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There are many centralized databases in the US that track outcomes (e.g. https://www.sts.org/registries-research-center/sts-national-database https://www.sts.or
by noelsusman 6y ago
There are many centralized databases in the US that track outcomes (e.g. https://www.sts.org/registries-research-center/sts-national-database https://www.sts.org/registries-research-center/sts-national-...).
- Ididntdothis 6y agoI know for sure that my company doesn’t have great long term data about its own devices in the field and even less about competitors. Once implanted, most patients disappear.
- noelsusman 6y agoThe hospitals buying your devices probably do, depending on the device. Our long term data is incomplete because people can switch providers, but we actively monitor long term patient outcomes for a wide range of devices that we use.
- Ididntdothis 6y agoBut how do you get data from thousands of hospitals? I also assume hospitals don’t exchange much data. The data is just very fragmented.