Data-driven medicine is an emerging trend that has changed the way medical devices are designed, approved, and used. The technology not only benefits patients but also improves manufacturing efficiency by providing data to help design better products for improved patient outcomes.

There’s no question that data-driven medicine has become a big boon to the manufacturing partners of Marvel Group. The starting point in this process is the collection of data from patients, obtained by the PatientIQ software featuring Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs), gathered at the pre-surgical, intra-operative, and post-operative stages of surgery.

This is university-level data which is helping to predict the likelihood of success for any given surgical procedure because it takes into consideration a whole range of factors which are likely to influence surgical outcomes. This data-driven approach is beneficial to our independent spine surgeon partners of course, but it is also proving very helpful to Marvel Group’s manufacturing partners. 

Benefiting manufacturing partners 

Once the PRO data has been gathered from all phases of surgery, it is passed along to our manufacturing partners. Of particular interest to them is the post-surgery data because this relates most closely to the outcome of the surgical procedure and conveys the level of success achieved by the procedure. Given the fact that Marvel Group only partners with independent spine surgeons who have consistently achieved superior outcomes, this data tends to be a solid reflection of the successes achieved by these standout surgeons.

Our manufacturing partners are using this data as convincing evidence of the successes achieved by spine surgeons using the medical tools and devices made by the manufacturer. There is nothing more powerful to point to when trying to sell a product, than a history of outstanding success that has been achieved by users of those products. In effect, the PRO data becomes a very effective endorsement for the medical devices being sold by our manufacturing partners, and that can be worth its weight in gold.

Partnering with Marvel Group 

As a matter of policy and as part of our pledge to our spine surgeon partners and their patients, Marvel Group partners with only the most innovative manufacturers of high-quality spine devices. If you fit this description and believe you could benefit from a partnership with Marvel Group, we invite you to contact us today.