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eHealth Initiative Foundation research aims to improve drug safety
EHR Connection, December 10, 2007
The eHealth Initiative Foundation announced the formation of a research program designed to improve drug safety for patients in a November 29 press release.
"The eHI Connecting Communities for Drug Safety Collaboration is a public-private sector effort designed to test new approaches and develop replicable tools for assessing both the risks and the benefits of new drug treatments through the use of health information technology," the nonprofit foundation said in its press release.
"[T]he project will test and evaluate the value and utility of blinded, anonymized, electronic clinical health information to detect and evaluate drug safety signals," according to the press release. "Using clinical information - while protecting patients' privacy - promises to accelerate the timeliness, accuracy, and effectiveness of methods currently used to monitor drug safety and facilitate healthcare system response."
To accelerate the timeliness and effectiveness of drug safety efforts, participants will make results of their research available in the public domain.
Participants include the eHealth Initiative and its Leadership Council, Pfizer, Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lilly and Company, Partners HealthCare System, and the Regenstrief Institute.
The eHealth Initiative and its Foundation are independent, nonprofit affiliated organizations whose shared mission is improving the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information and information technology.
Click here to read the eHealth Initiative Foundation press release.
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