From Data to Impact: Using APCD Analytics to Shape Policy and Improve Population Health

Longitudinal health data has become an essential resource for advancing research, informing policy, and improving health care delivery. This sessionshowcaseshow organizations across Colorado, Virginia, and Delaware areleveragingall-payer claims databases (APCDs), clinical data, and cross-sector partnerships to generate actionable insights that drive better health outcomes. Speakers willdemonstratehow stable, longitudinal data infrastructure supports groundbreaking academic and rare disease research, enables statewide collaboration to improve healthcare value and primary care investment, and combines claims and clinical data to inform population health initiatives, policy decisions, and clinical research. Together, these presentations illustrate the power of integrated, longitudinal data assets to move beyond reporting and become foundational tools for evidence-based decision-making and health system transformation.

This preconference session will include three related but distinct presentations, including:

1. Longitudinal Claims Data as a Research Infrastructure
2. Virginia’s RHIC–APCD/HDU Partnership in Action 
3. LeveragingHealth Data Analytics to Inform Research, Policy, and Population Health