Transforming healthcare through secondary use of health data

Hundreds of billions of gigabytes of health information are now being collected. As more organizations implement health IT, more data will be produced and the potential for secondary use of data will grow. The data that could be mined from the US health system can be re-used to improve patient care, predict public health trends, reduce healthcare costs, and get drugs to market faster and safer. This report offers specific recommendations for providers, payers, and pharmaceutical companies to consider in leveraging electronic health data.