Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Health IT's Next Big Challenge: Comparative Effectiveness Research

Cerrato, Paul. "Health IT's Next Big Challenge: Comparative Effectiveness Research." InformationWeek, August 21, 2012.

From the blog: "Given the fact that comparative effectiveness research will likely cost far less than a randomized clinical trial, it's time healthcare stakeholders take a closer look at this approach. The challenge for IT departments is going to be getting searchable patient data repositories up and running. Few hospitals have the resources to create their own version of Clinical Query. But at the very least, they need to start ramping up their data warehousing and data mining initiatives." Read more