Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News July 2018

"Opioid misuse impacts all behaviors, and is an influencing driver (if not primary driver) behind each individual’s future behaviors. What this means in terms of population health is that unless we’re able to deal with this issue head-on, we’ll be unable to truly impact a patient’s future behavior and impact undesirable outcomes."
- Saeed Aminzadeh, CEO, Decision Point Healthcare Solutions.

"A quarter of intensive care patients are readmitted to hospital shortly after returning home and some of these readmissions are avoidable, research suggests."

Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 5 Number 7, July 2018, Industry News: "One in Four Intensive Care Patients Return to Hospital, Study Shows."

Findings from PRAPARE Data Analyses Regarding Social Determinants of Health and Health Outcomes

This webinar, which was co-led by NACHC and AAPCHO, presented new analyses of PRAPARE data that highlight social determinants' relationship with health outcomes, based on both population-level analyses as well as patient-level analyses. The webinar highlighted findings that demonstrate the socioeconomic differences between the general population and high-risk population and between patients with controlled and uncontrolled diabetes.

Maria Balderas, PhD: 7 Key PH management strategies that reduce risk in performance-based contracts

1. Build an IT infrastructure based on a data lake
2. Complete the PHM checklist
3. Click to continue

Source: Watson Health Perspectives blog/IBM, June 20, 2018

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Creating Workplace Equity to Achieve Health Equity by Julie Oehlert and John Marques
Health Insurers’ Role in Advancing Health Equity: Addressing Social Determinants of Health by Dr. Derek Robinson
Another Take on Pharmacy Led Population Management Programs by Sarika Aggarwal
Thought Leaders' Corner: "What role can population health play in dealing with the Opioid Crisis?"
Industry News with briefs regarding Orion Health, VisionWare, Schumacher Clinical Partners, the Waismann Method, and the University of Edinburgh.
Catching Up With... Angela Hackman, LCSW
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