Real-World Evidence Challenges: Death Among Toughest Data Points To Measure

Death typically is not included in electronic health records, and sources are disparate; Difficulties with endpoint expose potential limitation to real-world evidence use.

Data Collection - Three Arrows Hit in Red Target

Death, likely among the easiest real-world data points to measure, is proving among the more difficult to gather, illustrating that while real-world data holds great promise, there still are fundamental hurdles to overcome before its widespread use.

Researchers and regulators are hopeful that electronic health records and claims data, so-called real-world data, can be shown to correlate...