Healthcare IT News July 17, 2020
Kat Jercich

The University of California COVID Research Data Set comprises more than 640 million data points from electronic health records, and helps inform approaches to new treatments.

University of California Health has created a unified data set to help researchers develop COVID-19 treatments.

According to a UC press statement, the University of California COVID Research Data Set, or UC CORDS, comprises more than 640 million data points drawn from electronic health record information, and allows researchers to quickly compare previous individuals’ treatments.

“With the scale of the pandemic, we need as many UC researchers as possible to work on treatment options. Having access to this diverse data set that is already integrated may contain insights into COVID-19 that they may...

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