Organization Profile
Organization Overview
Mission
Altarum serves the public good by solving complex systems problems to improve human health, integrating research, technology, analysis, and consulting skills.
Vision
Altarum Institute demonstrates and is sought for leadership in identifying, understanding, and solving critical systems issues that impact the health of diverse and changing populations. Altarum is acknowledged as a valued, collaborative, and collegial institute of the utmost competence and integrity.
Values
We serve the public good and enable others to do the same.
We behave with integrity in everything we do.
We lead and, therefore, we continuously learn, innovate and solve problems in our fields.
We promote the well-being of our employees and encourage a meaningful work-life balance.
We are accountable for the quality of our work and the manner in which it is performed
Organization History
Altarum Institute traces one of its deepest historical "roots" to 1946, with a group of engineering professors at the University of Michigan. The determination of these early pioneers to apply new scientific and technical advances to the needs of society continues today. While the technical focus of the Institute has evolved, the heart of its mission has remained unchanged.
Merging with similarly minded technical organizations through the years, Altarum has built a focused and highly regarded capacity to synthesize data-driven research and client-centered consulting to understand and solve the systemic challenges that shape human health and health care. As this timeline reveals, the organization's earliest involvement in health dates back to the 1970s. Health and health care became the Institute's sole focus in 2006