{{Short description|American Nonprofit research organization}} {{Infobox company | name = Altarum | logo_size = 250px | type = [[Nonprofit]] | foundation = 1946 | location = [[Novi, Michigan]], United States | key_people = Michael Monson, CEO | num_employees = 450 (2016) | industry = [[Health system|Health Systems]] Research | products = [[Health care]] consulting, [[Health systems]] research | homepage = http://www.altarum.org }} [[Image:altarum institute hq ann arbor.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Headquarters building from Green Road, Ann Arbor]] '''Altarum''' is a [[nonprofit]] research and [[Consultant|consulting]] organization that serves [[government]] health insurers, health foundations, and other nonprofit clients that focus on health and health care. Altarum traces its history back to 1946 as Willow Run Laboratory in [[Ypsilanti, Michigan]]. In 1972, Willow Run became the [[Environmental Research Institute of Michigan]] (ERIM). In 2001, ERIM acquired Vector Research, Inc., a health care information system company, and changed its name to Altarum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170103/NEWS/170109967/altarum-absorbs-health-care-incentives-improvement-institute-to|title=Altarum absorbs Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute to expand consulting service mix|website=Crain's Detroit Business|date=3 January 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref>
In 2009, Altarum acquired KAI Research, Inc., adding to its portfolio clinical research for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, academic institutions, and the National Institutes of Health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090127/FREE/901279965/altarum-institute-buys-kai-research-inc-in-maryland|title=Altarum Institute buys KAI Research Inc. in Maryland|website=Crain's Detroit Business|date=27 January 2009|language=en|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref> In 2011, Altarum acquired Palladian Partners, a Maryland-based science, medical, and public health communications firm that serves government agencies and private companies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20110203/FREE/110209958/altarum-institute-buys-maryland-communications-company|title=Altarum Institute buys Maryland communications company|website=Crain's Detroit Business|date=3 February 2011|language=en|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref> Altarum expanded its work into advanced data analytics and value-based payment in 2017 by integrating the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute into its operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20170103/NEWS/170109967/altarum-absorbs-health-care-incentives-improvement-institute-to|title=Altarum absorbs Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute to expand consulting service mix|website=Crain's Detroit Business|date=3 January 2017|language=en|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref>
==Research== Altarum conducts research related to vulnerable and publicly insured populations. In 2018, Altarum released a report funded by the Kellogg Foundation on the economic benefits of eliminating racial disparities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20180529/news/661971/eliminating-racial-disparities-would-have-big-economic-payoff|title=Eliminating racial disparities would have big economic payoff, Kellogg/Altarum study says|website=Crain's Detroit Business|date=29 May 2018|language=en|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref> It also estimated the economic cost of the opioid crisis to have reached $1 trillion from 2001 through 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/12/economic-cost-of-the-opioid-crisis-1-trillion-and-growing-faster.html|title=Economic cost of the opioid crisis: $1 trillion and growing faster|last=Mangan|first=Dan|date=2018-02-13|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref> Altarum also analyzes health sector spending, prices and employment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hfma.org/Content.aspx?id=62428|title=Hospitals Lead Healthcare Price Growth Plunge {{!}} HFMA|website=www.hfma.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref>
==Health IT== In 2010 with funding from a federal grant, Altarum established the Michigan Center for Effective IT Adoption to provide consulting and support to thousands of physicians in Michigan seeking to integrate use of electronic health records systems into their practices.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20100321/GEO01/303219939/altarum-to-help-doctors-get-it|title=Altarum to help doctors get IT|website=Crain's Detroit Business|date=21 March 2010|language=en|access-date=2018-10-26}}</ref>
With funding from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Altarum developed an integrated care model to enable primary care physicians to conduct oral health screenings for children, and to refer them to dentists to ensure they receive preventive dental care.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20140615/NEWS/306159989/grant-aims-to-help-doctors-find-kids-at-risk-for-dental-problems|title=Grant aims to help doctors find kids at risk for dental problems|website=Crain's Detroit Business|date=15 June 2014|language=en|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref>
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