By: Susan Urmy
Co-sponsors of the Learning Health System (LHS) Symposium held May 14 at the Vanderbilt Student Life Center join keynote speaker Kevin High, MD, MS, (second from right), a leader in academic LHS for Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health. From left are Christiane Roumie, MD, MPH, Director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs VETWISE-LHS Center of Innovation, Cheryl Gatto, PhD, and Matthew Semler, MD, MSCI, from the Center for Learning Healthcare of the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, and, at far right, symposium Chair  Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research.  (photo by Susan Urmy)
Recipients of the Operational Partner Award were honored at the May 14 Learning Health System (LHS) Symposium for their continued work and collaboration with the VETWISE-LHS team to improve the health of veterans through implementation of the A-F elements of the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s ICU Liberation Bundle of evidence based practices in the intensive care unit. VETWISE-LHS is a Veterans Affairs (VA) Center of Innovation based in Nashville. 
 
Pictured here are: 
Operational Partner Award recipients who are members of the MICU, SICU, and Improvement Teams: Leigh Kennedy, RN, Dylan Clark, RN, Jamie Zimmerman, RN, Kelly Drumright, MSN, RN, Brittni Davis, RN, Brandi Malinoff, RN, and Matthew Mart, MD, MSCI. Not pictured: John Barwise, MD, Kim Harrelson, RN, and Brittany Work, OTD. 
 
Members of the VA leadership team: Mike De Laby, DNP, RN, La-Kenya Rushing, DHA, MSN, RN, Jim Jirjis, MD, MBA, John Nadeau, MD, and Elizabeth Burke, DNP. Not pictured: Robert Dittus, MD, MPH. 
 
Symposium sponsors: Cheryl Gatto, PhD, Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, Christianne Roumie, MD, MPH, and Matthew Semler, MD, MSCI. (photo by Susan Urmy).