Population health is central for health care providers and payers striving to improve quality of care and lower costs. Population health is defined as “the health outcomes of a group […]

Having the right information is key in population health decision making. Finding the appropriate granularity within a health dataset and generating comprehensive forecasts to determine the clinical needs of a […]

Value-based purchasing and population health management are supposed to change aspects of the relationship between insurers (health plans) and providers (accountable care organizations, health systems, etc).  New contracts are supposed […]

With HIMSS17 around the corner, I’ve been thinking about advances in technology and data and the history of silos and systems in healthcare delivery. Optimizing a part of a complex […]

Let’s assume you’re about to sign a contract to manage a population of several thousand. The goal of the contract is to improve care delivery, improve outcomes and reduce the […]

Improving the rate of mammography or colorectal cancer screening for appropriate individuals is a good thing. I suspect that my experience in practice was similar to others: Our group would […]

The recent report describing a decline in new cases of diabetes is good news. An article about it in The New York Times does a nice job describing the lifestyle […]

What is the impact of the social determinants of health, such as income, education and occupation, as U.S. health care moves from volume to value-based care with a focus on […]

Population Health Management (PHM) is the application of specific interventions and approaches within a healthcare delivery system designed to improve and maintain the health of a population. PHM strategies should […]