Clients
United Health Foundation
The United Health Foundation publishes America’s Health Rankings®. Arundel Metrics, Inc. receives funding from United Health Foundation to support the project. America’s Health Rankings® is a platform that publishes several population health reports that combine various metrics representing behaviors, community & environment, policy, clinical care, and health outcomes into a comparative ranking of state health. Arundel Metrics, Inc. gathers and analyzes secondary data and conducts literature reviews on health topics to write and publish these reports.
First published in 1991, the America’s Health Rankings® Annual Report is the longest running annual assessment of the nation’s health on a state-by-state basis.
Health of Women and Children Report
The America’s Health Rankings® Health of Women and Children Report was first published in 2016. With a focus on women of reproductive age and children, this report emphasizes the population groups where changes can make generational differences.
The America’s Health Rankings® Senior Report, first published in 2013, offers a comprehensive analysis of senior population health on a national and state-by-state basis.
Tennessee Department of Health
Arundel Metrics, Inc. assisted the Tennessee Department of Health in designing a population health index used to objectively track the progress of a Certificate of Public Advantage over time to ensure public advantage. As well as the development of three reports used to monitor the COPA: the Population Health Report,; the Access to Health Services Report and the Other (Quality) Reports.
Advisory Roles
Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health
The Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health’s Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) monitors the Cooperative Agreement — the state’s legal authority to monitor hospital mergers resulting in a monopoly. As advisors on the TAP, Tom and Sarah at Arundel Metrics, Inc. recommended initial metrics for the active supervision of the 49 conditions of the Cooperative Agreement and continue to reassess measures on an annual basis.
County Health Rankings
County Health Rankings (CHR) is a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded project conducted by the University of Wisconsin Madison Public Health Institute. It uses a model related to United Health Foundation’s America’s Health Rankings’ (AHR) model to rank each county within each state. Tom at Arundel Metrics, Inc. serves as a member of the technical advisory committee for County Health Rankings.
Legatum Institute’s Prosperity Index
The Legatum Institute is an international charity and think tank focused on lifting people from poverty to prosperity. They publish an annual report, the Legatum Prosperity Index, that measures the prosperity of 149 countries across nine pillars of prosperity, one of which is health. Sarah at Arundel Metrics, Inc. is a member of the expert health panel, charged with reviewing and strengthening the structure of the health pillar and advising the Legatum Institute on U.S. data sources.