Featured Population Health Articles

31. Chronic Care Coordination And Management Just Got Easier 10/25/2016

    Partnership integrates industry-leading guidelines with a care management application. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

32. The Power Of Predictive Models 10/17/2016

    How Big Data can help further medical research, find new cures, and prevent diseases. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

33. Chronic Disease Management Efficiency: Outcome Analytics Is The Key 9/13/2016

    As chronic diseases account for 86 percent of the U.S. healthcare costs, caregivers are concerned with accurate evaluation of their chronic condition management activities. Accordingly, there is much discussions and research on how to improve health outcomes for chronic patients. However, there is not much written on what precedes actual improvement — that is, medical data analytics where caregivers define, measure, and analyze these outcomes in order to base their progress with clinical processes on real-world data.

34. Cerner Integrates 3M Grouping Methodology For Population Health Management 9/12/2016

    3M Health Information Systems’ Patient-centric software will be leveraged in Cerner’s HealtheIntent. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

35. athenahealth's Acquisition Of Patient IO Brings Mobile Care Coordination To Population Health Service 9/8/2016

    Move means accelerated patient-centered care outside the clinic walls. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

36. A Health Behavior Change Framework For Population Health Management 9/1/2016

    The first white paper in this population health management series, Chronic Disease is Healthcare’s Rising Risk, reported on the health and financial burden associated with chronic disease, specifically the “rising-risk” and “high-risk” clinical population subgroups. By Phil Trotter, leader, Exercise is Medicine, Felipe Lobelo, associate professor of Global Health, Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health, and Ashley John Heather, co-founder, Off The Scale

37. Reimagining Discharge To Elevate The Patient Experience 8/22/2016

    With the proliferation of high-deductible health plans, patients have a greater financial stake in their care than ever before — in some cases paying thousands of dollars for a single care episode. Likewise, hospitals are taking on more financial risk for patients beyond the hospital stay.

38. HIT Costs Rose 40% Per Physician Since 2009 8/19/2016

    Healthcare technology costs now top $32,500 per physician. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

39. Study Finds Pediatric Readmission Rates Too High 8/16/2016

    Findings reveal no significant change in mortality and adverse safety rates after switches. By Christine Kern, contributing writer

40. Improving The Decision-Making Process Through Behavioral Analytics 8/12/2016

    Because no matter how brilliant or logical a strategy may seem in the abstract, if it doesn’t translate into the desired behaviors from the people being targeted it’s not going to have the desired effect. Here’s an example of how behavioral analytics are being used in healthcare to improve patient (and population) health, reduce hospital events including admissions, readmissions, and ER utilization, increase patient satisfaction, and lower the cost of care. By Dave Hom, Chief Evangelist, SCIO Health Analytics