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	"With the right population health management tools, care teams can easily identify a subset of patients and proactively reach out to them to remind them about their visits, educate them on the importance of prevention and encourage them to receive needed tests. When we communicate with patients in the way they prefer to be reached - phone, letter, email or text message - then population health becomes personal. It's about them. From an organizational perspective, this is population health management. From a consumer's perspective, this says, 'I matter.'"  Janice Nicholson, President and CEO, i2i Systems, Inc.
	"Citrus Valley Health Partners piloted a Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Care Continuum Clinic Program in July of 2013. Enrolled patients 30-day readmission rates dropped to less than 10%. National rates of readmissions are 23%.."
	Source: Annual Allscripts Summit for Investors on Population Health Management: Webcast, PDF, Allscripts, June 5, 2014.
	Team Unearths Strong Risk Factor for Type 2 Diabetes in Latin American Populations JAMA, June 11, 2014   USMD selects Lightbeam Health's Population Health Platform Lightbeam Health Solutions Press Release, June 10, 2014     Physicians pilot population health effort in Michigan Hospitals and Health Networks, June 10, 2014    Mission Health Advances Population Health Management with Data and Analytics Platform Health Catalyst Press Release, June 10, 2014   e-MDs, Lightbeam Health Solutions to offer Population Health Management e-MDs Press Release, June 5, 2014   How health information exchange fits into population health EHR Intelligence, June 5, 2014   Annual Allscripts Summit for Investors on Population Health Management: Webcast, PDF Allscripts, June 5, 2014   Why Equal Treatment Is Not Always Equitable: The Impact of Ethnic Health Inequalities Population Health Metrics, June 2, 2014
	Understanding the Basics of Clinically Integrated Networks (CINs) by Nathan Gunn, M.D. Getting into the Game: Academic Medical Centers and Population Health Approaches to Care Delivery by Thomas Enders, Joanne Conroy, MD, and Alex Morin Making a Case for Population Health - Population Health Simulation Highlights Collaboration Challenges/ Opportunities by Karen Widerynski, MPH Look Before You Leap: Are You Ready for the Change Management Requirements of Population Health? by Luke Shulman Thought Leader's Corner: What Is the Most Effective Way to Engage Consumers Through Population Health? Industry News with briefs regarding the Office of the National Coordinator, the John A. Hartford Foundation, Children's Health Alliance and Wellcentive, and Weill Cornell Medical College Catching Up with... Fred Goldstein 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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