Overview
Altarum works with public insurers and clinical practices to improve patient outcomes and overall efficiency by optimizing clinical and office workflow and adopting and implementing health information technology.
Our Approach
We help clinicians improve care quality, reduce costs, participate in CMS’s Quality Payment Program and prepare for advanced Alternative Payment Models. Our quality improvement advisors work directly with medical and behavioral health practices to select quality measures, implement clinical and office workflow changes, and use health information technology data to drive quality improvements.
Results
Altarum has helped over 6,000 clinicians drive transformation in health care that impacts millions of patients. Our protocols for using electronic health records to identify undiagnosed hypertensive and diabetic patients have increased important early treatments for these diseases. And our work on the Great Lakes Practice Transformation Network—a CMS-funded collaboration among 36 universities, health systems, and independent practices—has saved more than $49 million in health care costs.
Contact Us
Bruce Maki
Project Manager, Quality Improvement
Areas of Expertise- Project Management
- Federal Clinical Regulations and Compliance
- Health IT Adoption
Bruce is Altarum’s project manager on the Healthy Hearts for Michigan program, a 3-year project funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality targeting cardiovascular disease improvement in rural Michigan primary care offices, as well as the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and Office of Minority Health (OMH) jointly funded National Hypertension Control Initiative which aims to address disparities amongst racial and ethnic minority populations. Bruce also manages another project funded by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services tasked with assisting HIV clinics in southeast Michigan with the identification and care of HIV patients who have also been diagnosed with type II diabetes or chronic kidney disease. Previous projects include two separate Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-funded initiatives focused on leveraging and optimizing health information technology to aid Michigan clinics with identifying and managing patients with hypertension and diabetes. Bruce holds a bachelor’s degree from Northern Michigan University and a master’s degree in industrial and organizational psychology from Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois.