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Navigating the intersections of population health and precision medicine

Healthcare It News

Patient Engagement Population Health Precision Medicine This is the second article in a series regarding process-based opportunities as the healthcare industry begins to emerge from the challenges of the pandemic. Population health and precision medicine defined. health system. health system.

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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.

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Improving Population Health Management, One Data Point at a Time

Health Dialog

Health Dialog is full of devoted employees committed to our mission of helping clients improve population health, reduce costs, and engage patients to make the best decisions about their health. Meet Renee Gulotta: As the Director of Analytics, Renee is our data whiz. What do you do at Health Dialog?

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How advanced analytics can help solve SDOH problems

Healthcare It News

However, many in health IT contend that healthcare provider organizations can use advanced analytics to surface key insights about their patient populations and take action to ensure all patients have equal access to high-quality care. She is a believer in analytics helping to solve SDOH problems.

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CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

Healthcare It News

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. A lot of new challenges.

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Is the High-Moderate-Low Financial Risk Model Enough to Drive Effective Population Health Management?

Health Dialog

While these methods help pinpoint individuals most at-risk for critical events and in need of immediate intervention, they do not allow for long-term goal setting and health improvement strategies for the remainder of the population. Click here to read: A Clinical Approach to Population Stratifcation Analytics.

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How cost-effective are workplace wellness programs? The debate over lifestyle management vs. disease management in wellness programs

Health Dialog

While lifestyle management wellness programs - aimed at reducing risk factors such as smoking and obesity - typically show less immediate results, disease management programs – focused on preventing high-cost hospitalizations and ER visits - show a stronger return on investment (ROI). . Population Health Management.