Population Health

With the reporting and tech burdens high even by large provider standards, solo and small group practices are preparing for a rough entry.

Many children live in houses with guns, but pediatricians often don't feel comfortable discussing gun safety with parents, even though most parents say they would welcome that conversation, study says.

Entomologists, vector technicians, communications specialists and public health scientists have been part of the Zika teams.

Between 1991 and 2006, more than 617,000 hospitalizations related to three common "premise plumbing pathogens" resulted in around $9 billion in Medicare payments -- an average of $600 million a year.

By 2015, uninsured rates in the state were down to 2.5 percent, compared to 9.1 percent nationwide.

The number of those with high-deductible plans did rise significantly, according to the statistics.

Clinics like those at CVS and Walmart move toward more population health and chronic disease management services.

Top reason for using advanced analytics, especially within pop health programs, is enabling interventions that prevent health declines, study says.

As the Zika virus spreads both at home and abroad, new information is bringing to light how children, even those who at birth do not show obvious signs of impairment, are likely at a greater risk than previously believed.

Research suggests that "implicit bias" -- doctors and nurses subtly or subconsciously treating some patients differently than others -- or patients' perception of it could have consequences for people's health.