Population Health Management

Key Use Cases for Health Risk Assessments

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Understanding an individual’s risk of disease is critical to providing the best quality of care. With health risk assessments (HRAs), also known as health risk appraisals, providers can collect...

Using Big Data to Enhance Population Health Management

by Erin McNemar, MPA

To improve population health management, providers should use big data to understand how to best meet the needs of the community. In a panel convened by HealthITAnalytics, informatics leaders from...

SDOH Play Role in Surge in Youth Diabetes Cases, Health Disparities

by Erin McNemar, MPA

According to a new study, Black and Hispanic children and teens are seeing increasing rates of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, highlighting the role social determinants of health (SDOH) play in...

Few Hospitals Learned Population Health Lessons from COVID-19

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Although most hospitals across the country suffered due to the impact of COVID-19, in Numerof’s sixth annual State of Population Health Survey report, research indicates that few hospitals took...

Removing Race from Kidney Function Evaluation Causes Health Disparities

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Excluding race as a factor from the Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) equation used to guide cancer treatment doses and eligibility could decrease the proportion of Black...

Finding Gaps in Hispanic Population Health Research

by Erin McNemar, MPA

A new study examines past and present research to determine changes in Hispanic population health findings over the years and necessary improvements still to be made. In demographic and health...

Population Health, COVID-19 Vaccine Rates Impacted by Racial Disparities

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Researchers have determined that vaccinating children ages 12 and older is a critical component of protecting population health against future COVID-19 surges. However, data shows that racial...

Population Health Data Modeling Evaluates COVID-19 Response

by Erin McNemar, MPA

Researchers used population health data modeling to determine how COVID-19 restricts impact infections and gross domestic product (GDP). This study was conducted in Australia and uses Victoria,...

Low Vaccination Rates Show Health Disparities, Impact Population Health

by Erin McNemar, MPA

According to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, racial and ethnic minority communities are presenting low vaccination rates, highlighting health disparities and impacting...

Gene Therapy Improves Neurological Disease, Population Health Management

by Erin McNemar, MPA

A study led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and The Ohio State University College of Medicine shows that a new method of gene therapy is providing...

Using SDOH Data to Boost Population Health Management in Alzheimer’s

by Erin McNemar, MPA

The Institute for Translational Research at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth is providing scientists with early demographic and social determinants of health (SDOH)...

Epic Systems Pulls Ahead for Population Health Management Vendors

by Erin McNemar, MPA

 In a report by KLAS Research evaluating 15 different vendors, Arcadia, Epic, and Innovaccer are highlighted as the most-well rounded leaders in population health management to date. As...

UTHSC Launches Tennessee Population Health Consortium

by Jill McKeon

The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) recently launched the Tennessee Population Health Consortium, a statewide initiative dedicated to improving health outcomes and equity across...

Gateway Health Taps Population Health for Maternal Health Outcomes

by Emily Sokol, MPH

Gateway Health Plan has partnered with the 1889 Jefferson Center for Population Health to improve the outcomes of expecting mothers and babies. The managed care organization will work with 1889...

Genomic Data – Not Race – May Enhance Chronic Disease Management

by Jessica Kent

Genomic data can provide more targeted insights into chronic disease management than those generated from traditional ethnic or racial labels like Hispanic or Black, a study published in Cell...

How a Unified Big Data Infrastructure Can Boost Population Health

by Jessica Kent

For organizations seeking to improve their population health management capabilities, big data is a critical part of the journey. Gathering information from different sources – such as claims,...

Using Genomic Data to Boost Population Health During COVID-19

by Jessica Kent

Genomic data has emerged as a comprehensive resource that can help researchers and providers better understand the underlying mechanisms of disease, leading to improved population health. During the...

Genetic Data Enhances Understanding of Asthma Development

by Jessica Kent

Examining diverse genetic data helped researchers discover a gene variant associated with childhood asthma development, demonstrating the importance of including diverse populations in research,...

Majority of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Due to 4 Chronic Diseases

by Jessica Kent

Obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and heart failure are the chronic diseases that contribute to a majority of adult COVID-19 hospitalizations across the country, a study published in the Journal of the...

Familiar Names Sweep Best in KLAS for Data Analytics, CDS

by Jessica Kent

This year’s Best in KLAS report contained few surprises, with well-known vendors continuing to dominate in areas like data analytics, business intelligence, and clinical decision support. Epic...