Population Health Management

Population Health Management Strategies to Reduce Health Disparities

by Jessica Kent

For the most part, healthcare buzzwords are associated with positive, forward-thinking change. Terms like precision medicine, artificial intelligence, and chronic disease management imply productivity, effective transformation, and novel...

Why Interoperability is Key to Social Determinants of Health Efforts

by Jessica Kent

In care delivery today, it’s well understood that a patient’s social determinants of health have a profound impact on both physical well-being and healthcare spending – sometimes even...

Genetic Data Boosts Risk Prediction for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

by Jessica Kent

Using genetic data from diverse populations could help researchers develop better risk prediction scores for inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, according...

Population Health App May Facilitate Large-Scale Data Sharing

by Jessica Kent

A population health app may allow payers to access permitted data and metrics on covered populations, potentially creating a foundation for pay-for-performance and assessment of value-based care. In a...

Real-Time Data Reveals Impact of Environment on Physical Health

by Jessica Kent

Real-time data and location information showed that social environments can have long-term effects on physical health and well-being, according to a study published in the Journal of Health and Social...

Real-Time Data Analytics Critical for Improving Heart Health

by Jessica Kent

Real-time data analytics and partnerships between researchers and healthcare providers will help boost heart health, according to a report published in Circulation by the American Heart Association...

Exchanging Social Determinants Data to Boost Population Health

by Jessica Kent

Of the countless pieces of information needed to enhance population health, social determinants of health data are among the most critical. While it’s widely understood that non-clinical factors...

Population Health Initiative to Improve Chronic Disease Management

by Jessica Kent

The Johns Hopkins Health System and the University of Maryland Medical Center have received an award of $43 million over five years to improve population health and chronic disease management for...

Natural Language Processing Accurately Detects HPV-Related Cancers

by Jessica Kent

Natural language processing tools can analyze pathology reports and identify individuals with HPV-related cancers, improving disease surveillance and treatment, according to a study published in JMIR...

Real-Time Data Shows Opioid Overdoses Increased During Pandemic

by Jessica Kent

Using a real-time data monitoring tool, researchers from Michigan Medicine discovered a 15 percent rise in suspected opioid overdose deaths since the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. The tool...

Web-Based Predictive Analytics Identifies COVID-19 Hot Spots

by Jessica Kent

Web-based predictive analytics methods identified strong correlations between Google search trends and COVID-19 hot spots in parts of the country – as early as 16 days prior to the first reported...

Population Health Studies Examine Role of Genetics in COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

As organizations across the healthcare landscape seek to maintain or improve population health during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are turning to genetics to better understand patient outcomes...

How Big Data, Analytics Drives Population Health, Closes Care Gaps

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Patient hesitancy to seek care during the pandemic created the perfect storm for delayed care. But big data and analytics are driving population health at Southwestern Health Resources to close care...

Deep Learning Model Predicts COVID-19 Surges 7 Days into the Future

by Jessica Kent

A deep learning tool can predict surges in COVID-19 cases for each US county with 64 percent accuracy, which is twice the accuracy of an untrained model, according to a study published in IEEE...

Cell Phone Data Shows Social Distancing Trends During COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

An analysis of US cell phone data showed that social distancing practices increased by over nine times from late January through late March and then decreased by about half through mid-June, according...

Index Uses Social Determinants Data to Rank Community Health

by Jessica Kent

Boston University School of Public Health (SPH) and Sharecare have released their Community Well-Being Index (CWBI) state rankings report, which leverages social determinants of health data to measure...

Cell Phone Location Data Can Identify Areas of COVID-19 Spread

by Jessica Kent

County-level cell phone location data could enable public health officials to better monitor adherence to stay-at-home guidelines, as well as estimate the future spread of COVID-19, according to a...

How an ACO, FQHC Model Leveraged Social Determinants of Health

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Community Care Cooperative’s (C3’s) unique accountable care organization (ACO) model enables population health management to overcome the social determinants of health needs of their...

Gaps in Early COVID-19 Data Contributed to Surge in US Cases

by Jessica Kent

Gaps in early COVID-19 data led to significant underreporting of coronavirus cases, ultimately contributing to a large number of infections in the US by early March, a study published in the...

Geographic Data Uncovers Trends in COVID-19 Mortality, Spread

by Jessica Kent

To further discover trends in COVID-19 mortality and the spread of the virus, researchers are increasingly leveraging geographic and population data for new insights on how the disease operates. For...