Population Health
MidCentral District Health Board (DHB) has published one of New Zealand’s first district-wide digital health strategies.
Payment Models
A natural language processing algorithm has been helping the New York health system gain new insights from its unstructured notes, boosting its value-based care and pop health efforts.
Regional population health management networks are on the rise in some parts of Europe. They use digital platforms that increasingly try to bridge the gap between healthcare and social care.
In Oklahoma, the Center for Health Systems Innovation, with some help from Cerner, is using machine learning to help address care disparities and manage chronic conditions.
The collaboration is aiming to provide better data, insights and experience for patients and providers at the point of care, the companies say.
Health economist Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, however, says the industry still has miles to go before public policies align with social determinants of health.
For Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network, higher follow-up rates mean fewer patients retiring to the hospital after discharge, meaning a reduction in avoidable emergency department admissions and readmission, ultimately saving the hospital money and other clinical staff resources as well.
Knowing more about a patient than ever before means healthcare providers are in a position to better serve high-risk populations.