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	"Not only do healthcare organizations need to be concerned with attacks external to their system, but access to information from within their organization or partner organizations is a risk. In fact, a recent survey by the Ponemon Institute indicates that 71% of end users say that they have access to company data they should not be able to see. Healthcare organizations should make educated decisions on whether hosting and managing their own applications and databases are appropriate versus outsourcing these functionalities to a provider with more advanced security capabilities. Further, a robust governance framework that dictates access and levels of access to information within and across systems is imperative. Hospitals and health systems must recognize that population health-based initiatives create greater risk and take necessary actions to protect their organization by integrating privacy and security considerations into the overall population health strategy." -Tawnya Bosko, MHA, MSHL, M.S., Senior Manager, The Camden Group
	"More than three-quarters of Internet users are looking for health information online, 77% are comfortable sharing health information online, 60% track weight, diet and exercise, and 33% monitor health indicators such as blood pressure and sleep patterns." Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 2, Issue 4, April 2015, "Community Outreach: Essential to Population Health Management Success " by Phil Suiter
	NextGen Healthcare, Milliman Enter Analytics, Risk Scoring Agreement NextGen Healthcare Press Release, April 14, 2015
	Population Health Veteran Shares Lessons Learned Health Data Management, April 14, 2015
	Just One-Third Of Hospitals IT-Ready For Population Health Forbes, April 13, 2015
	Practice Fusion and AstraZeneca Partner on PHM Initiative for Asthma and COPD Practice Fusion Press Release, April 13, 2015
	Data Holds Key to Unlocking Population Health Healthcare IT News, April 12, 2015
	Caradigm Broadens Its Portfolio of Population Health Apps HIT Consultant, April 9, 2015
	What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Population Health? Health Affairs Blog, April 6, 2015
	Community Outreach: Essential to Population Health Management Success by Phil Suiter Chemical Dependency: Why a Multi-Tiered Continuum of Care Is Crucial to Relapse Prevention by Thomas G. Kimball, Ph.D., LMFT Making a Case for Population Health - Population Health Management, Analytics Drive Quality, Revenue and Medical Home at Group Practice First-Year Community Health Needs Assessments Teach Lessons for Second Go-Around by Julia Resnick, MPH Thought Leader's Corner: How can healthcare systems maintain privacy and security while deploying population health strategies? Industry News with briefs regarding the ISPE Facility Awards, Healthways, SulAmerica, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and PerfectServe. Catching Up with... Margaret Laws 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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