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 →

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 →

Orderly Health is a digital startup company who reached out to CIVHC in the initial stages of building a mobile platform that would allow users to know exactly what they are spending on healthcare. They hoped to use data from the CO APCD, health insurers, and users’ personal finance accounts to allow users to have … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 14 – Orderly Health →

The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG) is the federally designated Area Agency on Aging (AAA) and provides services designed to help senior Coloradans live full and healthy lives. By analyzing CO APCD data from a group of individuals who did not receive AAA services compared to those who did, DRCOG is working to determine … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 13 – Denver Regional Council of Governments →

Doctors with the Lanig Family Fund used CO APCD data to understand the prevalence, costs, payer type, and services used by those with spinal cord injuries. This study is the first step in understanding how these patients interact with the health care system. During this Chat, we learn how many individuals in Colorado have spinal … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 10 – Lanig Family Fund Spinal Cord Injury Study →

Children’s Hospital Colorado used CO APCD data to assess variation in care for children with medical complexity (CMC) who have medical fragility and intense medical and coordination of care needs that are not well met by existing health care models.  For this project, they explored instances in which their services must interface with other health … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 06 – Children’s Hospital Colorado →

In Summit County, a group of community partners has been working to identify locally driven ways to lower health care premiums. In this Chat, we discuss how the Peak Health Alliance is using data and collective bargaining to impact health care costs in their region. Host: Lloyd Guthrie, CIVHC’s Director of Statewide Initiatives Guest: Tamara … Continue reading Change Agent Chat Episode 02 – Peak Health Alliance →