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  "So interprofessionality to me means that every member of the health care team is equally important, and their input is relevant and valued with the end goal to improve the health and well-being of the patient, while contributing to the engagement and empowerment of all involved. We use a framework called cultural transformation theory and this framework informs how we lead, how we design, how we educate and how we manage conflict."
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  "US healthcare costs are the highest in the developed world and pharmaceuticals account for only 1 in every $10 spent on health."

Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 5 Number 4, April 2018, "International Perspective on Healthcare Sustainability," by Ignazio R. Marino, MD, ScD.
 
 
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Using Socioeconomic Data, Not Just Demographics, to Create a Healthier Patient Population

Did you know that 25 cents of every healthcare dollar is spent on health conditions that are caused by changeable behavior? Use of social determinants of health (SDOH) --
including information on households, neighborhoods, relatives, and assets -- can directly improve care management and risk stratification. A recent LexisNexis Health Care CIO survey found that only 50 percent of organizations are using SDOH data at all. The question is: what are you going to do about it?

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Six Takeaways From State of Population Health Survey Annual Report

1. Actual progress has failed to keep pace with expectations
2. Nevertheless, executives agree population health is the future: 95% rated it either moderately (11%), very (41%), or critically (42%) important
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Source: The State of Population Health: Third Annual Numerof Survey Report


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This Month in Population Health News
  • International Perspective on Healthcare Sustainability by Ignazio R. Marino, MD, ScD
  • No Little Plans: How West Side United Aims to Close Life Expectancy Gaps by Darlene Oliver Hightower, J.D.
  • Making A Case For Population Health: The Jefferson Center for Population Health: Case Study by Trina Thompson
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: Will personalized medicine improve population health?
  • Industry News with briefs regarding Aetna, PrescribeWellness, Dallas-Fort Worth Business Group on Health, Humana, MultiPlan, Optum, Quest Diagnostics and UnitedHealthcare.
  • Catching Up With... Dr. Julie Kennedy Oehlert, DNP 
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