
Connecting Health Information for Better Outcomes
Altarum has been helping health organizations achieve their electronic reporting goals for nearly 20 years. We understand the complexities of incorporating patient information from multiple sources while providing the tools and functionality to conduct data analysis and care coordination. We have hands-on experience developing Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) solutions, collaborating with major electronic health record (EHR) vendors, and working closely with interoperability standards organizations. We also regularly contribute to developing HL7 content.
Below are some of our interoperability services.
Interoperability Readiness Assessment and Design
“As is” workflow and infrastructure assessment, standards analysis, and functional and system design.
Standards Development
Data requirement collection, use case development, and authoring of standards.
Integration Services
FHIR, SMART-on-FHIR apps, HL7 V2 message and C-CDA validation, C-CDA viewer apps, Rhapsody, and C-CDA indexing and de-duplication repositories.
Onboarding and Implementation
End-to-end technical assistance, data traffic control and monitoring, data aggregation and analysis, and help desk support.

Featured Work
Below are examples of our interoperability work. In addition to creating applications that support information exchange for disease surveillance and care coordination, we also led the development of a national standard for electronic birth defect reporting and provided end-to-end support for the exchange and processing of cancer case C-CDAs and laboratory pathology V2 HL7 messages.
Interoperability Solutions
News and Perspectives

Contact Us

Jim Kamp - MBA, MA
Deputy Director, Public Health Interoperability
Areas of Expertise- Public Health Interoperability
- Health IT Project Management
- Stakeholder Engagement and Outreach
Jim has more than 30 years of combined experience in IT program management, including for government health care agencies. He leads projects for the Vital Records and Health Statistics Division of the state of Michigan to improve electronic birth reporting and for Washington state to improve ELR processing of Covid-19 data. He builds partnerships needed to advance interoperability at all levels of government and serves in leadership roles in the Michigan and Midwest chapters of HIMSS. Jim holds an MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Laura Rappleye
Director, Public Health Interoperability
Areas of Expertise- Interoperability Standards Development
- Public Health and Clinical Integration
- Health Information Exchange
Laura has 20 years of experience planning and implementing health IT solutions in public health and clinical care settings. She specializes in advancing population health through integrating clinical and public health data sets. Laura has led the creation of standardized implementation guides and automated data quality assurance and validation tools for the state of Michigan. Laura serves as a co-chair for the Health Level Seven (HL7) Public Health Work Group.