DataDerm: A year of growth
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By Emily Margosian, Assistant Editor, March 1, 2022
The largest clinical registry of dermatologic patients in the world, the Academy’s DataDermTM platform, housed data from over 11 million patients as of Dec. 31, 2020, according to a recently published JAAD article.
The article serves as an annual report of the initiative’s progress over the past year, with early examination of DataDerm demographics revealing opportunities to diversify the patient population captured by the registry by engaging with more academic medical centers, health systems, and safety net hospitals. Currently, of the patients in DataDerm with known data about race/ethnicity, 86.8% are white, 58.3% have private insurance, 22.7% have Medicare, and 2.1% have Medicaid.
While the pandemic and subsequent MIPS extreme and uncontrollable circumstances exemptions contributed to fewer members reporting, scoring for all users increased from the 2019 to 2020 reporting year. Among AAD members submitting MIPS measures through the platform, the average total MIPS score increased by 18.4% from an average of 62.89 in 2019 to 74.45 in 2020. For more insight into DataDerm’s scope, see the graphic below.
