Torrie Fields on Data, Access, and the True Cost of Care

She waited 13 months for cancer treatment while uninsured. Now she's rebuilding the system that failed her. What does it take to fix a healthcare system from the inside? For Torrie Fields, founder and CEO of TFA Analytics, the answer started with her own harrowing experience as a patient, diagnosed with cancer, uninsured, and forced to wait over a year for care.

In this episode, Torrie shares how that experience, along with decades of work in healthcare analytics and policy, shaped her mission to reduce the total cost of care for patients with serious illnesses. From founding her first nonprofit at 15, to launching a venture-backed startup days before COVID, to building TFA Analytics on grants and customer revenue, her journey is a masterclass in purpose-driven entrepreneurship.

We dig into why scheduling is one of the most underestimated forces in patient outcomes, what a truly team-based care model looks like, and why data balanced with compassion is the most powerful tool we have for transforming healthcare.