UnitedHealth’s Optum, Mayo Clinic Link Claims And Clinical Data For Research
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
UnitedHealth’s research arm Optum teams up with the Mayo Clinic to launch a research lab, Optum Labs, that will connect claims data with clinical health records to help identify best treatment options that also will help lower the cost of health care. The lab will be open to a wide range of stakeholders for research, including doctors, academic researchers, life sciences firms and policy makers.