Completing the Record of Care Housed at the Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine on the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Health Data Compass (HDC) is a data warehouse supporting a broad range of health care research. The warehouse integrates information from multiple sources including: University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Read more
Impact of Marijuana on Opioid Utilization Early research shows that legalization of medical and recreational marijuana has led to lower opioid prescribing (e.g. Bradford et al.) and harms from opioids like overdoses (e.g. Powell et al.). However, findings using more years of data at the state level have produced mixed Read more
Incidence of Cancer Diagnoses in the Rocky Flats Region Following WWII, the United States and Soviet Union found themselves locked in a superpower dynamic, with each relentlessly battling for geopolitical and military superiority. The Rocky Flats plant near Denver, Colorado was constructed in 1952 to manufacture nuclear weapons parts and Read more
Impact of Respite Care for Persons Affected by Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia Many are familiar with Alzheimer’s disease, a brain disease that deteriorates your memory and other mental functions. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, every 65 seconds someone in the US develops Alzheimer’s, and it is becoming more prevalent 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
Understanding the Impact of Mental Health on COVID-19 Diagnosis In 2002, Trajectory Healthcare was founded to evaluate, improve and design population health management programs. Working with their evidence based and patented analytical tools, Trajectory provides epidemiologic consulting services to a variety of health organizations, including the non-profit Population Health Impact Read more
Understanding Churn in Medicaid Coverage Following the ACA Brown University, a private Ivy League University located in Providence, Rhode Island, offers an exceptional research program which was a primary attraction for Dr. Sarah Gordon who earned her Doctorate in Health Services Research in 2019. While working on her dissertation, Dr. Read more
USE CASE: Investigating Changes in Medicaid Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act Click here to watch to the Change Agent Chat featuring Sarah Gordon, doctoral student at Brown and Pete Sheehan, CIVHC’s VP of Business Development. Brown University’s School of Public Health comprises 12 nationally renowned research centers and institutes, which focus Read more