Do You Know What an Evidence Aggregation Platform is?
An evidence aggregation platform allows users to analyze efficacy and safety throughout a drug's life-cycle using clinical trial results and real world data. Advert Health has defined three main categories: Data agnostic, Closed curated and Hybrid. Learn more here. (Source: Jim Davis, Advera Health […]
How Can We Use Data to Inspire?
The true power of data is not in the numbers, its in the communication, the job of data storytellers. What do great storytellers do differently and what can we learn from them? Read more here. (Source: Jake Porway, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 6/8/16) […]
Curo – LENS. Leverage the true value in your SLR.
LENS is a bespoke, secure, easy to use tool specifically designed with HEOR and MA needs in mind. The tool’s unique format allows for the efficient storage, search, retrieval and sharing of literature, research and evidence data, regardless of its original format. Gain greater insights from […]
Can FDA Commissioner Califf Change Medical Education?
FDA Commissioner Dr Robert Califf recently delivered the Eugene Braunwald Lecture at the ACC scientific session where he outlined his vision of how doctors will be trained in the future. Find out more here. (Source: Tim Casey, Cardiovascular Business, 4/13/16) […]
Who Really Deserves Credit for Discovery of Statistical Regression
Thanks Evidence Soup for posting this great article in this week's 5 links on evidence-based decision making. Read about how Gauss discovered statistical regression, but didn't share it. Later, Legendre published the method, sparking one of the bigger disputes in the history of science. Read The […]
Is it Ethical to Refuse Sharing Healthcare Data?
Health data is coveted by big data advocates and guarded fiercely by privacy activists. How do we insure that such sensitive information that has such powerful potential for both good and bad, is treated properly? A look at Estonia, a leader in the field, may offer some perspective. Read more here. […]
How Much Time do You Spend Sifting Through Data?
Find the information you need quickly, create new insights and more with Curo's Literature and Evidence Navigation System (LENS); a bespoke, secure, easy to use, single module tool specifically designed with HEOR and MA needs in mind. Sign up for a FREE Demo here. (Source: curo) […]
McKesson’s CIO Talks Big Data Analytics with WSJ
Kathy McElligott, chief technology officer and chief information officer at McKesson Corp talked with the Wall Street Journal about the technology changes taking place in the healthcare industry. Excerpts available here. (Source: Kim Nash, The Wall Street Journal, 10/25/15) […]
FREE Downloads!!! Online Calculators for HEOR: CEA, CUA, CBA, CMA
Health Decision Strategies, LLC (HDS), products and services has decision tools, questionnaires and software examples ready for you to try, including online calculators for HEOR: CEA, CUA, CBA, and CMA. Find out more here. (Source: HDS) […]
Still waiting 6 months for a Meta-Analysis?
DOC Data is a powerful environment for structuring data and generating analysis from full-text clinical studies and other epidemiology sources. DOC Data enables finger-tip ready review and analysis of data. The methodologies incorporated into the DOC Data platform meet the highest global […]
Dive into Your Data
Data scientists help collaborators and clients by sifting through large complex collections of data to help identify the underlying factors associated with a particular outcome. Focusing on linear regression, this article will introduce a more modern framework that leverages so-called sparsity […]
Can a Powerpoint Magically Make Any Data True?
When was the last time you double checked data you read in some journal, were shown in a powerpoint presentation, or watch on a special TV report? How do we sort thru bias and decipher truth from fiction? Read more here, and take a look at these cartoons drawn on biases in working with data. […]
Humana – Using Analytics to Improve Health Outcomes
Health insurer, Humana, has made analytics a foundational piece of its clinical operations and consumer engagement efforts, with strong results - improving quality of life at a lower cost. Read more here. (Source: Ann All, Predictive Analytics Times, 8/22/15) […]
IMS Health Announces Availability of Nexxus Mobile Intelligence 11
IMS Health recently announced the availability of Nexxus Mobile Intelligence 11, specifically designed for the Life Sciences industry, allowing companies to simplify their IT architecture while providing maximum flexibility to users. Find out more here. (Source: MarketWatch, 8/24/15) […]
Making Healthcare Data More Accessible, Useful and Available in the U.S.
The National Quality Forum recently released a white paper, Data Needed for Systematically Improving Healthcare, highlighting strategies to help make healthcare data and analytics more available and usable for providers and consumers. Rob Saunders, senior director at the National Quality Forum, […]
Kaiser Family Foundation
Kaiser Family Foundation Medicaid and Medicare Fact Sheets and Primers Market Trackers Health Insurance Exchanges Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Affordable Care Act Issues for 2015 Health Policy Insights […]
Prime Therapeutics Takes A Look At Rx Drug Usage On The Exchange
An analysis from Prime Therapeutics examined prescription drug use and costs for people who enrolled for health insurance via the exchange compared with commercially insured individuals. See the results here. (Source: Prime Therapeutics) […]
Allina Health Enters Into Unprecedented Shared-Risk Contract With Health Catalyst
A new partnership between Health Catalyst and Allina Health is paving the way for what could be a new trend in the industry. In possibly the first example of this type of shared-risk contract in healthcare, the analytics vendor's payments are dependent on the client's performance. Learn more here. […]
Which Value-Based Healthcare Delivery Model Is Right For Your Organization?
6 Value-Based Physician Reimbursement Models: Action Plans for Alignment, Analytics and Profitability, is a 40-page resource examining a set of provider compensation models across the collaboration continuum, advising adopters on potential pitfalls and suggesting strategies to survive implementation […]
5 Biggest Challenges For Stakeholders In The Oncology Value Chain
This interview was conducted with Rebecca M Shanahan, Chief Executive Officer of Avella Specialty Pharmacy for International Research (IIR) Annual Summit for Oncology Management. Read more here. (Source: Avella Specialty Pharmacy, 12/5/14). […]
What Will CMS’s New Chief Data Officer Mean For Data Access?
With the creation of the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA) and appointment of a Chief Data Officer, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has put the importance of utilizing big data in decision-making front and center. Who is filling the position and what will this mean […]
Check Out The Latest ISPOR Value in Health Regional Issues
Volume 4 of Value in Health Regional Issues is devoted to the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, Western Asia and Africa (CEEWAA) and features 19 articles and one editorial from 12 different countries in these regions. This current volume includes economic analyses and cost of illness studies […]
Survey Results On Data Requirements and Availablility in the EU
This survey was distributed to market access personnel from Pfizer in 10 different countries; Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden - to compare data requirements and their availability for health economic evaluations. Survey […]
Improving Patient Experience With Data Analytics
Howard Barsky, chief information officer for Armada Health Care, discusses how specialty pharmacies can improve services for patients through the use of data analytics. Video available here. (Source: Specialty Pharmacy Times, 10/7/14). […]
Are you turning data into evidence? We are!
Our scientists participate in scientific and clinical meetings around the world. To learn more about a presentation, please email info@evidera.com View our upcoming presentations to see how. […]
Healthcare Trends & Forcasts – Don’t Miss Out On This Vital Resource!
This vital resource, now in its ninth year, includes results from the tenth annual Healthcare Trends and Forecasts survey conducted in October 2013. Forecasts covering payment and reimbursement, bundled payments, accountable care organizations, care management, the changing dynamic of […]
Three Things You Need To Know About Big Data
What is all the hype over Big Data about anyway? Can it really put an end to medical errors, sub-optimal care, and poor outcomes? What can it NOT do? Read this blog post and learn more about When Analyzing Big Data Goes Wrong. (Source: Nick Emptage, tHEORetically Speaking, 3/26/13). […]
Saama’s New Business Consulting Practice – Helping You Harness Big Data
Saama recently announced their new Business Consulting Practice for Analytics and Big Data Initiatives, which aimed to democratize the access to data and the analytical processes that can enable action. Read more here. (Source: saama, 2014). […]
