CHiR | Center for Health Information & Research

The Center for Health Information & Research (CHIR) is an ABOR designated research center and multidisciplinary team whose focus includes:

Epidemiology
Health Care IT/Data Management
Health Economics
Health Care Workforce
Data Mining

CHIR Goals

Provide actionable information regarding health care policy, quality of care, public health and the health care workforce to
- Health care providers and payers
- Public health and other community organizations
Develop new methodologies for storing, collecting, analyzing, and disseminating information
- Community Health Data System
- Econometric analyses
- Community collaboratives
- Health care workforce supply/demand

CHIR is home of the Arizona HealthQuery (AZHQ), a community-university partnership, created by the voluntary participation of health care providers, insurers and employers in Arizona. AZHQ is a community health warehouse containing health information on millions of Arizona residents. More info

CHIR-AZHQ Factsheet

LATEST RELEASE:

The Arizona Health Care Workforce: Nurses, Pharmacists, & Physician Assistants, April 2009

PREVIOUSLY RELEASED:

CHIR Community Brief: MRSA in Maricopa County, April 2008

Health Insurance in Maricopa County, release date November 2007

Health Insurance in Arizona: The Children of Yuma County 1999-2004