15 Oct 2014

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Whether you're a population health provider, an ACO, provider group, health system, employer, health plan, have products or services used to support population health management or an investment firm interested in the space, you need to attend the Population Health Alliance Forum 2014 in Scottsdale Arizona December 10 - 12. At the Forum you'll get real world information on what's worked ...
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10 Oct 2014

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Listen to the Countdown to the PHA Forum episode with Brian Klepper of the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) who will be Keynoting at the Forum and Chris Selecky, incoming PHA Board Chair.  It was a lively discussion of the value of population health to say the least:   Countdown to PHA Forum: The Employer Perspective 10/09 by This Week in Health Innovation | Health Podca...
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23 Sep 2014

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[caption id="attachment_5079" align="alignright" width="120"] Adam Long, PhD Vice President Research and Reporting Health To You[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5077" align="alignright" width="120" class=" "] Michael J. Connor, Dr.P.H. Senior Vice President, Health Intelligence Alere[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5078" align="alignright" width="120" class=" "] Jennifer Flynn, M...
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15 Sep 2014

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Population Health Management has become one of the hottest topics in health and healthcare, one we have discussed many times here in this blog; but where can you turn for peer-reviewed articles on the topic?  The best source is the Population Health Management journal edited by David B. Nash, MD, MBA, and the official journal of the Population Health Alliance. Read his letter here: &nbsp...
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03 Sep 2014

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I recently attended a workplace wellness conference put on by a Chamber of Commerce.  The conference began with a Keynote by a Medical Director of a major health plan and then had a number of breakout sessions one could attend including: Overcoming Barriers to Building a Wellness Program The Business Case for a Healthy Workforce The Future of Corporate Wellness Best Practice for Cor...
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02 Sep 2014

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I'm always interested in approaches that companies take to segment and target their populations for interventions.  DPS Health has a unique approach of targeting those that are at moderate risk. This Thursday, September 4 at 12 eastern the Population Health Alliance is offering a Free Webinar in their Population Health Management Brown Bag Series.  You will hear Neal and Adam Kaufman pre...
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21 Jul 2014

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David Nash, MD,  and I co-authored an article in Healthcare Innovation News.  In it we discuss ACO's and the need for a broader structure to solve our health crisis. This broader structure, called an  Accountable Health Organization, would go beyond the provision of "care" to integrate the community in the system.  You can read it here: [caption id="attachment_900" align="aligncenter" wi...
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