Activating Clinical Data: From Archive to Asset

For most health systems, clinical data is a byproduct of care. It’s stored in the EHR, archived for compliance, and occasionally queried for reporting.

But hidden within that data are the keys to new treatments, better protocols, and significant revenue streams through life sciences partnerships. The challenge is activation.

The Passive Data Problem

EHR data is notoriously messy. Unstructured notes, inconsistent coding, and fragmented episodes of care make it nearly impossible to use for research at scale without months of manual abstraction.

This “passive” data sits in the dark. It’s an archive, not an asset.

Building a Living Data Lake

To activate this data, you need more than just storage. You need a pipeline that continuously:

1. Ingests data from all sources (EHR, LIMS, PACS, Wearables).
2. Harmonizes it into a standard model (like FHIR or OMOP).
3. Enriches it using NLP to extract concepts from unstructured text.
4. Links it to external datasets (SDOH, claims, genomics).

This creates a Living Data Lake.

Accelerating Clinical Research

With activated data, the feasibility process for clinical trials shrinks from weeks to minutes.

• “Find all patients with Stage 3 NSCLC, specific mutation X, who have failed first-line therapy.”

In a legacy system, this is a distinct research project. In Health Foundry, it’s a search query.

Partnership & Innovation

Pharma and Life Sciences partners are actively seeking health systems that can provide high-quality, longitudinal real-world evidence (RWE). By activating your data, you don’t just improve your own quality of care—you become a hub for innovation.

Your data is your most valuable asset. Stop letting it gather dust. Start building with it.