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Transforming Healthcare Data: Aaron Neiderhiser, CEO and Co-Founder, of Tuva Health

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Feb 26, 2025

Aaron Neiderhiser, CEO and Co-Founder of Tuva Health, is on a mission to revolutionize healthcare data with an open-source model. He discusses the transformative power of AI in healthcare, highlighting its role in improving data visualization and efficiency. Neiderhiser dives into the challenges of data sharing and the importance of domain expertise. He also explains how Tuva's hybrid platform balances free offerings with complex analytics, all while paving the way for enhanced patient care through better data accessibility.

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ANECDOTE

Unexpected Healthcare Journey

Aaron Neiderhiser's entry into healthcare was unexpected, stemming from a professor's suggestion to explore data analysis at Colorado Medicaid.
Despite initial disinterest, the potential to analyze a 20-year longitudinal dataset on a million patients intrigued him.

INSIGHT

Open Source in Healthcare

Healthcare organizations constantly rebuild data infrastructure, wasting valuable time.
Open source allows knowledge sharing and collective improvement, accelerating insights and potentially leading to a true learning healthcare system.

INSIGHT

Transforming Patient Care with Data

Healthcare isn't a single market but thousands, reflecting patient diversity.
Data analysis must move beyond basic metrics to address specific populations and treatment effectiveness questions, which is where Tuva excels.

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In episode 226 of the Disruptors for GOOD podcast, I had the pleasure of speaking with Aaron Neiderhiser, CEO and Co-Founder, of Tuva Health, on transforming healthcare data with an innovative open-source model.

By providing healthcare organizations with a robust and cost-effective solution, Tuva Health enables researchers, analysts, and engineers to streamline their data processes and extract critical insights with ease.

Tuva Health takes a novel approach to healthcare data with its Hybrid Data Platform, offering organizations the flexibility to build and control their data infrastructure without starting from scratch.

By leveraging Tuva’s open-source data model and data pipelines, users can efficiently transform claims and clinical data directly within their own data warehouses.

About Aaron Neiderhiser

Aaron has dedicated his career to advancing healthcare data science and strategy. Before founding Tuva Health, he served as Senior Vice President of Technology at Health Catalyst, where he led the development of Touchstone, a data warehouse encompassing medical records and claims data from over 150 million patients across the United States.

This infrastructure powered benchmarking, machine learning, and real-world evidence generation, giving Aaron a deep appreciation for the complexities of transforming healthcare data into actionable insights.

His journey in healthcare data began with Colorado Medicaid, where he focused on actuarial and population health analysis. During his tenure, he played a pivotal role in shaping the agency’s comprehensive data strategy, setting the foundation for his future innovations in the industry.

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