Healthcare Data Institute

When medical data becomes ammunition for treatment

mars 24, 2016

‘Quantified self’ – a ‘know thyself’ for postmodern times? Could data have therapeutic qualities? Could ‘big data’ be a weapon of mass healing? The idea is less ridiculous than it might first appear. The placebo effect is the best illustration of this: merely being informed of the fact that treatment is being received (regardless of […]

Big Data, desperately seeking Big Talents

février 17, 2016

All healthcare stakeholders today, are forced to change in order ensure the systems’ sustainability. Taking into account the human dimension of new technologies and their link to “Big Data” (whatever that means) is crucial for success. The value of data mainly comes from human intelligence. It helps to define what data is relevant, what methods […]

HDI Day 2015: Interview with Terhilda Garrido from Kaiser Permanente in DSIH

février 9, 2016

We are pleased to share an interview with Terhilda Garrido recently published in DSIH, the French leading professional magazine entirely devoted to Health IT. Terhilda Garrido — VP HIT Transformation & Analytics at Kaiser Permanente — was our keynote speaker during HDI Day, the first Healthcare Data Institute annual conference in November 2015. « L’accès du patient à son dossier est […]

The Value of Health Data: A French Perspective

janvier 20, 2016

There are numerous reasons for which the use of data is extremely valuable for health-care companies. The word “data” here encompasses all sorts of data, from the data generated through clinical trials, real-life registries… called “clinical data”, to national medico-administrative databases (PMSI, SNIIRAM…) called “medico-administrative data”. The fundamental difference between both types of data is […]

White Paper: « Unlocking the full potential of data analytics for the benefit of all »

novembre 25, 2015

« Although current debates on healthcare data often focus overly on potential risks and misuses of the data, benefits to be reaped from extending healthcare data usage are in fact immense. A multitude of use cases are there to prove the extensive value being created by data analytics, across all stakeholders of the healthcare system, including […]

Data and compliance: for a better efficiency of healthcare systems

septembre 22, 2015

In the past, many research papers and reports have stressed the importance of compliance in the efficiency of healthcare systems, a report of the WHO in 2003 even stressed that there is more to expect from a better compliance than from any innovation in medicine. Leveraging its data assets, IMS Health has published a seminal […]

Putting patients at the heart of decision-making

août 20, 2015

Renaloo is a somewhat unique patient group, which started life online in 2002 as a blog. Over the years, a community of patients was formed, and the group was founded in 2008, enabling us to get involved in actions beyond the web, notably in the area of health democracy. Today, our aim is still to […]

Big Data: fail fast, learn fast

juillet 20, 2015

Mr Pousset-Bougère, what are your responsibilities within Ipsen? As Big Data and Analytics Director I currently lead all initiatives aimed at getting the most value from data. As such I report to our Chief Information and Digital Officer. The analytics team (formerly Business intelligence) handles all projects aimed at getting insights from our structured […]

“Beyond the pill”: an integrated care approach

juin 17, 2015

With over 10 products in clinical development set to come to market in the next five years, Sanofi is entering a very exciting time and becoming a launch powerhouse.