Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News              February, 2015
	"There are a range of definitions for the term "population health" and an even wider range of programs that can be considered "population health" programs. One major class of programs targets persons within an insured population or a cohort served by an integrated delivery system. These "enrolled population" programs usually focus on a "denominator" of persons with, or at risk, for chronic disease and persons in need of preventive screening. Many, though far from all, of these types of interventions have solid scientific evidence indicating a savings of sponsor costs and/or benefit for the consumer." -Jonathan Weiner, DrPH, Professor and Director, Center for Population Health IT, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
	"Statistics revealed during the May 2013 annual meeting of Becker's Hospital Review showed that 71% of hospitals were already experiencing reduced Medicare payments because of readmissions. The lost payments nationwide amounted to $15 billion, and three-quarters of readmissions were preventable." Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 2, Issue 2, February 2015, "Patient Engagement: Redefining the Discharge Process to Reduce Readmissions" by Ann Whitehead, R.N., J.D.
	How One Rural Hospital is Rethinking Population Health Management Fierce Healthcare, February 13, 2015
	Parallel Computing Wresting Population Health Data Healthcare IT News, February 10, 2015
	Disease Registries Prove Useful in Improving Population Health Hospitals & Health Networks, February 10, 2015
	Lessons on Using HIT to Aid Population Health Management Health Data Management, February 10, 2015
	ICD-10 Prep Raises Data Quality for Revenue, Population Health Health IT Analytics, February 9, 2015
	Analytics Are Key For Network's Population Health Health IT Outcomes, February 3, 2015
	Social Media Big Data Mining May Improve Population Health Health IT Analytics, February 2, 2015
	Patient Engagement: Redefining the Discharge Process to Reduce Readmissions by Ann Whitehead, R.N., J.D. Behavioral Economics 101: A Beginner's Guide to Hyperbolic Discounting, Intertemporal Choice, Prospect Theory and a Bunch of Other Fancy Words by Jordan Goldberg and Elaine Mechanic Making a Case for Population Health - Medication Therapy Management Yields High ROI Is Health Insurance Worth It? by Michael Mahoney Thought Leader's Corner: Do Population Health Programs Reduce Costs for Sponsors and Decrease Risks for Participants? Catching Up with... Samuel R. Nussbaum, M.D. Click here to view page one of this issue Click here to subscribe to Population Health News, or find out more
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