At Lilly COI we are lowering the barriers that exist between clinical information and the people who need that information the most. We’ve shared how our Clinical Collections tool is a much easier way to search for and pull together relevant clinical trial registry information.
But we’ve been thinking: We want to make public clinical research easier to get at, right? 
Search is one way…but instead of search, what if we made it so that data finds the patient?
A Lot of Data
From the moment a patient learns that they have a serious illness or that their care-giver wants to try a new treatment, they are inundated with information, relevant and otherwise. Regardless of the size of the task, however, most patients are still highly motivated to learn as much as they can as quickly as they can. Accumulating relevant clinical information that could impact their health is crucial.
Clinicaltrials.gov is a registry with a lot of great information, and there are plenty more sources of clinical research information. As we look to more clinical trial sites, medical journal collections, drug labels and other digital sources, we open the doors to more knowledge – but we open the flood-gates of data on patients as well. So how can a patient get at the information they need without rowing through the sea of data?
