Local Partners

Center for Health and Research Transformation  

The Center for Health and Research Transformation (CHRT) is a non-profit, non-partisan impact organization with a mission to transform research and evidence into actionable policy and practice approaches that advance evidence-based care delivery, population health, and access to care. Housed at the University of Michigan, CHRT is committed to helping policy makers, organizational leaders and the public-at-large make health policy decisions based on facts.

VA Center for Clinical Management Research - Ann Arbor 

The Veterans Affairs Clinical Management Research Center in Ann Arbor aims to advance knowledge, promote innovations, and engage in collaborations that will improve the health and health care of Veterans and the nation. Many of CCMR's investigators are nationally recognized experts in a broad spectrum of disciplines and hold joint University of Michigan (U-M) appointments in the Medical School (Departments of Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Family Medicine, and Urology), and Schools of Nursing and Public Health.

• Patient Engagement, Tracking, and Long-term Support: This initiative, part of the VACCMR, serves as a resource to investigators nationally who need a secure, compliant VA platform for developing and deploying text-messaging (SMS) and automated calls (IVR) as part of research studies with veteran patients.

Altarum Institute

Altarum Institute traces one of its deepest historical "roots" to 1946, with a group of engineering professors at the University of Michigan. Merging with similarly minded technical organizations through the years, Altarum has built a focused and highly regarded capacity to synthesize data-driven research and client-centered consulting to understand and solve the systemic challenges that shape human health and health care. Altarum serves the public good by solving complex systems problems to improve human health, integrating research, technology, analysis, and consulting skills.

Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

The mission of the Arbor Research Collaborative for Health is to provide an empirical basis for improving the lives of patients by improving the practice of health care. They achieve this mission through interdisciplinary expertise in biostatistical analysis, clinical practice, management and integration of large data sets, economics, and public policy.

Mathematica 

Mathematica is dedicated to improving public well-being by bringing the highest standards of quality, objectivity, and excellence to bear on information collection and analysis for our partners and clients. The company has been at the forefront of assessing the effectiveness of policies and programs for over four decades.