EHR4CR (IMI)
Electronic Health Records for Clinical Research
Business Model Innovation

The EHR4CR project, funded by the European Commission (FP7) and EFPIA in the frame of the Innovative Medicines Initatives (IMI), runs over 4 years (2011-2014) and involves 34 partners (academic and industrial), where Data Mining International has a key sub-contractor role. This initiative is – to date – one of the largest public-private partnerships aiming at providing adaptable, reusable and scalable solutions (tools and services) for reusing data from Electronic Health Record systems for Clinical Research. These records offer large opportunities for the advancement of medical research, the improvement of healthcare, and the enhancement of patient safety. Data Mining International has developed new approaches for designing specific business modelling and Cost-Benefit Assessments that will be applied in this innovative project.

Reference: A, Beresniak, et al., Cost-benefit assessment of using electronic health records data for clinical research versus current practices: Contribution of the Electronic Health Records for Clinical Research (EHR4CR) European Project. Contemp Clin Trials (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2015.11.011

Please view this short 3min video animation of EHR4CR, presenting the value of data mining for health research: