At Aetion®, we ensure privacy concerns and compliance hurdles never stand in the way of transforming sensitive data into actionable insights. Purpose-built for data scientists, compliance officers, and clinical researchers, Aetion® Generate 3.6 unlocks the full potential of real-world data by breaking down the privacy and regulatory barriers that often limit its use, empowering organizations to drive meaningful research with confidence.
By integrating AI-driven risk assessments, advanced de-identification techniques, and synthetic data generation, Generate 3.6 delivers evidence-ready datasets that are both secure and scientifically rigorous. Designed to uphold the highest standards of transparency and reproducibility, this release transforms complex workflows into defensible, impactful outcomes—accelerating research smarter, faster, and without compromise. Real-world data, without the real-world limits.
Aetion Generate 3.6’s Advanced Capabilities
Generate 3.6 delivers a robust framework for unlocking real-world evidence (RWE) while maintaining the critical balance between privacy compliance and data utility. By combining advanced safeguards, flexible functionality, and seamless integration, the application empowers organizations to produce analysis-ready datasets aligned with global standards. Core capabilities include:
- AI-Powered Re-Identification Risk Assessment: Quantify privacy risks and pinpoint sensitive variables using advanced machine learning. Data scientists and compliance officers can protect data integrity while ensuring GDPR and HIPAA compliance, enabling groundbreaking research without compromising sensitive information.
- Secure De-Identification and Identifier Protection: Secure De-Identification and Identifier Protection: Protect sensitive identifiers with techniques such as Salted SHA-256 hashing, random ID string generation, and suppression methods. These solutions safeguard privacy while preserving analytical utility, enabling high-value research and actionable evidence generation.
- Regulatory-Grade Synthetic Data Frameworks: Generate privacy-compliant synthetic datasets that mirror real-world patterns, enabling secure collaboration without compromising data utility. Healthcare organizations can preserve dataset integrity, foster secure collaboration, and generate impactful insights aligned with compliance standards.
- Robust Scientific Auditability: Achieve full transparency and reproducibility by logging every step of data preparation and synthesis. Researchers and regulatory teams can build stakeholder confidence, meet compliance requirements, and deliver defensible, validation-ready results to health authorities.
- Streamlined Integration With the Aetion Evidence Platform®: De-identified and synthetic datasets integrate seamlessly into workflows, facilitating cross-functional collaboration and scaling to meet the demands of complex research initiatives.
What’s New in Version 3.6
Generate 3.6 introduces transformative updates that empower healthcare organizations to navigate complex data challenges with confidence. Designed for data scientists managing intricate analyses, compliance officers ensuring regulatory alignment, and researchers accelerating evidence generation, these updates streamline workflows, enhance privacy safeguards, and scale RWE generation:
- Scalable Data Processing for Accelerated RWE Generation: Process large, multi-table datasets faster and more efficiently with enhanced infrastructure that simplifies workflows and accelerates data preparation. Research teams can focus on analysis, reduce timelines, and deliver meaningful evidence faster.
- Comprehensive Identifier Privacy Protections: Protect sensitive data while maintaining analytical value using a suite of de-identification tools tailored to meet stringent global privacy standards:
- Salted SHA-256 Hashing: Anonymize patient identifiers while preserving longitudinal data linkages, enabling GDPR- and HIPAA-compliant research across time without exposing personal data.
- Random ID String Generation: Enable secure, multi-institutional collaboration by replacing sensitive identifiers with randomized strings.
- String and Numeric Suppression: Eliminate identifiers like names or social security numbers without compromising data quality or statistical validity, ensuring compliance without sacrificing research integrity.
These solutions provide granular, field-level protections to support secure and collaborative research across institutions while maintaining the highest standards of compliance.
- Sharper Privacy Risk Assessments for Informed Decisions: Enhanced algorithms deliver sharper re-identification risk assessments, helping data privacy teams, compliance specialists, and HEOR analysts pinpoint vulnerabilities and focus on high-risk data points. Stakeholders can generate defensible results while maintaining data utility for critical research.
- Clear Compliance Guidance for Privacy Compliance: The updated Cardinal Methodology documentation provides step-by-step instructions for implementing privacy safeguards in data preparation workflows. Designed for technical and non-technical users, this guidance fosters collaboration among research, compliance, and regulatory teams.
- Enhanced Security and Performance for RWE Workflows: Updated third-party libraries improve synthesis workflows, strengthen data security, and address emerging vulnerabilities. These advancements enable organizations to maintain compliance and operational efficiency, supporting the delivery of high-quality, actionable evidence.
Setting the Benchmark for Data Stewardship
Aetion Generate 3.6 equips healthcare organizations to confidently navigate data privacy challenges while delivering research-ready datasets. With AI-powered precision, advanced de-identification, and synthetic data creation, it transforms how evidence is generated and leveraged. By ensuring compliance and enhancing data integrity, Aetion drives informed decision-making without compromise.
Transform Your Evidence Generation Workflow
In a field where data integrity drives decision-making, Aetion Generate ensures you don’t adapt to change—you define it. Unlock the full potential of Aetion Generate 3.6. Schedule a consultation with one of our experts to learn how its cutting-edge features can drive compliance, collaboration, and scientific excellence in your organization.