IHM provides Real World Data (RWD) from clinical information systems

IHM data is unique because it comes from community hospitals, a population often underrepresented in clinical studies. The IHM data system incorporates the contents of the clinical information system used daily in hospitals, reaching well beyond claims data, and includes thousands of data elements per patient, such as lab results, drugs given (and when/where given), radiology reports, and electronic nursing and physician notes.

Our data also includes detailed structured cardiology data elements mined from free text such as electrocardiogram readings, echocardiogram interpretations and cardiac invasive procedures. Examples of data elements extracted from text include ejection fraction, EKG intervals such as QRS duration, and echocardiogram measurements such as left ventricular end diastolic volume.

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? 

Healthcare AI/Analytics

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.

Medical Devices

Medical device companies 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.