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Improving therapeutic effectiveness and safety through big healthcare data
Author(s) -
Schneeweiss S
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1002/cpt.316
Subject(s) - health care , big data , medical prescription , medicine , patient safety , medical emergency , pharmacology , computer science , data mining , economics , economic growth
Big healthcare data—electronically recorded longitudinal data generated during the provision and administration of healthcare for millions of patients—have become essential for understanding the effectiveness and safety of therapeutics. They are most effectively used in concert with experimental and laboratory research throughout the life cycle of a drug. Applications range from providing phenotype and health outcomes information in genome‐wide association studies to postmarketing studies that assure prescribers of the safety of approved drugs (Figure ).The uses of big healthcare data and their analysis throughout the life cycle of prescription drugs.