Fourteen Health Systems Collaborate on Large-Scale Data Platform
Fourteen large healthcare organizations have banded together to build a large-scale data platform company called Truveta. They said the platform would provide longitudinal insights that link together underlying health conditions, treatments, and outcomes so physicians can learn how to best treat patients and share this knowledge broadly.
The participating health systems are AdventHealth, Advocate Aurora Health, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Bon Secours Mercy Health, CommonSpirit Health, Hawaii Pacific Health, Henry Ford Health System, Memorial Hermann Health System, Northwell Health, Novant Health, Providence health system, Sentara Healthcare, Tenet Health, and Trinity Health.
Together, these 14 health providers care for tens of millions of patients and operate thousands of care facilities across 40 states. The health providers will govern Truveta’s pursuit of insights from this de-identified data set. The company said it would use artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver tools to physicians, biopharma and families with aggregate analysis of conditions, therapies, and prognosis.
According to its website, the vision for Truveta began as an idea within Providence health system in 2018. They knew there were valuable needles of insights buried within the haystacks of data they managed, yet they could not access them. After working on their concept, they realized the data set needed to be much larger to statistically serve all patients and that building a data platform to make sense of the data would require significant technical expertise and investment.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how much the world needs to learn faster, so we can better serve our communities,” said Terry Myerson, CEO of Truveta and a former Microsoft executive, in a statement. “Our vision is to save lives with data. We want to help researchers find cures faster, empower every clinician to be an expert, and help families make the most informed decisions on their care. We believe the Truveta platform can help improve health equity and advance personalized medicine. We are honored to be partnering with innovative and world-class health providers in this pursuit.”
Truveta is advised by a board of governors to ensure expertise is infused from a variety of perspectives for strategic stewardship. Leaders from a diverse set of health providers will provide ongoing strategic, scientific, and operational advice on areas of expertise including Ethics & Health Equity, Data Integrity, and Clinical Outcomes to help ensure Truveta operates according to its vision, the company said.
The company said that data at scale can help improve health equity, particularly when it includes diversity across ethnicity, socio-economic, and other factors. The platform will be able to help fuel understanding, leading to discovery, and better care for all communities, Truveta said.
“The future of healthcare is collaborative. We in healthcare exist side-by-side in our communities and we need to prioritize cooperation to truly make a difference—now more than we ever have,” said Lloyd Dean, CEO of CommonSpirit Health, in a statement “We have a unique opportunity today to rebuild the health care systemin our country, so it is better, stronger, and more responsive to the needs of everyone – especially the vulnerable and underserved populations.”
“For years we have seen the opportunity for diverse health providers to come together with a shared sense of purpose and use our collective data for the common good of humanity,” said Rod Hochman, M.D., president and CEO of Providence, in a statement. “With Truveta, we created a unique model that is led by the health providers yet supported by one of the most talented technical teams to focus on health.”
As it builds out its technical team, Truveta is simultaneously pursuing the security certifications and privacy audits necessary to ensure trust and confidence in data protection.
