by Truveta staff | Feb 29, 2024 | Data, News, Technology
Healthcare data traditionally has been too siloed, inaccessible, and messy to be useful for research. And one of the biggest challenges has been that critical information about a patient’s health is locked away in the unstructured text in clinician notes. Thanks to...
by Truveta staff | Feb 23, 2024 | Research
Overall, the rate of hospitalizations associated with respiratory viruses has decreased throughout January 2024 (-35.3%) compared to December 2023. The largest decreases were seen in parainfluenza virus- (-49.0%), RSV- (-48.0%), and influenza-associated (-41.6%)...
by Truveta Research | Feb 22, 2024 | Research, Research Insights
Aortic stenosis – the narrowing of the valve between the lower left heart chamber (left ventricle) and the aorta – is commonly diagnosed with an echocardiogram and staged according to the disease progression. However, it’s a difficult condition to study across large...
by Truveta staff | Feb 22, 2024 | Data, Technology
The National Academy of Medicine has estimated that less than half of all medical care in the US is supported by adequate evidence of effectiveness. The proliferation of treatment options in some disease states and the rising costs of many of those treatments have...
by Truveta Research | Feb 7, 2024 | Research, Research Insights
We found 13.1 emergency department visits for falls on snow or ice per 10,000 emergency department visits during wintery months; with 3x higher rates happening in states with freezing temperatures during the winters compared to states with milder winters. Wrist...
