Veradigm White Paper Highlights Gaps in Healthcare Real-World Data

Healthcare real-world data (RWD) has become an important tool for understanding disease progression, treatment patterns, and outcomes outside the controlled setting of clinical trials. However, a new white paper from Veradigm suggests that significant gaps remain in how patient experiences are captured and interpreted. 

In The Real-World Data Disconnect: Why Insights Still Fall Short in Complex Populations, the company argues that many current RWD sources fail to fully reflect the complexity of patients with chronic conditions, multiple comorbidities, behavioral health needs, or social risk factors. 

Limits of Current Data Sources 

Early RWD initiatives relied heavily on claims data, which offered scale but limited clinical context. While electronic health record (EHR) data has added deeper clinical insight, important questions often remain unanswered—such as why treatments change, why medications are discontinued, or why appointments are missed. 

Without this context, healthcare organizations may struggle to interpret outcomes accurately. 

Fragmentation Across Care Settings 

The white paper also highlights how fragmented healthcare systems can lead to incomplete patient records. Patients often receive care across multiple providers and settings, leaving no single source with a fully connected, longitudinal view of their journey. 

These gaps can create challenges for researchers, clinicians, and payers seeking to understand treatment outcomes and patient behavior. 

solli’s Final Thoughts 

There has always been a dual focus on both the quantity and quality of real-world evidence, and reports such as Veradigm’s highlight the ongoing need to go further and connect clinical, behavioral, and social insights in order to better reflect the realities of patient care. 

Download and read the full report here: https://veradigm.com/healthcare-real-world-data-gaps/