February 26, 2025- Premier, Inc. announced a collaboration with the National Evaluation System for health Technology (NEST) to advance the use of real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) in medical device evaluation. Premier is the first partner announced following the NEST Medical Device Real-World Evidence (RWE) Marketplace request-for-participation (RFP) process conducted last year.
NEST, an initiative within the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC), aims to support the sustainable generation and use of timely, reliable and cost-effective RWE throughout the medical device total product lifecycle (TPLC), using high-quality RWD analyzed using robust methodological standards. As part of the collaboration, Premier’s data assets will be assessed using the NEST Mark approach. This approach is designed to de-risk the use of RWD for supporting regulatory filings, because it uses well-defined processes in evaluating the relevance and reliability of RWD to generate RWE. This effort aims to improve confidence in RWE and enhance predictability in medical device evaluation.