As health researchers, policymakers, and regulators establish standards and structure for using real-world data (RWD) as evidence in regulatory and clinical decision making, patients must be the primary focus. Since the idea of RWD is new to many in the patient community, it is important to explore the patient community’s needs, concerns, and potential contributions and use of RWE to ensure the patient voice is considered.
The National Health Council and our partners at the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy are pleased to announce a new webinar series: An Introduction to Real-World Data & Real-World Evidence! The series, which is free and open to the public, will continue through March 2021. Learn more here.
The topic of real-world evidence (RWE) has gained considerable attention recently. As health researchers, policymakers, and regulators establish standards and structure for using real-world data (RWD) as evidence in regulatory and clinical decision making, patients must be the primary focus. Since the idea of RWD is new to many in the patient community, it is important to explore the patient community’s needs, concerns, and potential contributions and uses of RWE to ensure the patient voice is considered.
This ongoing project seeks to understand how patient-provided information (PPI) – gathered through meaningful patient engagement – can be translated by researchers into more patient-centered real-world data (RWD) research designs that reflect patients’ lived experiences. Learn more here.
How Patient Organizations and Medical Societies Can Enhance Patient Engagement in Clinical Registries and Research
In 2019, the Pfizer–Bristol Myers Squibb Alliance partnered with the National Health Council and the Arrhythmia Alliance to engage with people diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF). Through an advisory board, they sought to understand patient perspectives and enhance patient centricity for future AF Real-World Data studies in the short term and AF Real-World Evidence in the long term. The approaches and learnings from this process are presented in this publication, and it serves as a case study for researchers interested in engaging patients on RWE for other clinical conditions.
Read the paper here.