SOUTHFIELD – ardentCause has been selected to provide data management services

to the Greater Detroit Area Health Council in its development of the Macomb

County Partners in Prevention and Care Chronic Disease Coordinating Network project.

The CDCN is a four year community-wide partnership focused

on improving health outcomes for a defined Macomb County population, by implementing prevention strategies to

address obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. The project is

funded

by a $440,000 Centers for Disease Control grant and administered through the

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. ardentCause will be

assisting collaboration partners in defining measurable outcomes and

indicators.

“We are thrilled to be working with GDAHC at the inception of this vital

initiative,” said Rosemary Bayer, Chief Inspiration Officer for

ardentCause.

“With ardentCause’s expertise in helping healthcare and human services

agencies achieve better outcomes and demonstrate the impact of their work,

we can uniquely assist GDAHC leaders to gain and provide insight to key

stakeholders. Our experience in nonprofit data acquisition, aggregation

and

integration, as well as data analytics, will ensure that this community

partnership gets off on the right foot.”

Bayer’s enthusiasm was shared by Kate Kohn-Parrott, GDAHC

president and CEO.

“Health disparities have a direct correlation to the

cost of health care in

our communities,” said Kohn-Parrott. “Along with the Macomb County

Health Department, Henry Ford Macomb Hospital and our six other partners, GDAHC

seeks to provide individuals and families with the tools necessary to reduce obesity and diabetes. ardentCause L3C is an

essential component in this initiative as the company will deliver the

necessary data collection and analysis critical to tracking the outcomes.”

ardentCause is a Michigan-based social enterprise serving the nonprofit

and philanthropic community with data solutions to help nonprofits and

collaborative alliances achieve better outcomes, through innovative

software for data collection, analysis, visualization and communication of

information.