Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News           October, 2015
	"The first role of the hospital in population health management is to take the same patient-centered culture and redirect the team to a new vision. There can no longer be one foot on the dock and one on the pier. "No margin, no mission" chants are now replaced with the new slogan, "no outcomes, no incomes." Hospitals have demonstrated that when they align behind a common vision, incredible results can happen. Core to this cultural transformation is the recognition of an emerging skill set and acumen." -David Wildebrandt, Managing Director, Healthcare Performance Improvement Practice, Berkeley Research Group, Emeryville, Calif.
	"More than 20 million elderly Medicare beneficiaries (69% of all beneficiaries) have two or more chronic conditions, and approximately 11 million (36%) have four or more chronic conditions." Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 2, Issue 10, October 2015, "Extending the Value of a Patient-Centered Medical Home" by Mary D. Naylor, Ronald Barg, Kathryn Bowles, Alexandra Hanlon, Karen B. Hirschman, Kathleen McCauley, Elizabeth Shaid and Mark V. Pauly
	Geisinger Taps Cerner for Population Health Healthcare IT News, October 14, 2015
	Albany Region Pitches Big Population Health Project HealthDataManagement, October 13, 2015
	A Focus on Falls: Hospitals Push to Improve Population Health U.S. News & World Report, October 8, 2015
	Providers Are Thinking Like Payers as Industry Moves Towards Population Health Healthcare Payer News, October 8, 2015
	Harvard Pilgrim Forms Population Health Venture With New Hampshire Systems Modern Healthcare, October 5, 2015
	Mayo Clinic Awards $100K in Population Health Management Prizes HealthITAnalytics, October 5, 2015
	In the Trenches on Population Health: Processing Mountains of Data Healthcare Informatics, October 2, 2015
	Better Managing Hepatitis C-Related Liver Disease by Tarek Hassanein, M.D. and Nancy Reau, M.D. Using Population Health Management to Bridge Gap Between FFS and Value-Based Reimbursement by Denise Brown, M.D. Making a Case for Population Health: Extending the Value of a Patient-Centered Medical Home by Mary D. Naylor, Ronald Barg, Kathryn Bowles, Alexandra Hanlon, Karen B. Hirschman, Kathleen McCauley, Elizabeth Shaid and Mark V. Pauly Developing Population Health Programs that Add Value by Nilesh Chandra Thought Leader's Corner: What Is the Role of Hospitals in Achieving Population Health Management? Catching Up with... François de Brantes, M.S., MBA 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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