Improving the Health of People and Communities

The Center for Health and Research Transformation (CHRT) at the University of Michigan provides health research, analyses, surveys, demonstration projects, backbone support, and consulting to government agencies, nonprofits, foundations, health systems, and health care providers and payers. Key focus areas include affordable care, Medicaid policy, health care issues, coronavirus, long term care, care transitions, mental health, and substance use.

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Recent work in health research, policy, and practice

Publications
Photo pointing to different social determinants of health: health care, economic stability, neighborhood and environmental, social & community context, education

Physicians’ knowledge of where to refer patients for social needs has increased, but opportunities for growth remain

A growing strategy to improve individuals’ health and well-being has been to address their social needs—food, housing, transportation, employment, and more—often referred to as social determinants of health. Increasingly, physicians are being offered incentives that encourage them to screen patients for social needs and connect them to community-based organizations for services. However, community-based organizations are still rarely co …

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Press

Health navigators say Medicaid members benefit from plain language, reduced administrative burden

On June 30, State of Reform published an article relating the results of a newly released CHRT study about the effectiveness of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) outreach methods to Medicaid members. The study explored MDHHS communications around the implementation of Medicaid work requirements for the Healthy Michigan Plan (HMP) in early 2020.  While Medicaid communications are traditionally text heavy and techni …

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CHRT News

CHRT moves to Arbor Lakes, joining many other University of Michigan centers and institutes

This spring, CHRT packed up and moved just a couple of miles down the street, still on Plymouth Road, to Arbor Lakes near the University of Michigan North Campus Research Complex (NCRC), a hub for translational research. At Arbor Lakes, CHRT is joining many other University of Michigan centers and institutes in a warm and welcoming complex of brick buildings with abundant natural light and landscaping. While staff will miss CHRT’s old h …

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Key topics

Substance Use
Public Health
Mental Health
Medicaid
Integration
Healthy Aging
Coronavirus
Affordable Care Act

A year like no other

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, CHRT staff quickly pivoted to provide rapid support to policymakers, providers, and those serving on the frontlines of the pandemic…

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CHRT @chrtumich ·
9 Aug

CHRT's role as a backbone organization helps multiple partners collaborate and achieve shared goals that improve community health. Learn more about some our backbone work and ...projects here: https://chrt.org/collaborations/

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CHRT @chrtumich ·
25 Jul

We are hiring a business development director.
The Center for Health & Research Transformation (CHRT) inspires and enables evidence-informed policies and practices that ...improve the health of people and communities.
Job description and application: https://bit.ly/3Bc3VmM

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