Advancing Health Missions
Altarum turns policy into practice. Rooted in public-sector innovation since 1946, we work with federal agencies, states, tribes, and community partners to improve health for all.
On this page you can explore the Altarum's work; read highlights from our 2025 Impact Report or search nearly 100 case studies, projects, and publications to see how we help partners design programs, build the systems behind them, reach the people they serve, and measure what works.
Impact Report
Altarum's 2025 Impact Report shows how integrated research and analysis, technical assistance, digital solutions, and tailored communications produce measurable results for the people and programs we serve. It features work with partners such as the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, Maine's Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institute on Aging, and NIH's All of Us program, reaching Veterans and military families, children, older adults, individuals living with disabilities, and people with limited access to care. The report reflects our goal to meaningfully improve the lives of more than 100 million people.
In Michigan, Altarum surveyed more than 3,500 Veterans to build a roadmap for Veteran-Friendly Communities with the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, helping approximately 562,000 Michigan Veterans receive better support. Through the Center for Maternal and Child Health Medicaid Partnerships, our work supports programs that serve 36.8 million children.
Explore Our Work
Altarum has an extensive portfolio of work. We welcome you to explore articles, case studies, webinars, presentations, and more in this index.
Use the checkboxes on categories of interest to explore our work. You can expand your search by selecting multiple checkboxes across the categories of interest under Focus Area or Capability and focus your search by selecting a single checkbox. There is also a keyword Search option below the check boxes.
If you want more information on our work or are interested in exploring opportunities to collaborate, contact us at info@altarum.org.
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Helping Clinicians Enhance Quality of Care
Altarum helps providers enhance quality improvement initiatives, implement process improvements and leverage health information technology to improve patient outcomes.
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Providing Solutions to Address Grief, Bereavement, and Isolation in Long-Term Care Settings
Learn how our online learning action network (LAN) helps residents and staff in Michigan nursing homes build resiliency while better responding to loneliness and grief.
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Direct Care Careers Center, A Multi-Purpose State Workforce Management Tool
An online platform enabling states to better understand, manage, and support their direct service workers and providers.
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Health Sector Spending
We conduct research to track and understand health sector spending trends and identify strategies to increase health care value and affordability.
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Calculating the Value of Health
Learn how our analytical tools help communities measure the value of investments in social determinants of health and model future economic benefits of improved population health.
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SmileConnect
Our integrated oral health care model ensures that more children are getting preventive dental care.
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Improving Access to Veterans Affairs Health Care Services for Women Veterans
Altarum is fielding a survey designed to measure the barriers women Veterans face in receiving health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Surveying Veterans to Understand Mental Health Outcomes
Working with the VA’s National Center for PTSD since 2017, Altarum recruited a cohort of more than 3,500 Veterans to participate in a longitudinal survey to obtain insights about how life events, traumatic events, and a wide range of Veteran characteristics relate to mental health and well-being.
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Supporting Public Health Emergency (PHE) Unwinding in Kentucky
Altarum provides proactive operational planning support to help states prepare for changes in Medicaid operations and avoid any potential gaps in coverage for beneficiaries as the PHE ends.
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