Population Health

Investments in social care will reduce the cost of medical care, says Dr. Jacob Reider, CEO of Alliance for Better Health.

The money from HHS will help community health centers, rural organizations and others to expand access to coordinated substance abuse and mental health treatments.

Many population health management proponents decry the lack of data that programs need to define them, but deploying the right technologies is also vital to their success.

The voice-activated technology enables patients to interact with the health system through their smart speakers, allowing them to ask for wellness information, seek referrals or look for urgent care.

Healthy Alliance IPA, led by former ONC deputy Dr. Jacob Reider, will work with MVP Health Care to connect social services and healthcare providers via the Unite Us technology platform. The aim: strengthening community organizations, boosting pop health and reducing costs.

Among Holston Medical Group’s many accomplishments with the help of the HIE: Increased pay-for-value payments by 44%, with more than $13 million in value-based revenue annually; increased fee-for-service payments by 7%; and reduced employee-to-provider ratio by 0.7 FTEs.

Northwell Health addresses the quadruple aim - including physician burnout - by reducing redundancies and increasing efficiency, says Simita Mishra, the organization's population health informatics lead.

Four experts in population health management offer wide-ranging technology guidance and best practices for healthcare provider organizations launching pop health initiatives.

The tech giants have made progress on the pledge they made one year ago, and plan to do more, they said at the CMS Blue Button 2.0 Developer Conference.

Democrat Michael Bennet unveiled his telehealth-focused rural plan, which increases resources for IT investments; he also recently introduced a separate Senate bill to boost broadband in underserved areas.