Population Health News

Hawaii Health System Launches Population Health Analytics Collaboration

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Hawaii Health Network (HHN) and COPE Health Solutions (CHS) have announced a population health analytics partnership focused on providing value-based payment insights to enhance performance under a new...

Ohio Children’s Hospital Strikes Data-Driven Population Health Partnership

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Ohio-based Akron Children’s Hospital has launched a strategic, multi-year partnership with data and analytics technology company Health Catalyst to advance population health and improve patient...

Prediction Model Can Forecast Post-Operative Outpatient Opioid Use

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A team of researchers has developed a prediction model capable of forecasting post-operative outpatient opioid use following gynecological surgery, which is currently being implemented in the clinical...

Public, Population Health Informatics Program Nabs $2.5M to Expand Training

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The Indiana Training Program in Public and Population Health Informatics, a collaboration between Indiana University (IU) and the Regenstrief Institute, has been awarded a five-year continuation of...

Medical School Launches New Department to Enhance Patient Care Through AI

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The University of Colorado (CU) School of Medicine has announced the launch of its new Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI), which will focus on addressing health disparities and improving...

Limited Racial Data Curbs Diagnosis, Treatment of Genetic Conditions

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Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Hereditary Hemorrhagic (HHT) Center concluded that limited racial and ethnic data likely contributes to inaccurate diagnoses and treatment of rare genetic...

NY Health Consortium Receives $8M to Expand Patient Data Network

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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded nearly $8 million to expand the INSIGHT Clinical Research Network, a Weill Cornell-led database containing EHR and clinical trial...

SDOH Improves Performance of Heart Failure Mortality Predictive Model

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A new study published in JAMA Cardiology shows how machine learning (ML)–based models that incorporate social determinants of health (SDOH) data improve the prediction of in-hospital mortality...

TX Health System Launches Population Health, Genomics Initiative

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Houston, Texas-based Memorial Hermann Health System has announced a partnership with population genomics and viral surveillance company, Helix to launch an initiative focused on enhancing population...

Vanderbilt University Launches Study on LGBTQ+ Aging, Health Disparities

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A team of researchers from Vanderbilt University has announced the first-ever longitudinal study of LGBTQ+ aging to better understand stress, resilience, and health disparities in this infrequently...

NJ Launches Statewide Population Health Data Project

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Rutgers Center for State Health Policy has launched the New Jersey Integrated Population Health Data (iPHD) Project to help address some of the state’s major population health issues, such as the...

“All of Us” Program Expands COVID-19, SDOH Data Available to Researchers

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The National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) All of Us Research Program has announced that health data from 20,000 people who have had SARS-CoV-2 is now available to researchers in the US, expanding...

Suicide Death Rates Spiked Over Decade, Especially Among People of Color

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As the US government prepares to launch the new federally mandated crisis number 988 next month, a new Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) analysis reveals that the national suicide death rate increased 12...

Racial Gaps Remain Despite Overall Jump in Life Expectancy

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Researchers found that over the past 20 years, the overall average life expectancy in the US increased, but life expectancy for the Black population remained lower than that of the White...

Experts Call for Real-Time, Comprehensive Data to Address Opioid Crisis

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Researchers argue that current issues around opioid overdose data prevent public health officials from getting a clear picture of the opioid crisis, leading them to fight the epidemic...

Natural Language Processing Helps Shed Light on Youth Mental Health Crisis

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American youth have been battling high anxiety and grief amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. The Crisis Text Line, a nonprofit organization that provides free, 24/7 text-based...

Machine Learning May Help Predict Opioid Overdoses in Medicaid Patients

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Researchers have developed and validated a machine-learning (ML) model that can accurately predict opioid overdose risk in Medicaid beneficiaries in Pennsylvania and Arizona, indicating that the model...

New Data Science Training Program to Focus on Health Equity

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The National Library of Medicine has awarded the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Clemson University $1.2 million to establish a new data science training program that will teach...

NIH Awards $68M to AI Company as Part of Antiviral Drug Development Collab

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have announced that PostEra, a biotechnology company specializing in machine learning for preclinical drug discovery, has been awarded $68 million as part of the...

CDC to Expand Wastewater Monitoring for COVID-19 Through Analytics Collab

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and wastewater epidemiology company Biobot Analytics have announced a partnership to expand the National Wastewater Surveillance System (NWSS),...