Predictive Analytics and Clinical Decision Support

6 Reasons Why UniversalRegistry™ Technology is the Answer

What if your organization had more self-sufficient researchers, who could put together as many quality of care or outcomes studies as they wanted, or as many disease registries as they wanted, without having to go to IT for each and every study? How would it be for providers to collect and leverage data related to treatments and outcomes right at the point of care, for every combination of circumstances they encounter? And how would it be as the head of IT to be the one to implement such leading technology?

Whether any of the above situations applies to you, or you are doing clinical trials, or you’re a CRO, or even a medical device manufacturer…the future once envisioned where data drives everything is here, and the technology exists to do it all. And, it’s scalable and affordable.

Ask yourself, then, “If UniversalRegistry Technology is the answer, which six things does it accomplish to make it the answer?”

1. Access to your data. If you’re using Microsoft®, or ORACLE®, or some other SQL database, a trait of UniversalRegistry Technology is that it can connect to any system you need it to, so that it brings data together instead of introducing accessibility roadblocks from square one.

2. Speed of implementation. This technology lets clinicians, providers, or researchers be who they are, because IT staff can be who they are. Meaning it’s so quick to set-up, IT actually has time to squeeze in a few registries between their other umpteen projects and thus researchers and clinicians can focus on what they do best. By setting up one registry that forms the backbone of the system, an endless number of registries can be configured in just hours to fit any and every request.

3. Em-powerment to the people. For non-IT staff, UniversalRegistry Technology also means increased self-sufficiency from those who customize EDC forms, enter data, build queries, report on it; or import, export or “normalize” data for that matter. The end results are increased empowerment, less waiting, more actionable data, on less required bandwidth across all departments.

4. Aggregate data in 31+ flavors. View data in real-time from a single dashboard from the following sources to see the big picture: EHR software, online self-reporting portals, provider entered data, off-site research data, image data, CPT, ICD, LOINC, SnoMed, NormRx data, and more. If you didn’t anticipate needing a certain type, or format, or source of data, another trait of your UniversalRegistry is that it can adapt on-the-fly without skipping a beat.

5. Have it your way. And define the meaning of “it” while you’re at it. What this means is, this is not simply a matter of subtracting pickles off your burger and adding swiss. If one type of registry is a burger, you know your needs better than anyone and so maybe the registry itself that you need is a totally different animal, like Pei King Duck. UniversalRegistries provide the best of both worlds so you get exactly what you want, and then once you have it you can add and subtract requirements seamlessly.

6. Speaks the same language as you do. And they do. Even when they’re not the same. What this means is that if you entered data on the “flu” and he entered it as “influenza” and she entered it with strain information, a UniversalRegistry must contain a vast terminology layer that resolves these types of discrepancies correctly, in as automated a way as possible without compromising the data. It’s part of the heavy-lifting that makes this technology so powerful.

As 2010 draws to a close, this is the type of technology straight out of a Stanley Kubrick film, from the 1970s. It means UniversalRegistry Technology is an idea whose time has come in addition to comparative effectiveness research, and is actually overdue. As data, and the health sector and public sectors converge, so too are ideas from medical science fiction and our present day reality. RemedyMD are pioneers in this technology, and they have actively perfected UniversalRegistry Technology during the last 7 years.