WASHINGTON, DC – Atlas Research released its annual report Impact Through Innovation, which showcases how it helps federal government improve health care and address urgent health challenges.
“We are now more than a decade into making significant impacts for our health clients,” said Atlas President and Chief Executive Officer Robin Portman. “We continue to thrive because we have a deep knowledge of our clients’ missions and populations of concern, which we use to deliver agile, innovative results. I am proud that we always aim high and over-deliver not just because we can, but because of our passion to do meaningful work that makes a difference. I am excited for the journey ahead.”
In its 10th year, Atlas provided strategic thinking and evidence-based solutions with creativity and speed. A major force for health innovation in the U.S., the company continues to play key strategic roles for two cabinet-level departments that administer the nation’s major health and benefits programs – the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
With the VA, Atlas helped develop the strategy and design for the Veterans Health Administration’s Innovation Ecosystem. This work included crafting the vision and mission, establishing initial priorities for an “Innovators Network” and creating pathways for spreading innovations through the “Diffusion of Excellence” model.
With HHS, Atlas worked on nationwide initiatives to pioneer new approaches to long-standing challenges affecting critical patient populations. These initiatives included improving rural health care by working directly with stakeholders and integrating new technology; and accelerating breakthrough solutions for HIV prevention and treatment for transgender women.
Other areas of work mentioned in the report.
- Forging a multi-sector approach to ending the U.S. opioid epidemic
- Addressing suicide prevention at VA
- Including historically underserved populations in an innovative health care research program
- Implementing a modernized appeals process at VA
- Helping Veterans receive care in their own homes
- Delivering more effective pre-school education to at-risk kids
- Designing a future where adjudicators serve Veterans, not just process claims
- Transforming human capital strengths and strategies at the Small Business Administration
- Assisting health care providers in adopting an innovative defense against HIV
- Developing a best-in-class workforce for facilities management at VA
- Expanding and updating the historic GI Bill
- Preparing the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands for health emergencies that accompany storms
- Making on-time, on-budget activations of major medical centers the “new normal”
For the full report, Impact Through Innovation, please see here.