Harnessing Health Data: France's Strategic Move to Implement Clinical Data Warehouses (CDWs) for Research and Care Optimization
France is strategically advancing its healthcare system through the implementation of Clinical Data Warehouses (CDWs) across its regional and university hospitals, accelerating the use of Clinical Data Analytics in real-world settings. This movement, gaining traction since the late 2020s, involves consolidating fragmented routine care data into homogeneous databases for research, quality improvement, and care reuse. CDWs are crucial for leveraging the immense volume of real-world evidence (RWE), allowing French institutions to draw smarter insights and make data-driven decisions, which aligns with broader European initiatives like the EMA's DARWIN EU program.