Integrated health systems and delivery networks are challenged to improve the lives of their patients in sickness and in health, in and out of the hospital. The pharma industry has an opportunity to help providers and payers achieve their goals and keep their communities healthy through new research collaborations that can benefit everyone.
HRI research into past and current pharmaceutical and health system collaborations, and interviews with health system executives, reveal an urgent desire to partner differently with the pharmaceutical industry.
Consumers are even more likely to share health data when they understand how that data is being used. Providers and health systems are in a unique position to explain to patients the purpose and benefits of sharing health information with pharmaceutical partner organizations.