For decades, long-term and post-acute care settings have been overlooked in drug development and clinical research. Pharmaceutical and biotech companies have primarily focused on hospital and outpatient data, neglecting a patient population with high medication use and medical complexity.
PointClickCare Life Sciences is addressing this gap by utilizing the largest longitudinal EHR data set from skilled nursing and senior living facilities in North America. This data is providing new insights for drug development, clinical research, and commercialization.
In a Q&A, Jeff Wessinger, Vice President and General Manager of PointClickCare Life Sciences, discusses the business's origins, the unique aspects of the data set, and its impact on therapeutic areas like Alzheimer’s, diabetes, and tardive dyskinesia.
