Navigating the US Federal Data Landscape of RWD Availability

The landscape of federally maintained real-world data (RWD) sources is evolving rapidly, driven by recent policy decisions, shifting priorities, and agency-level changes. It is important now more than ever that researchers remain adaptable to the changing data environment. Some previously available databases have been closed, new ones have been created, and others remain largely unchanged.

This timely webinar will provide an in- depth review of these latest changes to RWD availability and discuss potential substitutes for those databases to assess their quality, relevance, and limitations of substitutes to offer practical guidance. Topics addressed will include the quality/fit-for-purpose of substitutes relative to the discontinued sources, and effective approaches for negotiating with Federal agencies regarding data usage. This can include negotiating data- sharing agreements, navigating bureaucratic processes, and building collaborative relationships to facilitate lasting access to critical information. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how these shifts impact research and operational decision-making that depend on the availability of RWD.

Learning Objectives

• Understand recent changes to real world data sources provided by the federal government.
• Learn about substitutes to federal data sources that have been discontinued.
• Acquire strategies for working with federal agencies to identify and validate alternative real-world data sources when federal datasets are discontinued, particularly for coverage and marketing decisions.

Moderator:

Doug Foster, MBA, Partner, Advanced Data Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA

Speakers:

Steven Farmer, MD, PhD, Senior Partner, ABIG Health, Washington DC, USA

Rachele Hendricks Sturrup, DHSc, MSc, MA, Research Director, Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, Washington DC, USA

Usha Sambamoorthi, PhD, Professor of Pharmacotherapy, Associate Dean for Health Outcomes Research, The University of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX, USA