Epic’s Cosmos helps policymakers at CDC and FDA unlock major public health challenges.
Indeed spillover benefits of clinical and public health information mined from such databases—provided it is privacy-preserved, normalized, historical, integrated, and representative–has long been a goal of EHR implementation. “The game changer has been the incorporation of artificial intelligence applied to these giant databases”, explain, consultant and EHR expert.
Epic and healthcare organizations that contribute data to Cosmos can use the platform to track, model, and visualize the impact of illnesses over time; study clinical interventions that have worked best for similar patients; and examine Look-Alikes, which helps physicians connect with other doctors on diagnosis and care for rare cases.