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Simulated Patient Data Fuels a New Tool for Healthcare Innovators
One of the biggest changes in healthcare isn’t taking place in the operating room. It’s coming in bits and bytes of data.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality – CDS Connect
Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Connect is a project to demonstrate how evidence-based care can be more rapidly incorporated into clinical practice through interoperable decision support.
Creating a Learning Health System
What does cancer have in common with opioid addiction, heart disease, and diabetes? Unfortunately, numbers—very large numbers. MITRE’s Andre Quina, a specialist in open source software tools for healthcare, writes that such large figures also provide potential solutions.
“Synthea” Synthetic Patient Population Symulator
SyntheticMass contains realistic but fictional residents of the state of Massachusetts. The synthetic population aims to statistically mirror the real population in terms of demographics, disease burden, vaccinations, medical visits, and social determinants. SyntheticMass will provide a sandbox for Health IT developers, researchers, and clinicians interested in exploring new healthcare solutions.
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