Optum, Parexel Will Offer EHR-Fueled and Hybrid Studies

Optum, an information and technology-enabled health services business and part of UnitedHealth, and Parexel International have formed a strategic alliance. The alliance will offer hybrid studies that combine existing data from electronic health records (EHRs) and medical claims (from Optum) with global, site-based clinical research expertise (Parexel), with the goal of accelerating the post-approval collection of clinical evidence.

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