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Health Catalyst Participating in the COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator, a Public-Private Partnership to Advance Understanding of COVID-19
Collaboration with The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA and Friends of Cancer Research focuses on analysis of real-world data to generate critical insights
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[{"type":"text","content":"Collaboration with The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA and Friends of Cancer Research focuses on analysis of real-world data to generate critical insights about the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19\n\n\nSALT LAKE CITY, June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Health Catalyst, Inc. (\"Health Catalyst,\" Nasdaq: HCAT), a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, announced its participation in the COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator, an expansive public-private partnership that combines the efforts of academic, government, and private sector organizations by applying real-world data to advance the understanding of COVID-19. The COVID-19 Evidence Accelerator was launched by the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA, in collaboration with Friends of Cancer Research (Friends). \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nAs part of its involvement, Health Catalyst will provide real-world insights to address important COVID-19-related research topics, including the natural history of the disease, how existing treatments may affect patient outcomes, and the use of diagnostics and medications in different patient populations. This crucial data will be sourced from the company's COVID-19 National Registry, powered Touchstone™. The COVID-19 National Registry includes more than 64,000 COVID-19 patients, along with an additional 500,000 patients with COVID-related symptoms that are being analyzed for risk of being an undiagnosed COVID patient. \n\"As the country continues working to respond to COVID-19, it is critical for all sectors of the industry to come together and work as one,\" said Dr. Sadiqa Mahmood, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Health Catalyst's Life Sciences Business. \"We are proud to contribute our platform, real-world insights and expertise in data-driven outcome improvement to the Evidence Accelerator. This collaboration has the potential to highlight the value of near real-time data to generate deep clinical insights and inform regulatory decision making. All of this feeds our ultimate goal, which is to help our customers diagnose, treat and prevent COVID-19, and manage the associated supply chains.\"\nThe Evidence Accelerator mobilizes the country's leading experts in health data aggregation and analytics in a unified effort to share insights, compare results, and answer key questio...