Researchers from Rice University, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health, and RAND Corporation used CO APCD data to understand how hospitals are paid by commercial health plans, the different types of billing contracts negotiated, their prevalence, and how the terms of these contracts vary between markets. During this Chat, … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 24 – University of Texas Health Science Center →

A PhD student at UC Denver used CO APCD data to investigate whether a patient’s socio-economic status or health insurance plan affected their access to potentially life-saving, but expensive, genetic testing. This project combined CO APCD data and data from the Colorado Central Cancer Registry. During this Chat, we learn what the student discovered and … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 23 – University of Colorado Denver Department of Behavioral Sciences Department Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Study →

Quality Health Network (QHN) is Colorado’s health information exchange (HIE) on the Western Slope. When this Chat was recorded, they were preparing to launch the Community Resource Network (CRN), a care coordination and close-the-loop referral initiative, coupled with a social information exchange. CRN is designed to integrate interventions for individuals by allowing providers to work … Continue reading Change Agent Chat 22 – Quality Health Network & Community Resource Network →

The Colorado School of Public Health assembled a team of epidemiologists, health informatics, adolescent and adult congenital heart disease cardiologists to develop a state-wide population-based surveillance system of individuals living with congenital heart defects in Colorado. This team is using CO APCD data to estimate the burden of CHD among adolescents and adults in Colorado, … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 21 – Colorado School of Public Health Congenital Heart Disease Surveillance →

The Colorado Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (CO APTA) used CO APCD data to investigate what percentage physical rehabilitation services (Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Chiropractic) make up of total health care expenditures in Colorado. During this Chat, we learn how what portion of health care costs came from physical therapy services during … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 20 – Colorado Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association →

The Chronic Care Collaborative Colorado (CCC) is a coalition made up of 34 advocacy organizations representing Coloradans with a range of chronic conditions. Members received customized drug dashboards, populated with CO APCD data specific to the drugs that their patient population most utilizes. During this Chat, we learn how they used the dashboards to discover … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 19 – Chronic Care Collaborative Colorado →

Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Program used CO APCD data to evaluate interventions designed to reduce the number of children on Medicaid that go to the emergency department or urgent care for treatment better provided in a medical home setting. During this Chat, we learn about the outcomes of the interventions and whether any cost savings … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 18 – Colorado Children’s Healthcare Access Program →

Graduate students from Duke University used CO APCD data to investigate the effect of Colorado’s health exchange on health care utilization and learn how the variation in exchange premiums across the state was affected by the interaction of market structure, selection, and location. During this Chat, we learn what the students discovered and whether there … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 17 – Duke University Graduate Students →

Practically Dying is an end-of-life educational and support resource organization whose mission is to help people remember how to engage birth, life, and death as opportunities to live without hesitation and die without regret. During this Chat, we’ll learn the importance of engaging with death as a part of life and the different opportunities around … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 16 – Practically Dying →

Located in Boston, Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a major teaching facility affiliated with Harvard University. Researchers at BWH are estimating the occurrence, treatment, and cost of skin cancer in the United States. CO APCD data is being combined with data from other APCDs and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. During this Chat, … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 15 – Brigham and Women’s Hospital →