For those of you who have been in the Colorado health care scene for a while, you may be surprised to learn that 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). The database was recommended in 2008 by the Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Read more…
CIVHC, The Mile High Health Alliance (MHHA), and other organizations are launching a pilot to support populations that have complex medical conditions and are high utilizers of the health care system, especially emergency departments (ED). Despite the availability of patient information from the health information exchange (HIE) through the Colorado Read more…
CIVHC’s Community Dashboard is a powerful tool that provides Colorado communities with information to understand how various aspects of health care in their region — including costs, utilization, and access — compare to state and other county results. Including claims from a majority of the insured lives represented in the Read more…
Lung Cancer Screening Environmental Scan For over 20 years the Colorado Cancer Coalition has guided the prevention, treatment and control of cancer statewide with the mission of eliminating the cancer burden in Colorado. One area of focus for the coalition is lung cancer, the third most common cancer in the Read more…
The Ask the Analyst series is a deep dive into the data by those most familiar with the CO APCD – the analysts themselves. We’ll hear about their experiences with recent analyses and answer any pressing questions that come up. Have a question for the CIVHC Analyst Team? Email it Read more…
Population Surveillance of Adolescents and Adults with Congenital Heart Disease In 2015, the Colorado School of Public Health and University of Colorado Department of Cardiology assembled a team of epidemiologists, cardiologists, health informaticians and patient advocates to develop a state-wide surveillance system of adolescents and adults with congenital heart defects (CHD) in Colorado. The Read more…
Written by Douglas McCarthy, President, Issues Research, Inc., and CIVHC Board President In my role as a health policy researcher, I’ve worked with many national health care data sources throughout the years. My service on the boards of the Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC) and the Peak Health Read more…
The Ask the Analyst series is a deep dive into the data by those most familiar with the CO APCD – the analysts themselves. We’ll hear about their experiences with recent analyses and answer any pressing questions that come up. Have a question for the CIVHC Analyst Team? Email it Read more…
This is the fourth in a series of blogs about what exactly is in the Colorado All Payer Claims Database (CO APCD). Today we’re looking at one of the most fundamental claims we receive – the pharmacy claim. Pharmacy claims include basic information about what drug(s) you received, the type Read more…
The Ask the Analyst series is a deep dive into the data by those most familiar with the CO APCD – the analysts themselves. We’ll hear about their experiences with recent analyses and answer any pressing questions that come up. Have a question for the CIVHC Analyst Team? Email it Read more…