At Johns Hopkins University, the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative (HBHI) has launched the HBHI–Truveta User Community, dedicated to fostering a collaborative group of researchers who use Truveta Data to drive cutting-edge research in health and healthcare.
Led by Dan Polsky, PhD, professor and director of HBHI, along with Joe Levy, PhD, assistant professor, and Maggie Li, MA, senior statistical programmer analyst and data manager, the community brings together faculty from across Johns Hopkins. Each month, members meet to share knowledge, discuss ongoing projects, and collaborate on research aimed at understanding patient outcomes, system efficiencies, and social determinants of health.
Projects across the health spectrum
Early Phase 1 projects highlight the many ways Truveta Data can be applied, from clinical questions to public health challenges. Faculty at Hopkins are exploring:
- Autoimmune disease, with studies of real-world outcomes of rituximab therapy in ANCA-associated vasculitis.
- Mental health and metabolic risk, investigating how GLP-1 therapies compare with metformin for antipsychotic-induced weight gain.
- Transfusion practices, evaluating inequities in platelet transfusions across patient demographics and institutions.
- Maternal health, exploring whether telehealth can help address the maternal health crisis.
- Neurology, assessing adoption and discontinuation of lecanemab for Alzheimer’s disease.
- Infectious disease, with projects on fungal sepsis and the use of antifungal therapies.
- Public health and drug use, leveraging EHRs to detect and respond to xylazine as an emerging drug threat, and studying patterns of medicinal cannabis use.
- Health services research, examining teamwork and specialization among physicians and treatment pathways after prior authorization requests in Medicare Advantage.
Together, these projects illustrate the wide range of questions Hopkins investigators are pursuing—from disease-specific outcomes to system-wide issues in healthcare delivery—using the scale and completeness of Truveta Data.
Building momentum
The HBHI–Truveta User Community is already a regular forum for collaboration and learning. With Phase II proposals due September 15, Hopkins investigators are preparing the next wave of projects to build on early insights and deliver broader impact. HBHI welcomes submissions on any research topic, including those that advance its vision of a healthier nation supported by an affordable and equitable, high-value health system.
With access to representative, complete, and timely data, Hopkins investigators are finding new ways to study health and healthcare in real-world settings. The HBHI–Truveta User Community showcases how Truveta Data can help answer questions that span conditions, populations, and care settings.
Interested in exploring how Truveta Data can help answer your own questions across the health spectrum? Contact us.