Investigators at New York University (NYU) Release New Data on Managed Care (Time to use large-scale biobank databases in health policy and public health research): Managed Care

2025 SEP 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Managed Care have been published. According to news originating from Mineola, New York, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Large-scale biobank databases link data from thousands of participants and multiple sources such as electronic health records, surveys, imaging, and biomarkers. These data infrastructure research initiatives have the potential to inform health care and public health solutions that can address the needs of different populations, facilitate cross-sector collaboration, and improve the overall responsiveness of health care and public health systems.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from New York University (NYU), “Despite this potential, large-scale biobanks are severely underutilized to answer health policy and public health research questions. Part of the reason is that information available in these data sources is usually collected for purposes such as improving health care within an integrated health care delivery system or advancing precision medicine.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Still, the depth and breadth of these data collection efforts around the world together with advances in data science and artificial intelligence provide new opportunities to answer important health policy and public health questions using large-scale biobank data.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Time to use large-scale biobank databases in health policy and public health research. Health Affairs Scholar, 2025;3(8).

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Vivian Hsing-Chun Wang, Center for Population and Health Services Research, Dept. of Foundations of Medicine, New York University (NYU) Grossman Long Island School of Medicine, Mineola, NY 11501, United States. Additional authors for this research include Jose A. Pagan and Hannah Sur.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1093/haschl/qxaf158. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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