Real-World Data

Inovalon's Real-World Data is a comprehensive healthcare data solution designed to power confident decisions across the entire product development lifecycle. Built for life sciences organizations, clinical researchers, health economists, and commercial strategy teams, it transforms disconnected healthcare data into ready-to-use evidence — enabling faster, more reliable insights at every stage of drug development and market access.

With access to over 456 million linked unique patient records drawn from more than 160 primary sources, Inovalon's Real-World Data provides unparalleled visibility into patient journeys across all healthcare providers. By leveraging both open and closed claims data, the platform enables organizations to track disease progression, measure therapy impact, identify treatment patterns, uncover access barriers, and reveal unmet needs with greater clarity and speed.

Key Data Assets and Scale

• 456M+ unique patient lives covered across the dataset
• 97B+ medical events captured for deep longitudinal analysis
• Data from 1.1M+ physicians and 724K+ clinical facilities
• Sourced from 160+ primary data sources for broad and representative coverage

Core Capabilities

• Secure Data Extracts: Over 1,100 built-in data quality checks ensure compliant, research-ready extracts from day one
• Fit-for-Purpose Data: Data sourced from 160+ primary sources is matched to specific research needs, supporting every stage of drug development with trustworthy insights
• Faster, Deeper Analysis: Standardized datasets simplify workflows and enable secure, seamless connection to other data sources for accelerated analysis
• Improved Decision-Making: Stable, high-quality data from over 160 primary sources reduces guesswork and supports evidence-based strategy
• Full Patient Journey Tracking: Health histories are tracked across payer types to uncover treatment patterns, access barriers, and real-world outcomes

Use Cases and Applications

• Clinical research and study design powered by real-world evidence
• Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) studies
• Commercial strategy development based on disease and treatment patterns
• Market access optimization and unmet needs identification
• Disease trend tracking and therapy impact measurement
• New therapy development acceleration from evidence to decision

How It Works

1. Access linked patient records drawn from open and closed claims data across all healthcare providers
2. Apply built-in data quality checks to produce compliant, research-ready extracts
3. Utilize standardized, fit-for-purpose datasets to analyze the full patient journey
4. Connect data securely to other sources to deepen analysis and generate actionable insights
5. Apply findings to clinical studies, HEOR, market strategy, and access planning

Inovalon's Real-World Data integrates with related solutions including the Maternal-Newborn Health Linkage product — which enables researchers to study the holistic mother-child journey from pre-pregnancy through childbirth and beyond — and the HEOR solution, which delivers robust real-world evidence powered by primary source healthcare data and research expertise. Supporting resources including case studies, white papers, webinars, and research publications are available to help organizations realize the full value of applied healthcare data.