The role of healthcare IT: becoming a learning organization.

IT advances that will support healthcare providers' transition toward becoming "learning organizations" include the following: The increase in big data" (patient data captured in EHRs, coupled with data from imaging, molecular medicine, patient-provided data, and insurance claims). Real-time analytics and novel decision aids. Ease-of-use advancements and effective data capture methods. Efforts to increase facile interoperability. Extended reach of EHRs in gathering data from other processes and sources