Industry Collaborators
Optum Labs provides an environment where the health care industry can come together to combine information and ideas that benefit patients today, while driving long-term improvements in the delivery of quality care. We look forward to collaborating with participants from across the health care industry who share the goal of improving patient care.
- Academic Institutions
- Care Providers
- Health-focused Foundations
- Commercial and Government Payers
- Life Sciences Companies
- Technology Leaders
Areas of Collaboration
Research at Optum Labs will focus on activities that can transform the health care system – helping doctors better understand all aspects of the patient care experience, refining approaches to care that consistently help patients achieve the best outcomes, and delivering actionable research that increases productivity, improves the patient’s experience and simplifies core processes.
Example Research Areas
By combining clinical and claims data, researchers will have a much broader view into each scenario. Having access to broad sets of data enables researchers to observe patterns that emerge among groups of people who share similar characteristics, ultimately leading to breakthroughs that can improve patient care. Additional opportunities include aspects of health care that touch people every day, including:
- Impacting Life Expectancy of Patients with Serious Conditions
- Helping Seniors Stay Healthy
- Reducing Unnecessary Hospital Admissions
- Ensuring Appropriate Prescription Use
- Helping Families Affected by Autism and Other Conditions
- Understanding Geographic Differences in Health Care
- Improving Detection of Infectious Disease
