20 Apr 2020

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In this week's discussion we touch on:   the importance of Testing, Tracing and Treatment for SARS2-COVID-19 the recent decision by the Mayor of Jacksonville, FL, Fred's home town, to re-open the beaches and provide a few details of the training programs and consulting services we are putting together for employers to get people back to work safely. Please feel free to reach ou...
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17 Apr 2020

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This is an area that needs more attention! Physician groups and independent practices are struggling to stay afloat with the changes ordered by the government to reduce non-emergency services.  This post on LinkedIn by Dr. Guy Culpepper explains it much better than I could:   Our Family Practice can’t a get PPP loan. Baylor Scott and White Hospital gets $100,000,000.00 I found out t...
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15 Apr 2020

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On PopHealth Week our guest is Charles Chima, MBBS, MSc, DrPH. Dr. Chima is Director of Graduate Education and Assistant Professor, Population Health at the Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). About Dr. Chima: Dr. Charles Chima, MBBS, MSc, DrPH, trained as a physician at the University of Nigeria and worked in primary care for two yea...
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14 Apr 2020

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In this weeks Coronavirus (COVID-19) update with Dr. Nick van Terheyden we discuss the latest on the virus from a medical perspective and the impact of Social Determinants of Health on outcomes.  As well as some good news regarding my son and his quarantine after coming to Florida from New York City.   [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl_vCW44UJk&w=560&h=315]...
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13 Apr 2020

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I have been watching our country and the world as we struggle with this pandemic, a truly eye-opening experience for all of us.  May we rapidly slow the spread and heal the sick. As we consider the longer-term implications, there are a lot of areas (I'll steer clear of the Government, its response and the politics that we all saw, as well as its major impact) that need work including: ...
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18 Mar 2020

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Walmart announced this past year that they were modifying their Centers of Excellence (COE) program and requiring employees to travel to one of their eight approved COEs for Spine Surgery. That raised a lot of eyebrows and interest among other self-insured employers, benefits consultants and of course the healthcare system itself. Walmart did this after finding that perhaps 40 percent of...
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24 Feb 2020

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So I decided it was time to search out a Population Health Analytics platform that truly does more than the basics.  You see back in 1999 when I launched Specialty Disease Management Services I had to develop an IT system for the first program, which was for persons living with HIV/AIDS.  The system I developed and ultimately called Precept, included member demographics, medical and phar...
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