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	"Research shows that if consumers are presented solely with cost information, they will assume a higher cost provider is of higher quality. What we know in healthcare is that lower quality, unsafe providers are typically higher cost (because they generate more complications and errors). So without good quality ratings, we could send patients to the worst in the profession and drive up costs as a result. We need and want physician ratings. But we must do a better job of scoring doctors." -Joel White, President, Council for Affordable Health Coverage, Washington, D.C.
	"By 2030, one in five will be a senior citizen, and with that comes a larger burden for the healthcare system. Two-thirds of all people over the age of 65 experience multiple chronic conditions." Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 2, Issue 8, August 2015, "EHRs: The Software Linchpin of Population Health Management" by Jayne Warwick, HBScN, R.N.
	Plano Population Health Firm Earns Value-Based Care Certification D Healthcare Daily, August 14, 2015
	NYU Receives $2.55M Population Health Management Grant HealthITAnalytics, August 13, 2015
	TUSM Announces New Institute to Improve Population Health HealthITAnalytics, August 13, 2015
	Positive Outcomes Associated With RedBrick's Population Health Model Redbrick Health Press Release, August 12, 2015
	Experts See Potential in Population Health Management, But Obstacles Remain Medical Economics, August 11, 2015
	Population Health Management New Focus for Retail Clinics HealthITAnalytics, August 11, 2015
	CHRISTUS Health and Wellcentive to Manage Population Health in 4 States HIT Consultant, August 10, 2015
	Consumer Risk in Value-Based Care: The Emergent-Risk Population by Adam Kaufman, Ph.D. Overcoming Medical Excess: A Physician Perspective by Hemal K. Kanzaria, M.D., MSHPM, and Jerome R. Hoffman, M.A., M.D. Making a Case for Population Health: Boiling Down Population Health Management: More Proactive and Informed Care that Saves Lives by Ryan Geiler EHRs: The Software Linchpin of Population Health Management by Jayne Warwick, HBScN, R.N. Thought Leader's Corner: How Effective Are Physician Ratings? Ideally, What Should They Be Based on? Industry News with briefs regarding Continuum Health Alliance and Kryptiq. Catching Up with... Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., MPH 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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