A patient registry has been defined as “an organized system that uses observational study methods to collect uniform data (clinical and other) to evaluate specified outcomes for a population defined by a particular disease, condition or exposure, and that serves a predetermined scientific, clinical or policy purpose.”(1) Patient registries provide an infrastructure for the standardized […]
There are humungous quantities of data existing in healthcare; data from all kinds of sources, such as clinical, patient, payer, R&D, pharmacy as well as revolutionary technologies that are being quickly embraced, for e.g. data from wearable devices. According to a report by International Data Corporation (IDC), (1) the volume of healthcare data which was observed […]
In recent years, patient-centric initiatives are becoming key factors among healthcare companies, as they are increasingly becoming aware of the fact that the key to growing business and improving customer health is to better focus on the needs and concerns of the patient, rather than attending to just the product approval. The objective behind patient-centric drug […]
The healthcare industry is challenged with administrative and regulatory intricacies that make achieving the healthcare objectives, such as better patient outcomes and reduced costs, difficult. Difficulties faced while improving patient outcomes are predominantly taxing, since health systems measure and report thousands of outcomes annually. (1) In addition, healthcare industry is saturated with the need for improved quality […]
