CONTEXT: The term “Synthetic data” may not fill you with confidence, but it’s a phrase we will be seeing a lot more of in the future as organisations explore how we can utilise healthcare data most efficiently. This report of Merck Canada joining in with existing organisations and institutions in Alberta is a growing trend. More to come no doubt.
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1. “Synthetic datasets can be shared freely among innovators and researchers without raising patient privacy concerns or contravening the Alberta Health Information Act because the data contains no real patient health information, an important distinction.”
2. “EDMONTON, Alberta, May 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Health City and the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) are pleased to welcome Merck Canada as a new partner to an innovative Alberta collaboration aimed at exploring the potential uses for synthetic health data.”
3. “Merck Canada will be joining existing partners Alberta Innovates and the University of Alberta, and will support the acceleration of research in the field of synthetic data use with the ultimate goal of helping improve health outcomes for Canadians.”
4. ““We are very pleased to support Alberta’s innovators and be part of this exciting collaboration to accelerate research in the field of synthetic data use,” said Heidi Waser, Executive Director, Patient Access at Merck Canada.”
5. ““Synthetic data is a promising way to address the challenges of using personal health data directly and we are pleased that Merck Canada has joined this exciting project,” stated Dr. Chris McCabe, CEO at IHE.”