Quarterly spotlight

The Linked Claims + EHR Database by MarketScan® and Veradigm was launched in 2024. This linked dataset combines the MarketScan family of databases with Veradigm Network Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data. The collaboration provides a complete patient view, deeper insights into the data, and more precise health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) and epidemiology analysis.

For decades, MarketScan has provided closed and fully adjudicated claims data that give unparalleled insights. Veradigm’s EHR data comes from a variety of ambulatory systems, covering numerous factors, including demographics, lab results, and prescription details.

Linked Claims + EHR Database by MarketScan and Veradigm

When clinical detail, along with the complete longitudinal patient record of healthcare encounters and payments are needed for your analysis, this linked dataset provides research-ready claims and EHR data fully integrated at the patient level.

What can greater detail across the patient experience provide?

One example of how researchers can utilize a 360-degree view of patient health was discussed in our webinar with Veradigm. Outpatient pharmacy costs in relation to body mass index (BMI) was explored, showing how increases in BMI led to higher pharmacy expenses.

Check out the webinar here and learn more about how reviewing clinical data – including lab results – vaccination records, and Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) can be aided by the Linked Claims + EHR Database.

With MarketScan and Veradigm together, a unified, longitudinal dataset is created, allowing researchers to trace patient journeys over time, monitor disease progression, and evaluate the realworld effectiveness of interventions with exceptional granularity.

MarketScan and Veradigm combine complete utilization and actual costs with detailed clinical insights extracted from provider notes using advanced natural language processing (NLP). This approach helps capture important health factors that standard data can possibly miss, supporting more precise forecasting and better resource planning in healthcare.

We launched Insights Uncovered: A Real-World Data Podcast Series in July 2025! Brenna Brady, PhD, Practice Leader, Real World Data research & Analytics at MarketScan and Brian Davis, PhD, Technology Product Management at MarketScan, discussed the importance of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) on the debut episode. The duo talked about why SDoH is critical to improving health outcomes, from expanding diversity and equity through data to improving the longevity of study designs for researchers. Stay tuned for future episodes and listen to the first one here.

The MarketScan Social Determinants of Health Database, in conjunction with other data elements in the MarketScan claims databases – such as age, gender, and diagnoses – provides researchers with a robust data asset to enhance outcomes research efforts.

Publication

MarketScan supported 217 peer-reviewed publications from January 1 to May 31, 2025, across multiple academic and clinical journals such as: JAMA, Pharmaeconomics, Rheumatology (Oxford), Clinical Cardiology, etc.

Conferences

MarketScan data was extensively represented at ISPOR Global in Montreal, Canada in May 2025. More than 61 presentations, including 12 co-authored by our researchers, leveraged MarketScan data across various healthcare topics. Click here to view the presentations.

Blogs

Every month, the MarketScan team discusses the latest in real-world data, with key perspectives and insights from our team of experts. Click here to read the latest.

Spotlight for the next quarter and beyond

Upcoming quarter features will include deep dives into other MarketScan databases, our GlobalData podcast series, and future product launches.

MarketScan is one of the largest collections of de-identified US patient claims data; the closed system data includes patient encounters spanning the full continuum of care including inpatient, outpatient, and outpatient pharmacy sites of care.

Veradigm Network of EHR solutions (VNEHR) encompasses data from a large national patient population drawn from diverse physician practices using the VNEHR, organized into a researchoptimized common data model.Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) can be aided by the Linked Claims + EHR Database.