In 2011, expanded its specialty and patient-level data assets in the U.S. with the acquisition of SDI Health.

Under the panel's recommendations, Dr. Omenn said, health care providers would have to submit "audited patient-level data," and it makes no sense to cull such information from paper medical records and insurance claim forms.

Virtually all hospitals in New York State lose money from providing maternity services, and we have found from studying patient-level data that the percentage losses from Caesarean sections and vaginal deliveries are equivalent.

In 2007, GPRD announced a strategic alliance with IMS Health, which incorporated GPRD and the IMS Disease Analyzer, resulting in the most comprehensive longitudinal anonymized patient-level data in Europe.