From paper to screen: eCOAs and the ISPOR Task Force’s updated recommendations
Electronic formats of clinical outcome assessments (eCOAs) have become the norm. COAs describe or reflect how a person feels, functions, or survives and can be reported by a healthcare provider, a patient, a non-clinical observer, or through performance of an activity...
Data storytelling in patient-centric research
Mapping the patient journey: data storytelling in patient-centric research Harshitha Ravindra, Data Visualization Lead, and Laura Day, Associate Director, Analytics, discussed how real-world patient-centric data can be used to effectively map the patient journey. The...
Are you getting your message across? Health literacy in real-world research
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related actions for themselves and others¹. A 2015 report, commissioned by Public Health England, identified that up to 61% of...
Delphi panels and the case for consensus
In the hierarchy of evidence, randomized controlled trials are the gold standard. While seeking expert opinion will never compare in terms of scientific rigor, it can be a valuable option in cases of limited, insufficient, or conflicting information. This is, of...
