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... BOX 1-1 Statement of Task An ad hoc committee will plan and guide the development of a 2-day public workshop to identify and explore issues, attitudes, and approaches to increasing patient demand for a learning health system. Central to a learning health system is increased patient engagement in and demand for meaningful participation in the process of knowledge generation, shared decision making to select tests and treatments, and in the value of expenditures on health care.
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... Strong efforts were made to include members of the patient community, and a number of patients and patient representatives were speakers, active discussants, and workshop attendees. The publication of the workshop proceedings provides the Roundtable with a broader mechanism to inform not only vested stakeholders, but also other interested parties about what transpired at the workshop.
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