Complimentary from the publisher

Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News November 2020

"It's not that physicians have totally ignored social determinants of health, but impactful information – such as the fact that the patient had to take time off from a low-paying job and ride two buses to get to the doctor's office – isn't typically collected in electronic medical records."
- Brian Dixon, PhD, MHA, director of public health informatics at Regenstrief Institute and Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at Indiana University and the Indiana Health Information Exchange

Researchers followed 602 people with HIV in Ontario for five years. Of the 454 people whose mortality the researchers were able to confirm at the end of the study, 53 had died, which is the equivalent of 22.3 deaths per 100,000 people, substantially higher than the rate in the general population of 6.7 per 100,000 people. Individuals who died during the follow-up period were more likely to have less than high school education (36% versus 20%), be unemployed (89% vs. 77%), have a history of homelessness (57% vs. 39%) or have a history of incarceration (58% vs. 28%).

Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 7 Number 11, November 2020, ThoughtLeaders' Corner: "How do the social determinants of health impact HIV mortality rates?"

Circulation: Racial and Ethnic Differences in Adjusted Odds Ratios for Mortality from COVID-19

1. For Black patients, compared with non-Hispanic White patients: adjusted odds ratio for mortality was 0.93
2. For Hispanic patients, compared with non-Hispanic White patients: adjusted odds ratio for mortality was 0.90
3. For Asian patients, compared with non-Hispanic White patients: adjusted odds ratio for mortality was 1.31
4. Across hospitals: the median odds ratio for mortality was 1.99

Notes: From an article entitled, "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Presentation and Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Findings from the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry," based on data from the first 7,868 patients by race/ethnicity hospitalized with COVID-19 in 88 hospitals across the US between 01/17/2020 and 7/22/2020. 33.0% of the patients were Hispanic, 25.5% were non-Hispanic Black, 6.3% were Asian, and 35.2% were non-Hispanic White.

Source: Circulation, November 17, 2020

check out more lists on healthsprocket. "What's on your list?"

A Provider’s Journey to Population Health: Health Systems versus Independent Physician Practices

In this session, payers and providers discuss calibration of population-based APMs to account for varying needs for capital and other non-financial supports among different types of providers with differing levels of resources and capacity, while ensuring comparable and transparent provider performance data on quality and costs.

Check out HealthshareTV, the home for health care videos

Population Health Initiative to Improve Chronic Disease Management
Health IT Analytics, November 17, 2020

Technology boosts care delivery, PH efforts amid Covid-19 pandemic
MedCity News, November 16, 2020

Financial Incentives Biggest Barrier to Social Determinants of Health
RevCycle Intelligence, November 16, 2020

Disentangling Ancestry From SDoH in Hypertension Disparities
JAMA Cardiology, November 13, 2020

Addressing SDoH: IT Solutions to Engage Community Resources
HIT Consultant, November 11, 2020

Community Health Workers and Covid-19 — Addressing SDoH in Times of Crisis
New England Journal of Medicine, November 5, 2020

SDOH Integration and Innovation: A Manatt Health Report Analyzing Strategies
Manatt Press Release, October 22, 2020

2020 Survey of America's Physicians, Part Three: COVID-19 and the Future
The Physicians Foundation, October 2020

CDC Expands U.S. Diabetes Surveillance System with new SDoH Module
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News Release, November 17, 2020

Change Healthcare Launches SDoH Analytics to Help Improve Patient Outcomes
Change Healthcare News Release, November 16, 2020

Food Insecurity & CV Mortality for Non-Elderly Adults in the US from 2011-2017
Presented at AHA Scientific Sessions 2020, November 13–17, 2020

A global pandemic and value-based care: Solutions address SDoH by engaging
PR Newswire, November 10, 2020

SDoH in electronic health records & their impact on analysis & risk prediction
JAMIA, abstract only, November 7, 2020

At the intersection of precision medicine & pop health: study of family health
BMC Health Services Research, November 7, 2020

BCBS of Illinois Leading New Efforts with Providers to Improve Health Equity
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois News Release, October 28, 2020

Patient-Reported SDoH & BDoH & Est. Risk of Hospitalization in VA Patients
JAMA Network Open, October 20, 2020

The impact of PCMH certification on quality of care for patients with diabetes
Health Services Research, abstract only, November 1, 2020

PCMH Activities Associated With Low Medicare Spending and Utilization
Annals of Family Medicine, abstract only, November 2020

In the most recent Medical Home News Supplement:

Medical Homes Can Reduce Costs in Low-Income Cancer Patients by Lisa Spees, Stephanie Wheeler, Xi Zhou, et. al.
Medical Group Trade Organization Says Primary Care Should be Boosted by Ron Shinkman
Click here to subscribe to Population Health News, or find out more

How COVID-19 has Changed Home Health Care and Where it is Going, by Jodi Smith, RN, MSN, ND

Indiana Network for Population Health Focuses on Social Determinants of Health, by Cindy Fox Aisen

Combining Population Health Management and Online Program May Help Patients Lose Weight, by Elaine St Peter

Thought Leaders' Corner: How do the social determinants of health impact HIV mortality rates?

SDOH News with a brief regarding Altruista Health

Industry News regarding Council of Accountable Physician Practices, American Pharmacists Association, NYU Langone Health, American College of Lifestyle Medicine, and Allegheny Health Network

Catching Up With Kim Polacek, APR, CPRC

Click here to view page one of this issue

Click here to subscribe to Population Health News, or find out more

Follow Health Policy Publishing:

Subscribe to Population Health Bulletin | Promotional Opportunities