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How data transformation can support population health strategies

Cloud Blogs

While many organizations define population health slightly differently, its core aim is to provide an opportunity for leaders in healthcare, agencies, education, and business to work together in order to improve the health outcomes in the communities they serve, all while making an impact to reduce the total cost of care.

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Advancing Health Equity by Addressing The Health Data Desert

HIT Consultant

Achieving health equity presents an urgent challenge that demands attention from all stakeholders. However, actual medical care accounts for 20% or less of what affects population health. Rural communities may lack easy access to preventive care and screenings. The costs are astronomical.

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Establishing Effective Payer Benefits Strategies for Health Equity

HIT Consultant

Healthcare Analytic Advisor at Merative Health equity helps ensure all individuals have equal access to healthcare. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, health equity means everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health. Brandi Hodor, Sr. Here is an example.

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ThedaCare health system sees huge patient adoption of new digital front door

Healthcare It News

ThedaCare is a seven-hospital health system in Wisconsin with 180 locations and 7,000 employees. To succeed in its mission, ThedaCare is on a path to population health – aiming to go above and beyond treating a particular condition to make care easy and accessible to help achieve better health for life. THE PROBLEM.

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Partnering Up in the Health Care Ecosystem to Drive Transformation – for Organizations and Health Consumers Alike

Health Populi

What fuels that transformation is data and the insights the right data can generate. And that data will be generated from many sources, frequently siloed and decentralized which can prevent aggregation, mash-up, and analysis.

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The Direct Link Between Value-Based Health Care, Digital Transformation and Social Determinants – Insights from Innovaccer and Morning Consult

Health Populi

Substance use/abuse, language barriers, and health literacy rank at the top of the list of SDoH factors that would be captured by one-half or more health systems this year — specifically, alcohol usage, tobacco usage, other controlled substance usage, English as a second language, and health literacy.

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Holon Solutions, HealtHIE Nevada Partner to Improve Information Sharing in Nevada

HIT Consultant

Real-time access to patient data : This capability is critical during emergencies when quick access to a patient’s medical history can potentially save a life.