Real World Data (RWD) from clinical information systems to enable healthcare decision-making is increasing in value across industries due to its prominence in the 21st Century Cures Act and adoption by the FDA to monitor healthcare safety and adverse events, and to make regulatory decisions.

Healthcare IT

Sourcing realistic training data - at scale- to develop advanced predictive algorithms is an industry challenge.  Protected Health Information (PHI) is hazardous if mishandled, yet realistic, representative RWD is necessary for high quality software development.

IHM’s InsightsDB licenses continually updated RWD at scale from the electronic health records (EHRs) of community hospitals across the United States- a population often underrepresented in academic research. EHRs provide critical decision-making information not found in claims data such as vital signs, test results and unstructured physician notes.

Life Sciences

Data on how medications are used in “the real world” often yield unique insights over and above what classic research or clinical trials provide. RWD from the electronic health records (EHRs) offers valuable usage information not available from other sources.  For example, when a patient with sepsis is admitted to the hospital, which antibiotics are ordered, how quickly, in what setting and what is the specialty of the ordering physician? What is the switch rate to other antibiotics? How does variation in treatment affect patient outcomes? 

Medical Device Manufacturers

Manufacturers are challenged to demonstrate incremental product value due to a lack of comparative clinical outcomes data.  RWD from the EHR provides unique insight on the use and effectiveness of medical devices. For example, PICC lines are commonly used to replace the need for frequent venipuncture/peripheral IV line changes but require careful monitoring for complications.  Yet brand names are frequently missing from claims data, making comparative analytics impossible.

IHM’s InsightsDB licenses information on brand names as well as clinical notes- including relevant details on device insertion, monitoring and removal- enabling valuable analytics on relative product performance.