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  "Approximately 11.6 million people move through U.S. corrections facilities every year. Of that population, 80% have chronic, untreated medical conditions and 68% have substance use disorders."

Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 11 Number 10, October 2019, Industry News: "Facing an Aging Inmate Population, Correctional Facilities Seek Solutions to Streamline Medication Management, Control Costs and Minimize Risk."
 
What's News
  Geisinger expands use of Cerner population health platform
Health Data Management, October 8, 2019
 
     
  Medicare Advantage Plans Expanding Personal Supports & Services For 2020
Forbes, October 7, 2019
 
     
  Cigna, Humana Expand MA Plans to Cover Social Determinants of Health
HealthPayer Intelligence, October 1, 2019
 
     
  Prevalence of Screening by US Physician Practices and Hospitals
JAMA Network Open, September 18, 2019
 
     
  NC Using Real-Time Data to Address Social Determinants of Health
Health It Analytics, September 13, 2019
 
     
  Hospital Partnerships in Population Health Initiatives.
Population Health Management, abstract only, September 12, 2019
 
Insights
Social determinants of health data and population health
MedCity News, October 7, 2019

Care Coordination Platform Integrates Patients’ Clinical, Social Data
Health IT Anaylitics, October 1, 2019

Data Sharing Standards Needed to Address Patients’ SDOH
Health IT Analytics, September 26, 2019

Major new report calls for better integration of social determinants of health
Healthcare IT News, September 25, 2019

Where Population Health Gets Really Real: Caring for Communities in Need
Healthcare Innovation, September 23, 2019

Around the nation: New York county launches population health initiative
The Advisory Board, September 13, 2019

This Month in Population Health News
 
  • Social Determinants and Health Inequities' Chilling Effect on Business by Mark Steffen, MD, MPH
  • Are Alternative Payment Models the Future? by Moshe Starkman
  • Targeting Transitions of Care to Reduce Readmissions: More is Not Always Better by Robyn A. Tamboli, PhD; Neesha N. Choma, MD, MPH; and Sunil Kripalani, MD, MSc, SFHM
  • Thought Leaders' Corner: "How Can Technology Improve Population Health?"
  • Industry News with briefs regarding Evolent Health, Papa, and Swisslog.
  • Catching Up With... SSM Health and Navvis

In the Upcoming October Medical Home News Supplement:

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan updates progress in its medical home initiative
  • An examination of results from the Multi-Payer Advanced Primary Care Practice demonstration project
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