Day: August 7, 2019

Health research cannot be done without the active participation of patients. This especially concerns those who suffer from an incurable disease, should it be common plagues of today such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, or rare and complex disorders. Data collected for monitoring the safety and efficacy of drugs are analyzed for patterns that reveal more information about the products’ benefit: risk profile. Electronic health records are mined for associations and potentially causal links between medications and adverse and unexpected outcomes. Active