Kythera Blog | Insights on Healthcare Data, Life Sciences, and Data Technology

Data Technology

The Future of Healthcare Data: AI-Powered Integration, Management, and Analysis

Generative AI transforms healthcare data pipelines by accelerating integration, enriching metadata, and enabling natural language analysis through intelligent, autonomous agents.

June 30, 2025

Data Technology

Atropos Health and Kythera Labs Partner to Expand Access to Real-World Data to Advance Oncology

Kythera Labs joins the Atropos Evidence™ Network, the Industry’s Largest Federated Healthcare Data Network, Increasing the MultiModal Oncology Network

June 12, 2025

Healthcare

Kythera Labs Partners with Leading Healthcare Analytics Firms to Deliver Advanced Data Integration Solutions

Strategic Data Partnerships with Preverity and GAM Enable Secure, Integrated Healthcare Analytics Through De-Identification, Data Integration, and Data Mastering Services

June 11, 2025

Data Technology

From Fragmented to Actionable: Why Data Remastering Is the Backbone of Healthcare and Life Sciences AI

Data remastering transforms fragmented healthcare and life sciences data into unified, actionable insights, enhancing AI and analytics capabilities.

April 24, 2025

Life Science

Scipher Medicine and Kythera Labs Partner to Unlock New Insights into Autoimmune Disease-Specific Treatment

The partnership integrates Kythera’s enriched high-fidelity multi-source EHR and claims data assets with real-world clinical and genomic data from Scipher’s PrismRA Test, revealing new insights for precision medicine advancements.

April 15, 2025

Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Systems Unlock Market Intelligence & Competitive Advantage by Combining Internal Claims and External Claims Datasets

Integrating internal and external data delivers a strategic advantage, empowering health systems to proactively adapt to shifting market dynamics.

March 11, 2025

Life Science

Accelerating Rare Disease Drug Development with AI, Machine Learning, and Real-World Data

AI, machine learning, and real-world data are transforming rare disease drug development by speeding up patient identification, optimizing clinical trials, and driving smarter regulatory decisions.

February 28, 2025

Life Science

Unlocking the Power of EHR Data Using OMOP: A Framework for Standardizing and Analyzing Healthcare Data

The OMOP Common Data Model standardizes EHR data, enabling interoperability, advanced analytics, and real-world evidence generation for life sciences research.

February 3, 2025

Life Science

Unlocking the Full Potential of Real-World Data: Claims and EHR Data Integration in Life Sciences

Integrating claims and EHR data in Life Sciences unlocks valuable insights to advance research, drug development, and patient outcomes.

November 13, 2024

Life Science

Maximizing the Value of Life Sciences Data: How to Avoid Overspending and Improve ROI

Life sciences companies are turning to real-world data to fuel innovation, but avoiding overspending is key to maximizing the value of these investments.

September 24, 2024

Data Technology

Kythera Labs Lands on 2024 Inc. 5000 List

Healthcare Data Technology Firm’s Three-Year Revenue Growth of 103% Earns First Time Ranking

August 27, 2024

Data Science

Kythera Labs Receives Certification as a Qualified Entity from CMS

Kythera Labs one of only 23 organizations with access to Medicare Parts A, B, and D claims data covering all 50 states in the U.S.

August 13, 2024

Data Technology

Leveraging Serverless Cloud Computing And Data Sharing For Favorable ESG Opportunities

Guest author Cody A. Hyman, PhD, discusses how innovative technologies like Serverless Compute and Delta Sharing assist companies in meeting evolving ESG requirements by reducing carbon footprints, optimizing resources, and enhancing sustainability.

July 16, 2024

Data Technology

Five Takeaways from the Databricks' Data + AI Summit

Kythera Labs Product leaders share their key takeaways from the 2024 Databricks Data+AI Sumit.

July 2, 2024

Life Science

Using RWD in Life Sciences Research: A View from Two Perspectives

Aleksandra Petkova, PhD, Kythera Labs’ Senior Product Manager for Life Sciences Data & AI, Shares Her Experiences Accessing Analysis-Ready RWD

June 7, 2024

Life Science

2024 ISPOR Conference Key Takeaways

Shaping the Future of HEOR with High-Quality Data and AI

May 24, 2024

Data Technology

AI-Driven Personalized Data Dictionaries

Applying AI to Healthcare data analytics drives efficiency and helps our users ensure they're analyzing accurate data best fit for their use case.

April 17, 2024

Data Technology

AI-Empowered Health Analytics

There's real value to be gained by linking anonymized data, insights like detailed longitudinal market trends and precise patient journeys. But the process can be challenging, and proper techniques are critical.

March 22, 2024

Healthcare

Pricing Transparency: The Current State of Affairs

Enhancing the accuracy and utility of pricing transparency data with claims data and a powerful data analysis platform.

February 12, 2024

Data Technology

Data and Technology Drive Innovation in Healthcare and Life Sciences

Machine learning and AI can make the healthcare data explosion Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR).

February 9, 2024

Healthcare

New Executive Position Adds to Leadership Team to Position Kythera for Growth Opportunities

Chief Science Officer to lead Life Science and Pharma initiatives at Kythera Labs

December 5, 2023

Data Technology

Databricks 2023 Healthcare and Life Sciences Symposium

Jeff McDonald speaks with Databricks on Data and AI in Healthcare and Life Sciences.

December 1, 2023

Data Technology

AI in Action: Co-Founder Russ Sacks on the Alldus Podcast

Russ Sacks joins JP Valentine for episode 488 of AI in Action.

November 29, 2023

Data Technology

Kythera Labs Announces $20 Million Funding to Accelerate Growth of its Wayfinder Data Technology Platform

Funds will help Kythera expand its products, partnerships, and people to meet increasing demand

November 7, 2023

Data Technology

Serverless SQL Compute: Time Is Money in A Very Real Way

Perspectives from Matt Ryan, CTO and Markwood Fields, Product Analyst, Kythera Labs.

October 11, 2023

Data Technology

Accelerate Data Sourcing and Analysis on the Databricks Marketplace

Kythera Labs launches Patient Event Assets on the Databricks Marketplace.

June 28, 2023

Life Science

HCP Referral Networks Provide Valuable Insights Into KOLs

Clinical Trial Enrollment, Site Selection, and Physician Engagement are more targeted when using Claims Data and Referral Analytics

June 26, 2023

Life Science

Reduce Pre-Commercialization Research from Weeks to Minutes

A global healthcare company needed more to develop and commercialize new therapies with accurate insights from healthcare big data – faster.

April 13, 2023

Data Technology

Improving Data Quality Through the Medallion Architecture

Using the Medallion Architecture, Kythera Labs creates specific, progressive improvements to large volumes of healthcare Real-World Data, which automate data processing, improve accuracy, and integrate disparate data sources, accelerating big healthcare data analysis and making it more cost-effective.

April 13, 2023

Healthcare

RSV: What the Numbers Show

Our claims data shows RSV hit the youngest and most vulnerable population hard this fall.

March 13, 2023

Data Technology

Tame the Costs of Cloud Computing with the Right Tools

Optimize the cost of Cloud computing with managed pipelines and ready-to-analyze data to unleash the value of healthcare big data.

February 10, 2023

Healthcare

The Elusive Site of Care

Site of care data can lead to true insights into market dynamics and patient behavior when accurately identified. Using advanced methodologies and industry expertise, we accurately and confidently land precise site of care data.

October 31, 2022

Life Science

Find Patients in Healthcare Data: 6 Steps

How can those charged with commercialization, engagement, and market access find patients and providers? Simply using raw claims data falls short of pinpointing patient-level results.

October 24, 2022

Data Technology

Correcting Anonymized Real World Data at Scale

August 30, 2022

Healthcare

Questions to Ask When Buying Healthcare Data

Purchasing data can be complicated with some known pitfalls, including a lack of visibility. But we’re here with a few tips to make the process easier and more successful.

August 5, 2022

Data Science

Truth in Data, Part Two

Healthcare data isn't perfect, by understanding the common shortcomings makes it possible to gain accurate insights, identify market trends, and inform patient journeys.

July 27, 2022

Data Technology

Kythera Labs Secures New Financing from Espresso Capital to Build On 2,400% Year-over-Year Increase in Wayfinder Platform Utilization

Strategic partnership enables automation of data enhancement for increased return on data investments, 8x faster results, and richer, more granular insights.

March 28, 2022

Data Technology

Data Quality In Machine Learning

While many data scientists address missingness by simply omitting bad data and using clean-up methods such as imputation, doing so is a very risky proposition. Why?

February 17, 2022

Data Technology

Why We Built Our Platform On Databricks

Kythera Labs was an early adopter of Databricks, and we are a founding member of their Data Lake Technology Council. After evaluating Snowflake, we knew Databricks was the right solution for us. We were so convinced of its benefits, we became the first Databricks OEM for health providers.

November 30, 2021

Life Science

Webinar Recap: Privacy-Preserving Patient Finding And Its Applications In Life Science

Datavant and Kythera recently hosted a webinar that covered several topics related to patient privacy and identity resolution, ranging from the important difference between identifying and knowing to covering real-world applications using patient-level information, such as patient engagement campaigns, patient hub operations, and rebates auditing.

October 18, 2021

Data Technology

Evolution Of Data Technology Platforms

Data is an asset which businesses and industries can not ignore. If used properly, data provides its users a competitive advantage, however, without a sound approach, data may fall short of its full potential. To help ensure success, organizations should start with the critical first step of identifying what questions need to be answered and what problems need to be solved, then quickly mobilize to identify what data is needed to answer those questions. Data needed for strategic purposes almost always comes from different sources, in different formats, and in varying quality that can complicate utilization, especially for machine learning applications. As data and analytics are evolving, so to are data technology platforms - and keeping up is critical.

October 11, 2021

Data Technology

Equalizing Opportunity Using The Theory of Asymmetric Information

Information is expensive. The costs of acquiring, handling, and understanding information to achieve actionable, business value directly affects the bottom line. Not investing in information can be even more expensive.

August 13, 2021

Data Technology

How To Recognize Value From Your Analytics: Start With Questions

Analytics can create value, however, too many organizations fall short of reaping their full benefit.

June 14, 2021

Data Technology

Kythera Labs Partners With Databricks To Deliver More Accurate, Complete Insights To Healthcare And Life Sciences Companies

Strategic partnership enables automation of data enhancement for increased return on data investments, 8x faster results, and richer, more granular insights.

May 18, 2021

Data Science

In Support Of Our Healthcare Experts: Let’s Get To The Truth (Part One)

Starting with a database of over 310 million patients, we uncovered errors and then developed provable solutions to correct, enhance, and complete the data.

April 7, 2021

Data Technology

Data Pipelines: Behind The Scenes - The Big Role Of Data Preparation

Data pipelines accommodate billions of rows of historical claims information and have embedded machine learning algorithms that fill in any data that's missing.

March 10, 2021

Data Science

What’s Missing In Your Data?

While many data scientists address missingness by simply omitting bad data and using clean-up methods such as imputation, doing so is a very risky proposition. Why?

February 3, 2021

Data Technology

Datavant And Kythera Increase The Value Of Healthcare Data Through Expanded Data Science Platform Partnership

Datavant and Kythera announced an expanded partnership to serve healthcare businesses.

January 26, 2021

Insights & Perspectives

Autonomous AI Requires Architecture

Autonomous AI Requires Architecture: Inside Kythera’s Lakehouse Strategy

Insights from Kythera’s OHDSI 2025 Showcase: Harnessing Multi-Source, OMOP-Conformed Real World Data in a Cloud Native Environment

Why Data Fidelity-Not Coverage-Is the Real Measure of Truth in Healthcare Intelligence

Why the “Unknown Denominator” Is the Biggest Blind Spot in Healthcare Analytics and How to Fix It

Follow the Patient: What Referral Data Reveals About Your Network

Kythera Labs Achieves SOC 2 Type II Attestation

HPC and Kythera Labs Partner to Turn Price Transparency Data into Actionable Insights

The Next Layer of Intelligence: Turning Healthcare Data into AI-Ready Assets

Kythera Labs Qualified Entity (QE) Program Public Reports

Replacing Guesswork with Confidence in Patient Retention

The Future of Healthcare Data: AI-Powered Integration, Management, and Analysis

Atropos Health and Kythera Labs Partner to Expand Access to Real-World Data to Advance Oncology

Kythera Labs Partners with Leading Healthcare Analytics Firms to Deliver Advanced Data Integration Solutions

From Fragmented to Actionable: Why Data Remastering Is the Backbone of Healthcare and Life Sciences AI

Scipher Medicine and Kythera Labs Partner to Unlock New Insights into Autoimmune Disease-Specific Treatment

Hospitals and Health Systems Unlock Market Intelligence & Competitive Advantage by Combining Internal Claims and External Claims Datasets

Accelerating Rare Disease Drug Development with AI, Machine Learning, and Real-World Data

Unlocking the Power of EHR Data Using OMOP: A Framework for Standardizing and Analyzing Healthcare Data

Unlocking the Full Potential of Real-World Data: Claims and EHR Data Integration in Life Sciences

Maximizing the Value of Life Sciences Data: How to Avoid Overspending and Improve ROI

Kythera Labs Lands on 2024 Inc. 5000 List

Kythera Labs Receives Certification as a Qualified Entity from CMS

Leveraging Serverless Cloud Computing And Data Sharing For Favorable ESG Opportunities

Five Takeaways from the Databricks' Data + AI Summit

Using RWD in Life Sciences Research: A View from Two Perspectives

2024 ISPOR Conference Key Takeaways

AI-Driven Personalized Data Dictionaries

AI-Empowered Health Analytics

Pricing Transparency: The Current State of Affairs

Data and Technology Drive Innovation in Healthcare and Life Sciences

New Executive Position Adds to Leadership Team to Position Kythera for Growth Opportunities

Databricks 2023 Healthcare and Life Sciences Symposium

AI in Action: Co-Founder Russ Sacks on the Alldus Podcast

Kythera Labs Announces $20 Million Funding to Accelerate Growth of its Wayfinder Data Technology Platform

Serverless SQL Compute: Time Is Money in A Very Real Way

Accelerate Data Sourcing and Analysis on the Databricks Marketplace

HCP Referral Networks Provide Valuable Insights Into KOLs

Reduce Pre-Commercialization Research from Weeks to Minutes

Improving Data Quality Through the Medallion Architecture

RSV: What the Numbers Show

Tame the Costs of Cloud Computing with the Right Tools

The Elusive Site of Care

Find Patients in Healthcare Data: 6 Steps

Correcting Anonymized Real World Data at Scale

Questions to Ask When Buying Healthcare Data

Truth in Data, Part Two

Kythera Labs Secures New Financing from Espresso Capital to Build On 2,400% Year-over-Year Increase in Wayfinder Platform Utilization

Data Quality In Machine Learning

Why We Built Our Platform On Databricks

Webinar Recap: Privacy-Preserving Patient Finding And Its Applications In Life Science

Evolution Of Data Technology Platforms

Equalizing Opportunity Using The Theory of Asymmetric Information

How To Recognize Value From Your Analytics: Start With Questions

Kythera Labs Partners With Databricks To Deliver More Accurate, Complete Insights To Healthcare And Life Sciences Companies

In Support Of Our Healthcare Experts: Let’s Get To The Truth (Part One)

Data Pipelines: Behind The Scenes - The Big Role Of Data Preparation

What’s Missing In Your Data?

Datavant And Kythera Increase The Value Of Healthcare Data Through Expanded Data Science Platform Partnership

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Autonomous AI

Requires Architecture

Replacing Guesswork with
Confidence in Patient Retention