Complimentary from the publishers of Population Health News           December, 2016
	"Healthcare providers at both a primary care level and across the health delivery system have been using rudimentary population health management (PHM) tools for years to better manage patient care, reduce readmissions and costly ER visits and avoid other chronic disease complications. Even though early tools may not have seemed very advanced, the results from their use have been significant. A chronic disease registry, after all, is a just list of patients with a particular disease or comorbidity factor, with the associated demographics and clinical information. But these types of tools and others more advanced have most definitely proven to impact patient care and reduce costs. For example, Geisinger's ProvenHealth Navigator outcomes program has seen up to a 27.5% reduction in acute care admissions and 34% in all cause, 30-day readmissions over a five-year period, with an associated savings for the overall healthcare system." -Liam Bouchier, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors
	"In 18th Century Europe, at least 400,000 people died annually from smallpox. One-third of the survivors went blind." Excerpted from: Population Health News, Volume 3, Issue 12, December 2016, "Do We Have Vaccination Amnesia?" by William B. Miller, Jr., M.D.
	Medecision Launches Population Health Consulting Services Medecision Press Release, December 12, 2016
	Engaging Patients through Population Health Medical Economics, December 9, 2016
	Tech-enabled Population Health at Small Practices is Complex Diagnostic Imaging, December 9, 2016
	Top population health management challenges hospitals face Managed Healthcare Executive, December 6, 2016
	How NashvilleHealth Is Maximizing Community Population Health Health Affairs Blog, December 5, 2016
	To Fix Obamacare, Double Down On Population Health Forbes, December 2, 2016
	Northwell Health, Siemens partner for population health effectiveness research Healthcare IT News, December 1, 2016
	Top Population Health Trends for 2017 by David A. DiLoreto, M.D., MBA, and Graham Brown, MPH, CRC ER Use Tracks Progress in Reaching ACA Goals Making a Case for Population Health: Nebraska Medicine Improves Quality of Care, Increases Physician Satisfaction with Nuance Speech Technology by Jonathon Dreyer Do We Have Vaccination Amnesia? by William B. Miller, Jr., M.D. Thought Leaders' Corner: Do Population Health Management Tools Save Money? Industry News regarding Kaiser. Catching Up With Navneet Kathuria. M.D., MPH, 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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