Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News              August, 2018
	"Our data shows that high-risk Medicaid patients working with their primary care physician and supported by a CPESN pharmacy were 45% less likely to have an inpatient hospital admission and 35% less likely to have preventable hospital admission or readmission." Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 5 Number 8, August 2018, "The Independent Primary Care Physician: A Vital Link for Better Population Health And Greater Health Care Access in Rural and Underserved Areas," by L. Allen Dobson, Jr. M.D., FAAFP.
	Population Health Intervention Ups Hypertension Control by 6% Health IT Analytics, August 1, 2018
	At BIDCO, a “Pharmacy First” Approach to Pop Health is Driving Promising Results Healthcare Informatics, July 31, 2018
	PH Market to be Driven by Growing Geriatric Population & Chronic Disease Till 2025 PR Newswire, July 23, 2018
	Population Health Exchange: Gaining from Prevention and Wellness HealthLeaders Media, July 18, 2018
	Addressing Chronic Disease with Population Health Management Strategies Health IT Analytics, July 12, 2018
	Making the Invisible Causes of PH Visible: A Public Health of Consequence American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), July 11, 2018
	Reimagining population health as convergence science The Lancet, August 4, 2018 Guns, Obesity, and Opioids: A PH Science Perspective on 3 Contemporary Epidemics The Milbank Quarterly, July 2018 Can 'Social Determinants' Data Really Improve Patient Care? MedPage Today, July 23, 2018 Why Defining Population Health Matters KLAS Blog, July 19, 2018 Integrating Peers into Hospital Settings to Address Substance Use CHCS blog//Center for Healthcare Strategies, July 19, 2018 8 Stories on the Importance of Population Health Cerner blog, July 11, 2018
	Population Health: Moving from "why" and "what" to "how" by Don W Bradley, MD, MHS-CL and Lloyd Michener, MD The Independent Primary Care Physician: A Vital Link for Better Population Health And Greater Health Care Access in Rural and Underserved Areas by L. Allen Dobson, Jr. M.D., FAAFP ROI for Care Management: Challenges of Establishing Measurement by Phil Johnson, Data Scientist at Decision Point Healthcare Solutions Thought Leaders' Corner: "How can big data and analytics help to improve Population Health?" Industry News with briefs regarding The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency and the New Jersey Hospital Association, Frost & Sullivan, Connance, BDC Advisors, and Feeding America. Catching Up With... Mary Jane Konstantin, RN  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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