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Modern Healthcare reports on Altarum's research, which showed slower decreases in spending growth on low-value care services than expected.
Despite increase attention, little progress has been made in the transition from low- to high-value care in the U.S.
This designation gives Altarum the opportunity to have a greater impact on quality improvement and transformation in the health care system.
Time is growing short to make big changes to basic processes for service delivery to elders, who will soon constitute one-fifth of the U.S. population. Basically, we have a mismatch between the health care delivery system and what many older adults actually need.
In a move to tackle the estimated $84 billion dollar per year financial toll of childhood lead exposure in the United States, Altarum today launched a new interactive online tool that for the first time provides comprehensive state-level data on the cost of exposure and the economic benefits of interventions.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on Altarum’s Value of Lead Prevention tool, which shows comprehensive data on the cost of lead exposure as well as the benefits of interventions.
Altarum’s Christy Avery recently spoke with Second Wave Michigan about our work to improve the care of incarcerated inmates by integrating electronic health records and a health information exchange (HIE) into the correctional system.
Why is public health reporting burdensome, and what can we do to address it? Altarum health IT interoperability expert Laura Rappleye weighs in on two important ways to reduce the burden: advancing FHIR APIs and establishing a "neutral convener."