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Five questions to ask before choosing a real-world data provider

When you’re working with real-world data (RWD) in a clinical trial setting, you must...

By Liisa Palmer | 6 min. read

Mortality data: Driving health research forward

Learn how the MarketScan Mortality Database can help generate insights, examine...

By Mette Andersen | 2 min. read

The missing puzzle piece: Linking MarketScan claims data with Veradigm EHR data

This new healthcare database unlocks the whole picture of patient care at an...

By Mette Andersen | 2 min. read

Optimize sample size and observation time: A case for employer-sourced administrative claims data

Closed administrative claims databases capture the complete range of healthcare...

By Merative | 5 min. read

Three real-world data research and regulatory trends to watch in 2024 and beyond

The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research, known as...

By Merative | 5 min. read

Measure the impacts of patient productivity loss and caregiver burden with real-world data

When patients are struck with illness, their quality of life and well-being are of...

By Eleanor Gebauer | 5 min. read

Advance rare diseases research with closed claims real-world data

MarketScan real-world data has been used to assess illness burden of rare diseases,...

By Eleanor Gebauer | 8 min. read

What’s more important: Real-world data quality or speed?

Here is what executives from biopharma and medical device companies had to say...

By Eleanor Gebauer | 2 min. read

Survey highlights link between reduced TANF spending and child welfare outcomes

This piece originally appeared in APHSA’s Winter 2023 Policy & Practice Last...

By Marina Pascali | 4 min. read

Merative’s first year: Focus and progress

Standing up Merative was a bold, complex move. To mark our first anniversary on 1...

By Gerry McCarthy | 4 min. read

Looking beyond the bump with real-world evidence

Recent moves by the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) to open clinical studies...

By Eleanor Gebauer | 4 min. read

What MarketScan reveals about commotio cordis, the rare heart condition allegedly behind Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest

Going into 2023, Damar Hamlin was a name that only Buffalo Bills and passionate...

By Randall Dick | 4 min. read

Is real-world data the real deal?

Real-world data is Liisa’s world. After receiving her PhD in health policy and...

By Liisa Palmer | 4 min. read