Population Health Management

How Healthcare is Leveraging Real-World Data to Improve Outcomes

by Jessica Kent

When describing the state of healthcare in the last few months, people have used certain words over and over again.  Unprecedented, crisis, rapid, and novel have become staple terms in the nation’s vocabulary, highlighting both...

Johns Hopkins, IBM Offer Health Equity Metric to Reduce Disparities

by Jessica Kent

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity, the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, and IBM Watson Health are partnering to develop a health equity measure that will incentivize healthcare...

Harnessing Big Data to Enhance Population Health Management

by Jessica Kent

As the industry continues its quest to provide holistic, comprehensive, and cost-effective care to patients, the term population health management has emerged as a crucial task for organizations to...

Population Health Project Aims to Reduce Health Disparities

by Jessica Kent

The University of Southern California (USC) Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics has launched a population health project that will use digital health technologies to reduce health...

Community-Based Genetic Screening Could Boost Population Health

by Jessica Kent

Community-based genetic screening could enhance population health by identifying individuals at high risk for three inherited conditions known to cause cancer and increased risk for heart attack and...

Predictive Analytics Model Examines Droplets to Map COVID-19 Spread

by Jessica Kent

A predictive analytics model showed that without masks, six feet of social distance may not be enough to keep one person’s respiratory droplets from reaching someone else, which could contribute...

Data Reveals Chronic Disease Burden Among Individuals with HIV

by Jessica Kent

The first collection of important data from the world’s largest study of cardiovascular disease prevention in people with HIV has revealed the significant chronic disease burden of this patient...

How Geographic Data Supports Population Health During COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

Although COVID-19 has spread to communities around the world, as the pandemic wears on it’s clear that the virus has impacted some populations more than others. For more coronavirus updates,...

Mobile App Data Reveals Prevalence of Urban Food Deserts

by Jessica Kent

Crowdsourced data from mobile apps like Yelp could help leaders identify food deserts and guide health policy, according to a study published in Frontiers in Public Health. The classification of food...

ACR, RSNA Caution FDA Against Autonomous AI in Medical Imaging

by Jessica Kent

Despite the promise of artificial intelligence in medical imaging, the FDA currently cannot ensure the safety and efficacy of automated AI in the imaging field, according to comments from the American...

Over 50% of Leaders Underwhelmed by Population Health Management Tech

by Jessica Kent

Fifty-six percent of healthcare leaders say their current population health management solution doesn’t meet their needs, according to a survey from Persivia and commissioned by Sage Growth...

Targeted Population Health Interventions Will Boost COVID-19 Outcomes

by Jessica Kent

The interaction of COVID-19 and existing chronic diseases – including diabetes, obesity, and hypertension – are associated with poorer outcomes from the virus, indicating that health...

Big Data Model Predicts Rise in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease

by Jessica Kent

A big data model projected that without any changes in alcohol consumption or interventions to address high-risk drinking, deaths from alcohol-related liver disease will rise significantly in the US,...

Using Social Determinants to Promote Health Equity During a Crisis

by Jessica Kent

Across the healthcare landscape, it is widely understood but rarely confessed that not all care is delivered equally.  In an ideal world – or just a fairer one – the medical industry would be able to seamlessly address an...

Data Access, Standards Key for Equitable Artificial Intelligence Use

by Jessica Kent

Artificial intelligence has the potential to help address global health challenges, but stakeholders must promote rapid and equitable data access and establish ethical standards in order to use the...

Population Health Study to Estimate Prevalence of COVID-19 in CA

by Jessica Kent

The University of California, Irvine, and the Orange County Health Care Agency are partnering to conduct a large-scale population health study that will help researchers determine the true prevalence...

Supporting Social Determinants of Health Strategies with AI

by Jessica Kent

The social determinants of health have become a household term in the healthcare industry’s vernacular, with leaders and organizations aiming to address these influences to provide more...

Sharing SDOH Data for Improved Population Health Management

by Jessica Kent

With the healthcare industry steadily moving toward more holistic, preventive care delivery, health systems have increasingly recognized the critical role the social determinants of health play in the...

Leveraging COVID-19 Data to Eliminate Healthcare Disparities

by Jessica Kent

COVID-19 data gathered during the pandemic has shed light on significant healthcare disparities, revealing poorer outcomes in minority and underserved communities. For more coronavirus updates, visit...

County-Level Data Shows Racial, Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Cases

by Jessica Kent

County-level data collected during the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed staggering racial and ethnic disparities in care, with the virus disproportionately impacting black and Hispanic populations....