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Complimentary from the publishers of
Population Health News
October 2019
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"Employers must identify a technology partner with the right platform to
analyze pharmacy claims, PBM contracts and plan details together to
identify existing costs, the rationale behind the costs, opportunities
for savings, management, and data-driven insight. However, even when
armed with the most powerful, advanced technology, for any kind of
analysis to work, the ideal partner needs to be 100 percent agnostic in
its assessment and recommendations."
- Scott Martin, Chairman and
CEO, Remedy Analytics.
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The diabetes rate
among American Indians is 400 percent higher than the general public.
For African Americans, the rate is 150 percent higher. American Indian
and African American babies are dying at twice the rate of white babies.
Excerpted from:
Population Health News, Volume 11 Number 10, October 2019, "Social
Determinants and Health Inequities' Chilling Effect on Business," by
Mark Steffen, MD, MPH, vice president and chief medical officer of Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota.
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The proliferation of digital mental
health has redesigned clinical and research practices. This
presentation discusses the intersection of user-centered design
and community-engaged research in early intervention development
and implementation of an integrated digital mental health and
physical health program of research
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National Academies: 5 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Address SODH
1. Awareness: identifying the
social risks and assets of specific patients and populations of
patients.
2.
Adjustment: adjusting clinical care to address social determinants of
health.
3.
Assistance: connect patients with social needs to government and
community resources.
4.
Alignment: assess the social care assets in the community, organize
those assets to promote teamwork across organizations, and invest in
assets to impact health outcomes.
5. Advocacy:
advocate for policies that promote the creation and distribution of
assets or resources to address social determinants of health.
Note: from an article by Christoper Cheney, based
on a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
Medicine entitled, "Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of Health
Care."
Source:
HealthLeaders Media, October 21, 2019
check out more lists on
healthsprocket. "What's on your list?"
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- 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 October Medical Home News Supplement:
Michigan Blues Says PCMH Network Continues To Improve Outcomes,
Costs by Ron Shinkman; Mixed Results Found In MAPCP Demonstration Project PCMHs Only
Moderately Moved The Needle On Care by Musetta Leung; Christopher
Beadles, M.D. and Melissa Romaire, et. al.; In Brief: PCPCC Analysis of Relationship Between Primary Care
Spend and Health Outcomes; In Brief: New York DSRIP Fuels PCMH Growth
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