Outcomes Management | Outcomes Measurement | Legal Consulting
OUTCOMES RESEARCH
DIVISION
The long-term strategy for the company is a solid business in program evaluation
for systematic collection, analysis, and reporting of information to determine
a program's performance. Managed care companies and pharmaceutical companies
require outcome research to demonstrate the value of their services and products.
Chironet, LLC believes its software can be used to provide fast, easy outcomes
research to a variety of entities. The company has signed a agreement with
COVANCE Health Economics to provide such services for their clients on a project-by-project
basis.
Such investigations can help improve patient care and outcomes, detect and
remedy problematic processes of care, examine post-marketing use and effectiveness
of pharmaceuticals and devices, and document and improve cost-effectiveness
of care. The OMS™ has the flexibility and immediacy to allow investigation
of complex processes and outcomes of care in a wide variety of settings, using
both experimental and non-experimental study designs.
Because the OMS™ can collect data simultaneously from geographically
dispersed sites, it is ideal for investigations involving outcomes of office-
or clinic-based primary and specialty care, or treatment and procedures conducted
at clinics and surgery centers. Because data collection and transmission are
automated, OMS™ does not require on-site data collection by study personnel,
or burdensome data collection forms to be completed by clinical staff. The
ability to modify OMS™ data collection forms and protocols electronically
allows outcomes studies to incorporate the most recent data collection tools,
and even to modify them as new research questions arise.
The OMS™ can be used for both rigorous experimental studies or for observational
studies. In experimental settings, OMS™ allows strict criteria for inclusion
of either certain types of providers or specific types of patients, and randomization
can be made at the facility or patient level, depending on the research question.
For non-experimental studies, the ability to collect rich facility- and patient-level
data allows analytic adjustment for important co-variables.
Examples of investigations for which OMS™ is well suited include:
- Clinical trials of new post-operative
pain control medications
- Post-marketing analysis of lipid control
using newly marketing cholesterol-lowering medications
- Identification of determinants of
patient satisfaction with outpatient surgical procedures
- Influence of surgical procedures on
long-term health status and quality of life
In a rapidly evolving health care
environment, results of outcomes studies must be
timely in order to influence patient care and outcomes.
OMS™ collects data in near-real time, enabling
analysis and reporting of findings while they are
relevant to clinicians, industry, and researchers |
