Complimentary from the publisher

Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News January 2021

"Primary care physicians cannot adequately meet the needs of their communities if they remain shackled to payment schemes which reimburse for volume instead of value. Many current regulatory demands unnecessarily distract clinicians from patient care. Coming out of the pandemic, a return to the status quo is not sufficient. The American public deserves better."
- John Brady, MD, Chair of the American Board of Family Medicine.

The number of overdose deaths involving methamphetamines and amphetamines in the state of Ohio increased more than 5,000 percent over the course of eight years, according to data collected by the Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health. The analysis found that 71 percent of overdose deaths in 2017 involving psychostimulants occurred with fentanyl and 79 percent occurred with some form of opioid. The 2017 data also showed that 12 percent of all unintentional overdose deaths included the use of a psychostimulant.

Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 8 Number 1, January 2021, Industry News: "Ohio Researchers, Partners Find Meth, Similar Drug Overdoses Growing Rapidly."

Increase in COVID-19 Death Rates Associated with One Percentage Point Increase for Each of 6 Social Determinants of Health

1. black residents: 0.9% increase in COVID-19 death rate
2. uninsured adults: 1.9%
3. low birthweight: 7.6%
4. without high school diploma: 3.5%
5. incarceration rate: 5.4%
6. households without internet: 3.4%.

Notes: From an article entitled, "The Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health and Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality," by Ankur K. Dalsania, Matthew J. Fastiggi, Aaron Kahlam, Rajvi Shah, Krishan Patel, Stephanie Shiau, Slawa Rokicki & Michelle DallaPiazza. Study based on data from publicly available databases on COVID-19 death rates through October 28, 2020, clinical covariates, and social determinants of health indicators at the U.S. county level.

Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, January 5, 2021

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2020 Symposium Population Health Takes a Team

Caravan Health held its 5th annual Accountable Care Symposium on December 7-10. The Population Health Takes a Team session was led by Dr. John Findley, Medical Director of ACO Programs at Caravan Health and Dr. Christine Sinsky, Vice President of Professional Satisfaction at American Medical Association, Medical Associates Clinic and Health Plans.

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Partnership Combines SDoH, Clinical, and Claims Data
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KLAS: PH management performance grades for 13 data platforms
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SDOH: An emerging population health priority
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National Quality Standards Will Improve Social Determinants of Health
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Health Disparities in Tobacco Use & Exposure: A Structural Competency
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CareSource and Healthify to Address Social Determinants of Health
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ED-based Interventions Affecting SDoH in the U.S.: a Scoping Review
Academic Emergency Medicine, December 24, 2020

6 ways PCPs can deliver efficient health care in a PCMH model
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Does Parental Report of Having a MH Attenuate Unmet Basic Needs & Health
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In the most recent Medical Home News Supplement:

How One Community Clinic Organization Has Used the Medical Home Model to Respond to COVID-19, by Ron Shinkman
Certain Medical Home Activities Can Reduce Medicare Spending, by Rachel A. Burton, Stephen Zuckerman, Susan G. Haber and Vincent Keyes
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Centralized Population Health Coordinators Improve Care for Patients with Chronic Disease by Noah Brown

2021 Telehealth Trends: AI, Home Health and Wearables Will Play a Prominent Role in the Future of Virtual Care by Michael Brandofino, President and COO, Caregility

Addressing the Challenges of Lyme Disease in the Age of COVID-19 by Roxanne Carfora, D.O.

Thought Leaders' Corner: How can machine learning improve population health?
Industry News with briefs regarding Project On Government Oversight; ConnectWell and Outgrow; Papa; CE Health Interactive; Marathon Health; IBH Population Health Solutions; Larry A. Green Center and X4 Health, The American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Pediatrics, the American College of Physicians, and the Society of General Internal Medicine; CareSource and Healthify; RCHN Community Health Foundation; Ohio Alliance for Innovation in Population Health.

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