Featured Articles
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Digital Health Innovation: The Predictive Impact Of Curated Real-World Data In Times Of Change
8/5/2020
The projected costs of healthcare in the United States due to the novel coronavirus, or Sars-COV-19 (COVID-19), are eye-opening. One critical question is the extent to which digital technologies can be useful in informing our understanding of what works in health care delivery and what does not. Access to more complete data is crucial to empower a diverse range of stakeholders with the knowledge and ammunition needed to make informed choices about expenditures and the use of scarce health care resources.
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Ciox Health Acquires Biomedical Natural Language Processing Pioneer, Medal, Inc.
7/29/2020
Ciox Health, a leading health technology company, today announced its acquisition of San Francisco-based biomedical Natural Language Processing (biomed-NLP) technology company, Medal, Inc., a leader in the application of AI techniques to the interrogation of unstructured medical record data. The acquisition accelerates capabilities to enable real-world data (RWD) in support of research that advances patient care.
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Big Data Powers Insights For COVID-19
6/1/2020
One challenge facing the research community today: acquiring meaningful data sets on the COVID-19 pandemic. Read how technologies and workflows can be combined to provide a solution.
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Real-World Data Matters: Rallying Call For COVID-19 Insights Using Real-World Data
5/5/2020
Vast amounts of clinical data are captured at the point of care. This real-world data (RWD) is a treasure trove from which researchers and clinicians can better understand the characteristics of the novel coronavirus and develop therapies, clinical guidance, and containment strategies. Unfortunately, much of COVID-19 RWD remains untapped. But this is soon to change.
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LabCorp And Ciox Health Enter Collaboration To Create Comprehensive Patient Data Registry
4/29/2020
LabCorp (NYSE: LH), a leading global life sciences company that is deeply integrated in guiding patient care, and Ciox Health, the leader in health information management for more than 30 years, today announced an agreement to collaborate on a comprehensive U.S.-based COVID-19 patient data registry. This registry will house curated, HIPAA-compliant de-identified data sets to expedite clinical research and analyses related to COVID-19. This patient data registry is expected to enable researchers to better understand and characterize COVID-19 diagnoses and treatments and generate insights that will aid ongoing and future pandemic preparedness and prevention efforts.
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The Use And Value Of Blockchain In Healthcare Research
11/18/2019
This article introduces blockchain technology in the context of healthcare research, the opportunities and value it is set to provide in the future, and how to overcome the obstacles of implementing it.
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What Is Real-World Data?
2/25/2019
Real-world data is defined by its source. It’s any data that are captured at the point of care, in an actual clinical scenario or based on patient’s experience outside of the clinical setting. But this is not enough for it to be used in various phases of drug development to support evidence that guides decision-making and regulatory processes.
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Pharma’s Digital Awakening: Research-Ready Health Information And AI To Reduce Cost And Deliver Better Treatments
2/5/2019
Digital innovations and their emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics, and cloud-based computing, are transforming industries and markets across the world as they offer novel ways to boost R&D, increase product quality and safety, and ultimately improve customer satisfaction.