Clik here to view.
Where Can ACOs Look for Population Health Models that Work?
As group practices grapple with the paradigm shift to population health and ACOs, they would do well to heed the lessons learned by large employers that have been practicing a form of population...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The 80-20 Rule and Why It’s Misleading in Health Care
It’s an enticing notion: focus resources on the sickest patients if you want to drive savings in health care, the 20% of the patients that drive 80% of the costs (or the 5% that drive 43% of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Providers Can Apply Employer Best Practices to Achieve Population Health
We are hearing more and more these days about population health management and how provider organizations are increasing their focus on it. Provider organizations understand well how to manage...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trust in Providers Promotes Wellness
Many patients won’t take advice … unless it comes from their physician. We trust our physicians. A recent Gallup survey showed that more than 85% of adults over 65 years old express confidence in their...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Online Health Risk Assessments
Online health risk assessments (HRAs) can be used to help make patients aware of their health problems and to help care managers stratify their patient populations by health risk. This approach...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Building Clinical Integration as a Foundation to Become a Successful ACO
Each day, many providers apply the right combination of clinical expertise, attention to detail, and interpersonal skills that enable them to diagnose and treat a complex case based solely on a health...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Exploring New Research: A population health approach to impact rate of...
Phytel published new research in the American Journal of Managed Care on a population health approach for diabetic patients in which the peer-reviewed results underline the importance of proactive...
View Article
