Public Health Information Technology
Strengthening Public Health IT Infrastructure
How do we connect siloed data and equip public health partners to act on it?
Public health agencies generate more data than ever, but too often that data remains fragmented across systems, delaying reporting and limiting its value for decision-making.
For more than two decades, Altarum has helped state and federal public health partners modernize data exchange and interoperability, strengthening both IT infrastructure and workforce capacity.
We work with partners to identify gaps in existing systems and implement practical solutions. For instance, Altarum has helped Washington, Colorado, North Dakota, Michigan, and Wisconsin implement HL7 FHIR-based vital records exchange across 57 jurisdictions. The result: faster reporting, better-informed decisions, and stronger public health responses.
Our software engineers, data scientists, and public health analysts have expertise in data modernization, disease surveillance systems and registries, public health interoperability, custom public health IT development, and applied AI for public health data.
Altarum’s subsidiary, Palladian Partners, complements this work with digital strategy, user experience (UX) research, and website development and hosting; this helps the people who rely on public health programs find and use the information those systems produce. For NIH’s National Institute on Aging, Palladian has provided strategic, technical, website development, and communications support.
Across all our work, we advance health missions by helping partners act on the data they generate so they can better protect the communities they serve.
Explore our work below:
Our Public Health IT Expertise in Practice
Implementing FHIR to Help States Share Vital Records Faster
Altarum works with state public health agencies to impliment Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards, helping states exchange birth and death data more quickly and consistently among health care providers, state agencies, and national reporting systems.
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Strengthening Public Health Data Exchange and Interoperability
Through the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) Implementation Center Program, Altarum is partnering with Mathematica to help public health agencies strengthen their data exchange capabilities and advance their data modernization goals.
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Implementing FHIR for Faster, Standardized Data Exchange for Vital Records
New federal requirements mandate the standardization of state vital record data exchange to support interoperability. Altarum partnered with states to implement Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standards for vital records reporting. FHIR enables both broad and highly specific data exchange, allowing for flexibility and precision.
- 4 States Live: Washington, Colorado, North Dakota, Michigan
- 1 State in Process: Wisconsin
- Reporting time reduced from days to hours
- Automating manual steps led to: fewer errors, faster results
- Greater workforce efficiency
Supporting Growth for NIH’s All of Us Research Platform
The All of Us Research Program is a historic effort to collect and study data from one million or more people living in the United States. The goal of the program is better health for all people. Palladian Partners has provided strategic, technical, logistical, administrative, communications, and outreach and engagement support for the program’s rich community of participants, researchers, and partners.
- 20 Presentations developed and supported for All of Us CEO and staff, presented to national and international audiences
- ~150 program awardees supported
- ~750 consortium onboardings and exits supported
Improving Newborn Screening Through Interoperability
Altarum provides technical assistance to states to advance connectivity between state public health newborn screening programs and health care providers.
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