8 TECH OUTLOOKFebruary - 2020IN MY OPINIONData are powerful when leveraged effectively. This is especially true of the healthcare industry where data can be used to help people live longer, happier and healthier lives. Like most industries embracing advances in technologies and becoming ever more interconnected, generating vast amounts of data has become a byproduct of what we do. Across the healthcare industry we are witnessing a rise in data volume due to increasing adoption of electronic health records as the common method of practice. Patients' information needs to be continuously updated, tracked, shared and queried to ensure proper care is administered. This also holds true for clinical data collected during research and development. It's almost too much to fathom. However, these data shouldn't just be locked away for only a few to review, analyze and use.Support for data transparency must continue to grow in the healthcare industry. By sharing data, we can ensure that researchers around the globe have more information about the safety and effectiveness of products--from pharmaceutical medicines, to consumer products, to medical devices. For those of us who live and breathe data every day as part of our work, it is no mystery that having access to more information makes us more effective and can advance science. I'm fortunate to work with a talented team of colleagues who understand that sharing clinical trial data ensures that we keep patients and consumers at the heart of all we do. Clinical trial participants, sometimes ill and looking for help, have given their time--and their bodies--to advance medical research and to help others. By unlocking the power of data generated by clinical trials and sharing it, anonymized, and responsibly with researchers around the world, we can advance the state of healthcare. That's powerful!Over the last several years, the pharmaceutical business of Johnson & Johnson and other prominent pharmaceutical companies have made public commitments around sharing clinical trial data. Through a partnership with the Yale University Open Data Access (YODA) Project, one of several pioneering data-sharing Unlock The Power Of DataBy Jijo James, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer, Johnson & Johnson [NYSE: JNJ]Jijo James
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