Exploring the Intersection Between Health Professionals' Learning and eHealth Data: Protocol for a Comprehensive...

Area of Science:

• Health Informatics
• Educational Technology
• Data Science

Background:

• Increasing volumes of electronic health data hold untapped potential for improving clinical practice.
• Growing expectations for health professionals and organizations to utilize electronic data for quality improvement and accreditation.

Purpose of the Study:

• To make eHealth data captured in tertiary healthcare organizations more actionable for health professionals.
• To support practice reflection, professional development, and quality improvement activities using electronic health data.

Main Methods:

• A multidisciplinary approach involving experts in health, education, and technology.
• Collaboration with government and health service partners to identify barriers to data utilization.
• Design of a 5-year research program with parallel doctoral research projects.

Main Results:

• Identification of 7 doctoral research projects across 3 streams to address program objectives.
• Development of a structured research program to tackle data accessibility challenges.

Conclusions:

• The program can unlock siloed electronic data for health professional practice reflection and improved patient care.
• Fosters industry-academia connections and generates new knowledge on data-driven performance improvement.
• Aims to inform policy for stronger alignment between professional development and clinical practice.