Life sciences Explorer

Explorer

Life sciences

Explorer

Introducing Optum

At Optum, our mission is clear: helping people live healthier lives and helping make the health and care system work better for everyone. Bringing together advanced data and technology capabilities, deep clinical and industry expertise, along with our cross-industry relationships, we’re helping our customers tackle healthcare’s biggest challenges. We enable clinicians to operate at the highest level of their expertise by reducing administrative burdens, streamlining workflows, and providing intelligent decision support. We’re supporting the delivery of care through great technology, enabling neighbourhood working and the shift to prevention, optimising medicines, and driving equitable and ethical clinical research.

#1 clinical system supplier in:

Primary care used by 4,600+ GP practices*.

Community pharmacy used by 5,800+ pharmacies*.

A&E acute care used by 30 trusts*.

#2 clinical system supplier in:

Community care used by 37 trusts*.

Acute hospital pharmacy used by 63 hospital pharmacies*.

*Source: Optum

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Data analytics is reshaping healthcare. When applied effectively and ethically, it enables healthcare providers, researchers, and policymakers to uncover patterns, predict outcomes, and make more informed decisions — ultimately improving patient care, operational efficiency, and system-wide innovation. With systems used daily by more 10,000 healthcare organisations, our software is the #1 or #2 choice across all major healthcare markets in the UK. Various point-of-care systems from across our network seamlessly stream information into our vast data platform, EMIS-X Analytics. Unlocking insights for life sciences

With our Explorer solution, we can enable researchers and life sciences teams to query, explore and analyse near real-time, longitudinal data at speed to derive market insights, generate evidence and optimise healthcare delivery. Depending upon the relationship the researcher has with our solution users, Explorer can enables the processing of primary care, community, children’s and mental health datasets and can provide transactional access to community pharmacy dispensing dataset queries. With decades of experience safely managing clinical data, we support UK GDPR compliant, secure data analysis and complex queries at speed and scale. Our Access Guard technology safeguards sensitive information, by ensuring that only those with the appropriate permissions from the data controller can access specific data.

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Explorer Built on the EMIS-X Analytics platform, Explorer is a robust SQL interface engine that allows technical users to seamlessly access relevant data (in accordance with relevant permissions). Explorer integrates with existing business intelligence tools and supports FHIR standard interoperability, empowering data-driven decisions and research to improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.

Scalable EMIS-X Analytics houses 1.5 trillion data points, processing 4 terabytes daily. Powered by advanced cloud technology Where appropriate, experience seamless access to vast, complex datasets with no need for extraction. Enhanced security Role-based access and multi-factor authentication ensure secure, controlled data access. Comprehensive data access Direct access to the complex data source to facilitate a wider and more detailed range of use cases. Near real-time access Continuous syncing of data from near-real time live health systems ensures users have access to the most up to date information for accurate analysis.

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Data controllership Our customers are the data controllers of the information held in Optum systems and solutions. Before any of this data can be shared through Explorer with research or life sciences organisations: (i) there must be an appropriate contract or data processing agreement in place directly between the data controller and the research or life sciences organisation, governing the basis upon which the latter is accessing/processing the data. This is a direct relationship between those parties, that does not involve Optum. (ii) the data controller must instruct Optum to share the data with the relevant organisation (which we will capture in our solution).

Three key principles for EMIS-X Analytics:

Establish appropriate data sharing as the standard.

Build and maintain strong technical, legal, and regulatory foundations to support responsible data use.

Advance the use of data, with appropriate permissions, to drive informed decision making in healthcare organisations.

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With appropriate data sharing agreements in place, customers can confidently access and leverage insights from Explorer that advance research and innovation in life sciences: Enabling strategic insights for life sciences teams

How Explorer solves key challenges

Self-service analytics

Secure and compliant data management

Enables users to independently explore and analyse relevant data (with appropriate permissions) reducing reliance on IT support. Integrated data for better health outcomes Consolidates data for a holistic view that supports coordinated care and population health management. Cost-efficient data management Reduces storage costs by connecting directly to cloud-hosted data.

Implements strict access protocols to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance.

Community pharmacy dispensing data

Primary care data Community, children’s and mental health data • Population health analysis • Answering research questions and follow up • Improving patient care and management • Understanding disease risk and progression

Flexible data querying

• Market access analysis and reporting • Brand performance product trends, and market share • Insight and market trends • Answering research questions • Improving patient care

Allows customised access to live data, supporting on-demand insights over static reporting. Versatile data integration Enrich data by seamlessly linking to trusted external datasets such as those from the Office for National Statistics, secondary sources and disease registries.

We can recommend the most suitable dataset tailored to your specific use case and the agreements you have with relevant data controllers.

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Through our powerful analytics platform, we can facilitate your access (subject to appropriate permissions and arrangements) to a diverse, real-world healthcare data ecosystem of over 38 million patients and 55 billion clinical observations . Explorer ensures healthcare data integrity and compliance, processing data with robust security features like Access Guard technology. Why choose us?

We can provide Direct, longitudinal data access: Track patient journeys and outcomes with direct access to near real-time, longitudinal data. Seamless BI integration: Supports preferred business intelligence tools, allowing users to work within familiar software environments. FHIR-standard interoperability: Promotes easy data sharing across systems, facilitating coordinated care and collaboration. Customisable analytics: Combine internal and external data for strategic insights and informed planning. Whether you’re driving research, improving care delivery, or analysing market trends, we can equip you with the tools to make impactful, data-driven decisions.

31m community appointments booked on Optum clinical systems annually

480m items dispensed annually using Optum clinical systems in community pharmacy

Issued 15.7 billion prescription items since records began

EMIS Web users have carried out 12.6 billion consultations with patients

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Explorer can support various use cases

Explorer in action

QResearch We collaborated with one of the world’s largest databases of primary care records, used for anonymised healthcare research, to connect them to GP practices. During the pandemic, this database was used to develop the QCovid risk assessment tool to identify 1.5m vulnerable people.

Pharma / biotech companies

Academia / researchers

Independent entities

• Data feeds for TREs, databases, or secure data platforms • Surveillance programmes • Understand market trends • Extract service • Support national KPIs • Clinical governance monitoring • Vaccination programmes

• Tracking patient outcomes over time (long term follow up) • Assess treatment effectiveness • Understanding adaptive care models • Testing/validating analytics tools • Data extracts for linkage • Risk stratification to understand local health needs

• Market access insights • Brand performance

• Forecast/demand market size • Inform sales strategies and evaluate positioning • Compliance submissions for NICE • Proactive intervention support

We can recommend the most suitable dataset tailored to your specific use case and the agreements you have with relevant data controllers.

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Explorer in action

OpenSAFELY A secure, transparent, opensource software platform for the analysis of electronic health record data. In collaboration with Optum, OpenSAFELY enables researchers to securely access and analyse primary care records for 35 million patients in England, linking them with national and other datasets to support near comprehensive population studies. For those seeking expert guidance, Explorer data consultancy offers training and consultancy services. Our team of data analysts provide tailored support to help you unlock the full potential of Explorer, accelerate use cases, and enhance data interaction. Explorer data consultancy

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Get in touch

If you’d like to find out more about how Explorer can support you, speak with your local account director today, or get in touch at:

uk.info@optum.com

optum.co.uk/tech-enabled-services

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