US NEWS & WORLD REPORT | With continuing advances in science and technology, the pace of medical breakthroughs is accelerating. Today, we can treat or even cure conditions that significantly shortened life just a generation ago. The exciting promises of personalized medicine are now becoming reality.

Congressman Bart Gordon and I co-chair the Bipartisan Policy Center’s initiative on Advancing Medical Innovation, and we believe that real-world data – data already amassed in electronic health records and other clinical software, claims systems and even in patients’ personal health tracking devices – is a rich source of information that can play a key role in accelerating the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process for promising drugs and devices to patients in need.

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