CDC contracts health data collective Truveta to study COVID, maternal health and pediatric care
Fierce Healthcare January 22, 2024
Truveta, the real-world data analysis company backed by dozens of health systems and other life sciences groups, won a multi-million-dollar contract from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to assist with the agency’s research into maternal health, pediatric care and respiratory viruses, including COVID-19.
The company will let the CDC tap into its collection of more than 100 million patients’ de-identified, normalized electronic health record data.
The Bellevue, Washington-based collective receives the information from its 30 health system members, which include major providers like Providence, Trinity Health and Tenet Healthcare. Together, the members provide over 18% of the country’s daily clinical care.
“As the coronavirus pandemic began ravaging our country and the world, Truveta was formed in 2020...