt, MD
Chief Clinical Transformation Officer, UAB Medicine
James Willig, MD, MSPH
Professor, Infectious Diseases
Assistant Dean, HSOM
Erin Yarbrough, MBA
Associate VP, Clinical Operations, UAB Medicine
Reid M. Eagleson, MS MEng, LSSGB
Program Manager, COERE
Larry R. Hearld, PhD
Professor, Health Services Administration, Associate Director, COERE UAB
James Cimino, MD
Professor, General Internal Medicine, Director, Informatics Institute -
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