Life Line Screening Garners Significant Interest in Local Data from Plain Dealer

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A study conducted by Life Line Screening (LLS) using medical metadata from its preventive health screenings has been featured in two separate articles in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The study led to the discovery of substantial cardiovascular disease insights for physicians and patients.

The Plain Dealer articles highlight how Life Line Screening used information from 6.1 million health screenings to conduct the study. This included more than 10,000 screenings from every state excluding Alaska, Hawaii and Kentucky. All of the screening data used in the study were from screenings for peripheral artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, atrial fibrillation, carotid artery disease, liver function, lipid triglyceride levels, and glucose levels. The data was limited to only initial visits, not follow-up screenings.

"Life Line Screening realized they had a significant amount of knowledge," said lead study author Steven M. Weisman in one of the Cleveland Plain Dealer articles.

The Plain Dealer articles placed heavy emphasis on the massive amounts of data held by Life Line Screening and the company's decision to use it in a meaningful way. This decision not only allowed Life Line Screening to aid in the discovery of significant heart and vascular disease insights, it may also lead to future studies and insights down the road.

"What Life Line has done, its competitors and other gatherers of health information should also do," said the Plain Dealer Editorial Board in an article titled Life Line Screening understands the value of parsing health metadata: editorial. "Aggregating disease data across broad populations, then breaking down the risks for subgroups, is a great way to help people identify, understand and diminish real and potential threats to their health."

The importance of preventive disease research is gaining attention across the healthcare landscape. Results from the Life Line Screening study demonstrate the importance of using resources to learn about trends, patterns and other insights related to serious diseases that can help us to better enact proper preventive measures. Because of findings like these, physicians are better able to target certain types of people for screening who may be more at risk, as well as recommend healthy lifestyle modifications and medical intervention if necessary.

Read more from the Cleveland Plain Dealer articles: Valuable cardiovascular disease database created by Life Line Screening and Life Line Screening understands the value of parsing health metadata: editorial.

Life Line Screening (LLS) is the leading provider of community-based preventive health screenings in the United States, with screenings performed in 48 states, the United Kingdom and Australia.  Since inception in 1993, LLS has screened over 8 million people, and currently screens about 1 million people each year at more than 15,000 screening events. Life Line Screening's services include detection of heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, liver, and kidney conditions. The company website is located at www.lifelinescreening.com.

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Life Line Screening
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