Conduct empirical research, in partnership with Emory University, focused on the relationship between employee wellness, healthcare utilization and cost, and work-related productivity.
Benefits
- Diverse resources to support optimal planning and evaluation of HPM strategies.
- Analyses and insights regarding the essential ingredients of successful HPM programs.
- Implementation of health and wellness initiatives to reduce employee health risks.
- Decision support tools to forecast return on investment yielded by HPM strategies.
- Benchmarks and methods for evaluating the effects of these initiatives.
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Data Integration and Database Development
Sound policy development as well as analysis to inform policy ultimately rests on high-quality data. Thomson Healthcare has a distinguished history of developing databases and related tools to support research and analysis on healthcare costs, utilization, and quality.
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MarketScan Research Databases
The gold standard in proprietary U.S. research databases, the MarketScan® data warehouse provides healthcare researchers access to fully integrated, de-identified, individual-level healthcare claims data to understand health economics and outcomes. -
Software and Database Development
Designing and implementing unique databases and Web-based interfaces for research data collection, data dissemination, and database analysis. -
Statistical Informatics
Healthcare policy development and decision making in many areas benefit from sound statistical information and analysis, presented in accessible form. Yet too often, sophisticated analyses are published only in technical journals and not delivered in useable ways to the policy makers who rely on them to guide decisions.