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Before You Buy Real-World Data: Five Questions Your Study Team Should Answer
Before You Buy Real-World Data: Five Questions Your Study Team Should Answer
Sep 06, 2026
Real-world data licensing is expensive: hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars a year. A data provider's presentation can make a dataset look ideal:...
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The Million-Dollar Slide: A Sharper Way to Think About Real-World Data Quality
The Million-Dollar Slide: A Sharper Way to Think About Real-World Data Quality
Jul 05, 2026
by Lixia Yao, PhD At the DIA 2026 Annual Meeting, I sat through hundreds of slides. Most conveyed useful information. A few introduced new ideas. But...
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A 5-Minute Guide to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Under the IRA
A 5-Minute Guide to Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Under the IRA
May 16, 2026
Prescription drug pricing in the United States has long been a focal point of health policy debate. For Medicare beneficiaries, particularly older adults and individuals living...
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Polygon Health Analytics Showcases AI-Driven SLE Research and Social Media Evidence at ISPOR 2026
Polygon Health Analytics Showcases AI-Driven SLE Research and Social Media Evidence at ISPOR 2026
May 03, 2026
Philadelphia, PA — Polygon Health Analytics LLC will present new research and lead an interactive workshop at the ISPOR 2026 Annual Conference, May 17–20, 2026, at...
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AI in HEOR, RWD & Medical Affairs: What 133 Professionals Told Us—and What It Means for the Industry
AI in HEOR, RWD & Medical Affairs: What 133 Professionals Told Us—and What It Means for the Industry
Apr 14, 2026
Artificial intelligence is gaining traction across many disciplines, and health economics and outcomes research (HEOR), real-world data (RWD), and medical affairs are no exception. To understand...
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Will AI Replace Pathologists? -Notes From the 2026 USCAP Floor
Will AI Replace Pathologists? -Notes From the 2026 USCAP Floor
Mar 28, 2026
“People should stop training radiologists now.” — Geoffrey Hinton (2016; he later conceded the timeline was wrong) “Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors…” — Bill Gates,...
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Synthetic Data vs. Real-World Data: A Reality Check for Healthcare AI
Synthetic Data vs. Real-World Data: A Reality Check for Healthcare AI
Dec 15, 2025
I first encountered the concept of synthetic data back in 2013, while teaching a health informatics course as a tenure-track assistant professor at UNC Charlotte. To...
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Drug Development Program Done Right: A Practical Checklist to Prevent Strategic Blind Spots
Drug Development Program Done Right: A Practical Checklist to Prevent Strategic Blind Spots
Nov 28, 2025
In the high-stakes world of pharmaceutical R&D, thousands of drug candidates are abandoned every year long before reaching patients. The harsh reality: fewer than...
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QALYs Explained: The Metric That’s Shaping—and Dividing—Healthcare Policy
QALYs Explained: The Metric That’s Shaping—and Dividing—Healthcare Policy
Nov 10, 2025
Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) are a cornerstone concept in health economics. They measure the value of medical treatments by considering both how long people live and...
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Value-Based Health Care: Shifting the Focus from Quantity to Quality
Value-Based Health Care: Shifting the Focus from Quantity to Quality
Oct 23, 2025
Understand how value-based health care shifts focus from volume to outcomes, rewarding better results, reducing costs and improving patient care....
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Budget Impact Models: A Practical Tool for Healthcare Decision-Making
Budget Impact Models: A Practical Tool for Healthcare Decision-Making
Oct 07, 2025
Learn how Budget Impact Models help payers and HTA agencies assess short-term affordability of new healthcare treatments alongside cost-effectiveness analysis....
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New White Paper: Charting the Landscape of Real-World Data in the U.S.
New White Paper: Charting the Landscape of Real-World Data in the U.S.
Oct 01, 2025
Learn how real-world data is transforming U.S. healthcare and life sciences. Our new white paper maps datasets, applications, challenges, and future directions....
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