may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . june 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may require cleanup to meet wikipedia s quality standards . no cleanup reason has been specified . please help improve this article if you can . august 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message altarum institute type nonprofit industry health systems research founded 1946 headquarters ann arbor michigan united states key people lincoln smith ceo products health care consulting health systems research number of employees 450 2016 website http www.altarum.org headquarters building from green road ann arbor altarum institute is a nonprofit health systems research and consulting organization serving government nonprofit and private sector clients . altarum institute traces its history back to 1946 with the founding of the willow run laboratory in ypsilanti michigan . in 1972 the willow run laboratory was renamed the environmental research institute of michigan erim . in 2001 much of erim s staff and contracts were sold to veridian corp. erim then acquired vector research inc. vri 1 which was founded by seth bonder in 1972 . vri was a leading provider of health care and national security models decision support tools and analytical services for federal and state government clients . later that year erim became altarum institute . in 2006 to further advance and focus its expertise in health care altarum acquired health systems research inc. and divested itself of its environmental and emerging technologies division eetd to michigan technological university forming the michigan tech research institute . citation needed in 2009 altarum acquired kai research inc. adding clinical research and research based knowledge to its portfolio . 1 in 2011 altarum acquired palladian partners a leader in the health communications field . 2 health systems research edit altarum institute primarily conducts health systems research to help clients understand and solve the underlying issues that cause health care delivery and financing systems they oversee to become inefficient ineffective or unsustainable . references edit http altarum.org about news and events altarum acquires kai research inc http www.businesswire.com news home 20110203005379 en altarum institute acquires silver spring maryland based communications . vlaxjsfgsyu retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title altarum institute & oldid 737333261 categories health care companies of the united statesresearch institutes in the united stateshealthcare in michigancompanies based in ann arbor michiganresearch institutes established in 19461946 establishments in michiganscience and technology in michiganhidden categories wikipedia articles needing style editing from june 2014all articles needing style editingarticles needing cleanup from august 2010all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from august 2010wikipedia pages needing cleanup from august 2010all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 september 2016 at 03 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view