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aaronabend

aaronabend

I am a software and data warehouse developer and entrepreneur. I began my technology career in Silicon Valley working with Ralph Kimball on his first data warehousing startup, Metaphor Computer Systems. I started CallBack Software in 1985 and developed one of the first multiuser Customer Relationship Management Systems. I got involved in healthcare in 1999 working with Dr. Shawn Murphy on the Research Patient Data Registry, which was the prototype for i2b2. Since 2005 have focused on improving healthcare and medical research through better use of data. I was cofounder of Recombinant Data Corp, which helped academic medical centers implement i2b2 and SHRINE, and which developed tranSMART, a genomic analysis platform based on i2b2. Recombinant was acquired by Deloitte in 2012 (it is now known as Converge Health). In 2016, I founded a non-profit, the Autoimmune Registry, which is a national registry for autoimmune diseases modeled on the National Cancer Registry. We have deployed a data collection platform for autoimmune disease patients and a registry where researchers can use i2b2 to discover cohorts. Please contact me if you are interested in autoimmune disease!

This year, I started a new company, Prognosis Data Corp, which seeks to create Learning Healthcare Systems that can improve the lives of patients while using technology to efficiently and effectively direct resources to those who need them. We are developing our solutions using OMOP and OHDSI tools and we look forward to contributing to the OHDSI project.

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