The healthcare industry — from providers and health systems to payers — is increasingly adopting value-based care practices, which is not surprising given that approximately 61% of all healthcare payments are tied to value and quality in some way. In… Continue Reading
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic illness in which the body’s immune system attacks myelin, the substance that surrounds and protects the nerve fibers of the central nervous system. The result is a disabling disease that causes damage to… Continue Reading
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), including the more aggressive NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis), has become a major public health concern, affecting about one in four Americans (Younossie 2018). Its increasing prevalence parallels rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes. Continue Reading
This blog reports practical uses of RWD sourced from the largest, cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) platform in the United States, offered by Veradigm® as part of its Health Insights database. Continue Reading
Technological innovations have fostered the age of big data in healthcare – and the huge populations amassed afford the ability to mine for key subpopulations — getting down to ever more precise groups of likely responders to therapy, high-risk patients and other high-value subphenotypes. Continue Reading
