Featured Population Health Articles

  1. Partnership Delivers Clinically Relevant Information For Personalized PHM 2/28/2017

    Patient-specific analytics and intuitive clinigraphic interface allow clinicians to act on what matters most. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

  2. Hospital Setting Variations Are Crucial For Positive Patient Outcomes 2/23/2017

    Some 10,000 Medicare patients die within seven days of Emergency Department discharges annually. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

  3. 5 Patient Engagement Lessons From Outside Healthcare 1/31/2017

    We call it patient engagement; everyone else calls it customer relationship management By Raj Toleti, CEO of HealthGrid

  4. Important Considerations When Implementing Population Health 1/6/2017

    Population health isn’t a new concept, but it’s one that has taken on greater prominence as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and as accountable care organizations (ACOs) have gained traction. ACOs demand quality and outcomes measures from population health. By Susan Kanvik and Karen Curtis, Point B Management Consultants

  5. Intervention Care For The 'Rising-Risk,' Before It's Too Late 12/19/2016

    The first white paper in this population health management (PHM) series, Chronic Disease is Healthcare’s Rising Risk, reported on the health and financial burden associated with chronic diseases, specifically the ‘rising-risk’ and ‘high-risk’ clinically stratified population groups. The second paper, A Health Behavior Change Framework for Population Health Management, set out a coordinated clinical-community structure for delivering chronic disease intervention care. This is the third white paper in this PHM series that will discuss the advantages of setting process and evaluation standards for methodology and community-digital engagement to achieve and sustain health behavior change for self-management.

  6. Public Health 3.0 Blueprint Aims To Redesign Community Health Strategies 12/15/2016

    Public health leaders and cross-sector partnerships would drive improvements. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

  7. The Last Mile Of Population Health Management 11/30/2016

    The concept of population health was first introduced in 2003, when David Kindig and Greg Stoddart defined it as “the health outcome of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group.” By Egor Kobelev, Vice President of Healthcare & Life Sciences and Daniel Piekarz, Vice President of Business Development, Healthcare & Life Sciences, DataArt

  8. The Role Of Mobility And Digital Automation In Patient Engagement 11/18/2016

    Healthcare is a heavily documented business. From patient management to compliance upkeep, paper shuffling plays a major role in the day-to-day activities of organizational staff and clinicians alike.

  9. Partnership Expands Digital Health Coaching, Patient Engagement 11/18/2016

    Wellness Corporate Solutions and Zillion Group work together to improve health outcomes.

  10. Bringing The Retail Edge To Healthcare: How Hospitals Can Better Retain Business 10/28/2016

    PwC report: as consumers shop around for healthcare, providers need to respond like retailers. By Christine Kern, contributing writer