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Playing the Long Game: Part 5 – Building the 360-Degree Patient Profile
In our most recent blog post of this series, Playing the Long Game, we broke down the first step towards effective population health monitoring, which we refer to as “Identification” (i.e., getting the patient to patient and patient to provider relationship correct)....
Playing the Long Game: Part 4 – Getting the patient-to-patient and patient-to-provider relationships correct
In part 3 of this blog series, we outlined three critical capabilities needed in any population-based care management analytics platform. They were, Population health monitoring Clinical screening Performance measurement Over the next several blogs, we’ll break down...
Playing the Long Game-Part 3 – Achieving High-performance Healthcare Through Advanced Analytics
In blog 1 of this series, we discussed the importance of taking a population-based approach to care management, with the goal of keeping patients healthy and slowing the progression of disease. Recall that a population-based care management approach applies care...
Playing the Long Game: Part 2 – A quick huddle on risk, predictive modeling, and stratification
In Part 1 of our blog series, Playing the Long Game, we discussed the importance of taking a population-based approach to care management. An important concept within this framework is managing risk at all levels of the population through wellness promotion,...
Playing the Long Game: Part 1 – Taking a population based approach to care management
Health care delivery systems across the United States are focused on improving the health of populations through better care and smarter spending. Over this past decade, proactive care management has emerged as a leading strategy to achieve these goals. What is Care...
What You Need To Know About the NYU Emergency Department Visit Algorithm
The purpose of the Emergency Department (ED) is to save lives by providing immediate care for individuals with life-threatening conditions. Over the past 2 decades, the U.S. has seen an increasing abuse of EDs for conditions that could be avoided if better managed in...
Social Determinants of Health: The Building Blocks to Improving Our Healthcare System
Millions of individuals are out of work. Food insecurity is on the rise. Access to safe and affordable housing has declined. Anxiety and depression are at an all-time high due to stress and isolation. While anyone can be infected with SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19),...
Five Steps to Understanding ROI in Care Management
Numerous research articles published in peer-reviewed journals demonstrate the Value of Investing (VOI) in care management programs. A 2020 evaluation of Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations highlights the importance these programs have had on reducing...
Attribution: The Underlying Conundrum in Population Health Management
The ultimate goal of any managed care model (e.g., HMO, PPO, POS, PCMH, ACO, etc.) is to improve the health of the population, enhance the experience and outcomes of the patient, and reduce per capita costs of care. All of these models have at least three things in...