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Population Health

By Jeff Lagasse | 01:07 pm | June 21, 2018
Telehealth and other new tools for virtual care enable doctors to see more patients and regain a semblance of control over their workflows.
By Susan Morse | 12:21 pm | June 18, 2018
Town Hall Ventures, Amazon and Socially Determined are bringing a new focus to a long-neglected part of the healthcare industry.
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By Geneia | 04:56 pm | June 15, 2018
67 percent of all surveyed doctors know a physician who is likely to stop practicing medicine in the next five years, as the result of physician burnout.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:06 am | June 11, 2018
The study touts itself as the first to comprehensively analyze the potential cost implications of improved adherence to healthy dietary patterns across disease types.
By Jeff Lagasse | 01:29 pm | June 06, 2018
Medicaid expansion has resulted in more people having health insurance among all potentially eligible individuals, regardless of race, age, marital status or income.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:49 pm | June 01, 2018
New research found that community HIEs produce better results when it comes to reducing both costs and the use of unnecessary services, such as imaging and procedures.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:10 pm | May 23, 2018
Those results add to evidence showing support for social service programs can improve community health outcomes and reduce healthcare spending.
By Susan Morse | 01:38 pm | May 21, 2018
Denise Olivares explains how to piece together various data sets with healthcare payers to identify risk within a patient population.
By Beth Jones Sanborn | 01:15 pm | May 21, 2018
Making such investments could reduce a hospital's readmissions rates and morbidity, and help to avoid financial penalties and poor ratings.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:52 pm | May 18, 2018
More than 44 million American adults have a diagnosable mental health condition, and rates of severe depression are worsening among young people.